Free Tier: Install Spring Boot on an Oracle Linux Instance

To create a VCN, follow these steps:

1. Open the navigation menu , select Networking, and then select Virtual cloud networks.
2. If needed, select your compartment from the Compartment control in the left navigation.
3. Click Start VCN Wizard.
4. Select Create VCN with Internet Connectivity.
5. Click Start VCN Wizard.
6. Configure the VCN. The configure dialog contains the following sections.

   Basic Information

   Enter the VCN Name and select a Compartment.

   • Name: <name-for-the-vcn>

     Enter a name for your VCN. Avoid entering confidential information.

   • Compartment: <your-compartment-name>

     Select your compartment.

   Configure VCN

   • Keep the default values for VCN IPv4 CIDR block and DNS resolution.

   Configure public subnet

   • Keep the default values for IP address type and IPv4 CIDR block.

   Configure private subnet

   • Keep the default values for IP address type and IPv4 CIDR block.
7. Click Next.
8. Review you selections. Click Previous to go back and make changes.
9. Click Create to create the VCN.

   The system creates the VCN and all its resources. This might take a moment.

   Once the creation is complete, click View VCN to see your new VCN.

To get started installing an instance with the Create a VM instance workflow, follow these steps:

1. Open the navigation menu  and select Compute. Under Compute, select Instances.
2. Click Create Instance.

   The Create compute instance page is displayed.

3. Choose the Name and Compartment.

   Initial Options

   • Name: <name-for-the-instance>

     Enter a name for your instance. Avoid entering confidential information.

   • Create in compartment: <your-compartment-name>

     Select your compartment. Use the compartment created in the preceding step.

4. Review the Placement settings.
   • Take the default values. An availability domain is assigned to you.

   The default values are similar to the following:

   • Availability domain: AD-1
   • Capacity type: On-demand capacity
   • Fault domain: Let Oracle choose the best fault domain
   Note
   
   For Free Tier, use the Always Free Eligible option for availability domain.
5. Review the Security settings.
   • Take the default settings.

   The default values are similar to the following:

   • Shielded instance: Disabled
   • Confidential computing: Disabled
6. Review the Image and shape settings. Click Edit.
   Note
   
   The following is sample data for an Ampere A1 virtual machine. The actual values might differ.
   • Keep the default Oracle Linux 8 image.
   • Click Change Shape.
   • Select Virtual Machine.
   • For shape series select Ampere.
   • Select VM.Standard.A1.Flex the "Always Free" shape.
   • Select 1 OCPUs.
   • Click Select Shape.

   Selected values are similar to the following:

   • Image: Oracle Linux 8
   • Image build: <current-build-date>
   • Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex
   • OCPU: 1
   • Memory (GB): 6
   • Network bandwidth (Gbps): 1
   Note
   
   For Free Tier, use Always Free Eligible shape options.
7. Review the Networking settings. Select the VCN you created in the preceding step. The networking values are similar to the following:
   • Virtual cloud network: <your-vcn>
   • Subnet: <pubic-subnet-for-your-vcn>
   • Launch options: -
   • DNS record: Yes
   • Use network security groups to control traffic: No
   • Assign a public IPv4 address: Yes
   • Private IPv4 address: Automatically assigned on creation
   • IPv6 address: Not available
8. Review the Add SSH keys settings. Take the default values provided by the workflow.
   • Select the Generate a key pair for me option.
   • Click Save Private Key and Save Public Key to save the private and public SSH keys for this compute instance.

   If you want to use your own SSH keys, select one of the options to provide your public key.

   Note
   
   Put your private and public key files in a safe location. You can't retrieve keys again after the compute instance has been created.
9. Review the Boot volume settings.

   Select the Use in-transit encryption setting. Leave the other two settings blank.

10. Review the Block Volume settings. Take the default values provided by the workflow which does not select any block volumes. You can add block volumes later.
11. Click Create to create the instance. Provisioning the system might take several minutes.

You have successfully created an Oracle Linux instance to run an Apache Web Server.