Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide - F74804-15 May 2025

Aug 30, 2026

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide provides practical procedures for administering an Oracle compute enclave, covering access and management through the Compute Web UI and the OCI CLI. It explains identity and access management fundamentals such as tenancies, compartments, policies, user and group administration, and federation with Microsoft Active Directory. It further details resource tagging, including tag namespaces and defaults, and introduces networking administration for VCNs, subnets, route tables, security lists, and network security groups.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

FormatPDF

Pages514

Reading Time21 h 35 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

Audience

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

Working in the Compute Enclave

Using the Compute Web UI

Using Resource Type and Resource Detail Pages

Using the OCI CLI

Identity and Access Management

Creating and Managing Compartments

Creating a Compartment

Creating and Managing User Accounts

Creating and Managing User Groups

Federating with Microsoft Active Directory

Managing Policies

Resource Tag Management

Creating and Managing Tag Namespaces

Creating and Managing Tag Key Definitions

Working with Resource Tags

Networking

Managing VCNs and Subnets

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide F74804-15 May 2025 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide, F74804-15 Copyright © 2022, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Contents Preface Audience xvii Feedback xvii Conventions xvii Documentation Accessibility xviii Access to Oracle Support for Accessibility xviii Diversity and Inclusion xviii 1 Working in the Compute Enclave Using the Compute Web UI 1-1 Logging In 1-1 Navigating the Dashboard 1-2 Using Resource Type and Resource Detail Pages 1-3 About Resource Type Pages 1-3 About Resource Detail Pages 1-12 Locating Tenancy and Profile Information 1-13 Using the OCI CLI 1-13 Before You Begin 1-14 Installing the OCI CLI 1-14 Configuring the OCI CLI 1-17 Obtain the Required Information 1-17 Manual Configuration 1-18 Automated Configuration 1-18 Obtaining the Certificate Authority Bundle 1-19 Testing the OCI CLI Configuration 1-20 Using Multiple Profiles 1-20 Working with API Signing Keys 1-21 Generating an API Key Pair 1-22 Adding an API Public Key to a User Profile 1-23 Finding an API Public Key Fingerprint 1-24 Deleting an API Signing Key from a User Profile 1-24 Understanding Command Syntax and Finding Help 1-25 Command Syntax 1-25 iii Obtaining OCIDs 1-25 Getting Help with Commands 1-27 Using JSON for Complex Command Input 1-28 Using a JSON String 1-28 Using a JSON File 1-29 Generating JSON Format 1-29 Formatting and Filtering Command Output 1-30 Using the REST API 1-31 Viewing Resource Limits 1-31 2 Identity and Access Management Creating and Managing Compartments 2-1 Understanding the Tenancy 2-1 Listing Compartments 2-2 Creating a Compartment 2-3 Applying Tag Defaults 2-4 Adding Policies for Access Control 2-4 Adding Resources to a Compartment 2-4 Updating a Compartment 2-5 Moving a Compartment to a Different Compartment 2-5 Deleting a Compartment 2-6 Creating and Managing User Accounts 2-7 Creating a User 2-7 Providing a Temporary Compute Web UI Password 2-9 Setting Your Own Compute Web UI Password 2-10 Setting Your Password 2-10 Changing Your Password 2-11 Viewing User Information and Group Membership 2-11 Adding a User to a Group by Updating the User 2-12 Removing a User from a Group by Updating the User 2-12 Modifying a User 2-13 Unlocking a User 2-13 Deleting a User 2-14 Creating and Managing User Groups 2-14 Creating a Group 2-14 Viewing Group Information and Group Membership 2-16 Adding a User to a Group by Updating the Group 2-16 Removing a User from a Group by Updating the Group 2-17 Modifying a Group 2-18 Deleting a Group 2-18 Federating with Microsoft Active Directory 2-19 iv Gathering Required Information from ADFS 2-19 Verifying Identity Provider Self-Signed Certificates 2-20 Managing Identity Providers 2-21 Adding Active Directory as an Identity Provider 2-21 Listing Identity Providers 2-22 Viewing Identity Provider Details 2-22 Updating an Identity Provider 2-23 Deleting an Identity Provider 2-24 Working with Group Mappings for an Identity Provider 2-24 Creating Group Mappings 2-24 Viewing Group Mappings 2-25 Deleting a Group Mapping 2-25 Adding Oracle Private Cloud Appliance as a Trusted Relying Party in ADFS 2-25 Setting Up Policies for the Groups 2-27 Providing Federated Users Sign-in Information 2-27 Configuring Instances for Calling Services 2-28 Configuring Instance Firewalls to Allow Calling Services 2-28 Configuring Instance Certificates to Allow Calling Services 2-29 Configuring Python SDK and OCI CLI for Instance Principals 2-30 Creating and Managing Dynamic Groups 2-31 Creating a Dynamic Group 2-31 Updating a Dynamic Group 2-33 Deleting a Dynamic Group 2-34 Managing Policies 2-35 Writing Policy Statements 2-35 Policy Statement Syntax 2-36 Using Conditions 2-37 Conditions That Are Not Applicable 2-39 Using Defined Tags in Conditions 2-4

FAQs

How do I log in and navigate the Compute Web UI for the compute enclave?

Use the Compute Web UI to access the enclave, then navigate the dashboard and resource pages. The guide explains how to use resource type and resource detail pages to manage information.

What identity and access management capabilities are covered in the user guide?

It covers creating and managing compartments, user accounts and groups, applying policies for access control, and federation with Microsoft Active Directory. It also includes policy statement syntax and managing dynamic groups.

How does the guide handle resource tagging and networking configuration?

Resource tagging includes creating tag namespaces and key definitions, configuring tag defaults, applying tags, and filtering resources by tag. Networking topics include creating and managing VCNs and subnets, route tables, security lists, and network security groups.

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