Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Data Catalog

Create a data catalog in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancy.

    1. On the Data Catalog page, from the leftmost navigation, select Data Catalogs. If you need help finding the Data Catalog page, see Viewing Created Instances.
    2. On the Data Catalogs page, select Create Data Catalog.
    3. In the Create Data Catalog pane, provide the following information:
      • Create in Compartment: Select the compartment where you want to create the data catalog instance.
      • Name: Enter a name for the data catalog instance. Avoid entering confidential information.
    4. (Optional) In the Tags section, add one or more tags to the instance. If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace. For more information about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you're not sure whether to apply tags, skip this option or ask an administrator. You can apply tags later.
    5. Select one of the following options:
      • To create the data catalog, select Create. The data catalog is created and listed in the Data Catalogs page.
      • To create the data catalog later using Resource Manager and Terraform, select Save as Stack to save the resource definition as a Terraform configuration. For more information about saving stacks from resource definitions, see Creating a Stack from a Resource Creation Page.
    To use your newly created data catalog instance, select the instance from the list of data catalogs. The Home tab of the data catalog opens.

  • Use the create command and required parameters to create a data catalog:

    oci data-catalog catalog create [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the CreateCatalog operation to create a data catalog.