hello its been a month since i am revisiting this

where we left off: we were creating the VM instance with the free oracle cloud account but then i didnt know what ssh key to tie to the account

but i think what ive decided is i can put multiple ssh keys as authorized keys so ill put my own key and ill also put a new key and i can also add anyone else’s key if they want (if they have)

so back to creating the instance !

refer to oracle day 1 for exact details for the following:

  1. basic information
  2. security
    1. Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex (Always Free-eligible)
    2. Shape build: Virtual machine, 2 core OCPU, 12 GB memory, 2 Gbps network bandwidth
  3. networking
    1. Advanced options
      1. DNS record: Do not assign a private DNS record
      2. Launch options: Let Oracle Cloud Infrastructure choose the best networking type

4. storage

leave default settings

Boot volume

(”a detachable device that contains the image used to boot the compute instance.”)

❌ Do NOT check “Specify a custom boot volume size”

  • Default ~46.6 GB is plenty

✅ Use in-transit encryption

  • Leave ON (default)
  • Free and automatic

❌ Do NOT choose “Encrypt this volume with a key that you manage”

  • Oracle-managed keys are fine

Block Volumes

  • ❌ Do NOT attach a block volume

! note: Public IPv4 address should be set to ✅ YES but it cant right now

Just make sure you do not forget to do these later:

  • Assign a public IPv4
  • Open ports 80 / 443 in the security list

press create !!

all the Ampere A1 availability domains are out of capacity rn :(

i have to try again later