Link an OCI Account
Learn how to link a new or existing OCI Account to Oracle Database@AWS and complete the service set up.
After you purchase an offer for Oracle Database@AWS, Oracle sends you an email with the subject line "Action Required: Welcome to New Oracle Cloud Service Subscription(s)". This email might take up to an hour to arrive after you purchase the offer in AWS Marketplace.
This topic explains how to activate Oracle Database@AWS using the links and information in the email. The email has links for adding an existing OCI account to Oracle Database@AWS and for creating a new OCI cloud account. Whether you create a new OCI account or link an existing account depends on whether you have an existing account that you want to use with the service or not. Instructions for both options are included in the following sections of this topic.
The OCI tenancy is used for the provisioning and management of container databases (CDBs) and pluggable databases (PDBs). The OCI tenancy also lets Oracle to provide infrastructure and software maintenance updates for your Oracle Database service.
Create a New OCI Account for Oracle Database@AWS
If you purchased a private offer and don't have an OCI account, or want to create a new OCI account for your service, use the instructions in this section.
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Open the "Action Required: Welcome to New Oracle Cloud Service Subscription(s)" email and read the information in the message.
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Select Create new cloud account to continue with this option. Note that the person creating the new OCI account creates the admin user for the account, and this user has the required permissions for Oracle Database@AWS onboarding.
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In the OCI account sign in dialog that opens in a new window, select your customer type, Personal or Business, then provide the following:
- Country
- First and Last Name
- Email address
- Password
- Cloud account name. For information on OCI cloud account names and renaming the account, see Renaming a Tenancy and Cloud Account.
- Home region. Select a region that offers Oracle Database@AWS. See Regional Availability for Oracle Database@AWS for a list of supported regions. Note that the Home Region can't be changed after the account is created. See What is the tenancy home region? for more information.
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After filling in the account details, check the box to acknowledge that you understand the OCI home region cannot be changed later, then click Create Cloud Account.
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Oracle will send you an email with the subject line "Your services are ready!" when the account creation and linking operations that link the new OCI account with your AWS account are complete. Select the Sign in button in the email to sign in to your OCI account.
What's Next?
Follow the instructions in Verify Subscription Details, Limits and Compartment in OCI to complete the account linking tasks.
Link an existing OCI account to Oracle Database@AWS
Use the instructions in this section if you purchased a private offer and have an OCI account that you want to link to Oracle Database@AWS.
To provision Oracle Database@AWS resources in a supported region in AWS, your OCI tenancy must be subscribed to the paired OCI region. For example, to provision resources in AWS's US East (N. Virginia) region, your OCI tenancy must be subscribed to US East (Ashburn). See Managing Regions and Subscribing to an Infrastructure Region for more information.
To see the AWS and OCI region pairings, see Regional Availability for Oracle Database@AWS.
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Open the "Action Required: Welcome to New Oracle Cloud Service Subscription(s)" email and read the information in the message.
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Select Add to existing cloud account to continue with this option. Note that you will need sign in credentials for the OCI account.
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In the OCI account sign in dialog that opens, sign in to your OCI account.
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On the Add subscription page, select the Add subscription button to activate the ORACLEDBATAWS subscription.
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Read the confirmation message, then select Close. Oracle will email you when the subscription activation is complete. This takes about 20 minutes.
What's Next?
Follow the instructions in Verify Subscription Details, Limits and Compartment in OCI to complete the account linking tasks.