The Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODBCS) is the DBaaS extension of Virtual Image Service and includes additional automation for database provisioning during service creation, backup, recovery, and patching. While you are still responsible for the complete management of the environment, the embedded automation and tooling can simplify some DBA tasks. With the exception of Oracle Database…
Category: Oracle Cloud
Playing with Google Authenticator and Oracle Cloud – Securing SSH to Oracle account with two factor authentication
The Requirement Increase security when connecting via SSH to the Oracle OS account at Oracle Cloud by implementing two factor authentication (TFA or 2FA). The Environment Oracle Cloud Instance OS: Oracle Linux 6.9 The Implementation For this exercise we will implement Google Authenticator as our TFA solution in our Oracle Cloud Instance and configure it…
Playing with Oracle Database Cloud Service – Virtual Image – How to use and create a database STEP by STEP
The Oracle Database Cloud Service (ODCS) Virtual Image option gives you some extra flexibility on how to deploy databases in the Oracle Cloud. When deploying an instance using the normal Oracle Database Cloud Service it will per default create an instance within the database installed and pre-configured for you, but on the other side, if…