Oracle Cloud Start Guide

Oracle Cloud provides a flexible data platform that enables developers to build big data applications on a massive scale. This guide explains how to add Oracle Cloud tenancy to Cloudaware.

Summary

To integrate Oracle Cloud with Cloudaware:

1. Generate a key pair in Cloudaware.

2. Configure access for Cloudaware in Oracle:

   • Upload the public key as API Key for the user

   • Create a read-only policy for the user

3. Add Oracle Cloud tenancy to Cloudaware.

See the setup guidelines below for details.

Set up credentials

Generate a key pair

1. Log in to Cloudaware → Admin.
   

   

2. Find Oracle Cloud. Click +ADD.
   

   

3. Click the link create a private and public key pair.
   

   

   Use a meaningful tenancy name and insert Tenancy OCID in the form:
   

   

   
   Click GENERATE.
   

4. Copy the public key to the clipboard or download it.
   

   

   Click GOT IT to proceed.
   

5. The public key is saved in Cloudaware. Check the tab 'Key Pairs':
   

   

Upload the public key pair in Oracle

1. Log in to the Oracle Cloud console → OCID console.

2. Upload a public key to a user.

Allow Oracle time to process the configuration after the key has been uploaded.

3. Copy the User OCID, Fingerprint, and Default Region that are required for further setup.

Create a read-only policy

To allow Cloudaware to collect data from the Oracle tenancy, create a read-only policy for the user using one of the following statements:

Allow group <groupName> to read dedicated-vm-hosts in tenancy
Allow group <groupName> to read all-resources in tenancy
Allow group <groupName> to read compartments in tenancy

WHERE <groupName> is a placeholder for the name of the group the Cloudaware user belongs to

OR

Allow group id <groupName> to read dedicated-vm-hosts in tenancy
Allow group id <groupName> to read all-resources in tenancy
Allow group id <groupName> to read compartments in tenancy

WHERE <groupName> is a placeholder for the ID of the group the Cloudaware user belongs to

Add Oracle Cloud tenancy

1. Go back to Cloudaware. Select the tab 'Tenancies' → +ADD TENANCY.
   

   

2. Fill out the form:
   

   

   WHERE

   Name – provide a meaningful name
   Default Region – select the region from the list
   Tenancy OCID – select the tenancy OCID from the list
   Key Pair – select the key pair from the list
   User OCID – enter the OCID of the user you uploaded the key for in Oracle
   Fingerprint – enter the fingerprint of the key that was added

   
   Click SAVE.
   

3. The green light in 'Status' means that the integration has been successfully configured. If there is a red light, please contact support@cloudaware.com.
   

   

4. To view Oracle-related data, go to Cloudaware CMDB Navigator. Select ORACLE CLOUD in the menu on the left: