What s New for Compute Classic

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1 Oracle Cloud What's New for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic Release 18.4 E November 2018 What s New for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic This document describes what's new in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic on all infrastructure platforms where it's available: What s New for Compute Classic What s New for Compute Classic on Oracle Cloud at Customer For each infrastructure platform, information is organized by the date a specific feature or capability became available. What s New for Compute Classic Learn about the new and changed features of Compute Topics November 2018 August 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 August 2017 July

2 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 February 2017 January 2017 November 2016 October 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 November 2018 Create a VPN connection to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using VPNaaS. Create Instance wizard creates only nonpersistent instances Specify the IP network that you want to attach to your instance while creating the instance Create a VPN connection between an IP network in Compute Classic and a subnet in a virtual cloud network in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. See Set Up VPNaaS Connection between Compute Classic and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in Using Oracle Cloud When you create an instance using the Create Instance wizard, only nonpersistent instances are created. This enables you to update any attribute of the instance when you suspend the orchestration. While creating an instance using QuickStarts, Create Instance wizard, or using the Visual Object Editor, specify the IP network that you want to attach to your instance. By default, the instance is added to the default IP network. August 2018 Create instances using Visual Object Editor When you create an instance using visual object editor, a single orchestration v2 is created automatically to manage the instance and its associated resources. See Creating an Instance Using Visual Object Editor in Using Oracle Cloud June

3 Specify outbound NAT while creating or updating a VPN Connection using VPNaaS Save your customized layout and viewing preferences using visual object editor You can specify the outbound NAT to map or translate a local subnet of IP addresses to another subnet. See Creating a VPN Connection Using VPNaaS in Using Oracle Cloud You can save your customized layout. After saving the layout, you can load it and switch between the different layouts that you have saved. You can also zoom in to specific sections of the layout and save this section of the layout along with your viewing preferences. See Managing Resources Using the Visual Object Editor in Using Oracle Cloud May 2018 New Windows images available IP Network Exchange limits Windows Server images in Oracle Cloud Marketplace have been updated to version To use these images, you will need to delete any existing Windows images. See Deleting a Private Machine Image in Using Oracle Cloud After deleting the existing images, you can use the new image, Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition, from the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. Note: For Windows instances that are running by using older images (prior than ), review the MOS note that describes critical fixes for Windows instances to improve stability and performance. For a list of pre-defined service limits, such as the number of IP Networks you can create, vnics, applied ACLs, and so on, see Best Practices for Using Compute Classic in Using Oracle Cloud April 2018 Specifying instance affinity and anti-affinity While creating an instance, you can now specify if you want the instance to be created on the same node or a different node from another existing instance. See General Orchestration v2 Attributes for Instance in Using Oracle Cloud 3

4 VPN connection to other accounts by using VPNaaS VPNaaS fields that you can update Updating a running orchestration v2 You can connect to your Compute Classic instances from another Oracle Cloud account or connect an Oracle cloud environment to other cloud services. For more information, see VPNaaS Connection to other environments in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can update IKE ID, Phase 1 IKE and Phase 2 ESP configurations, and enable or disable PFS. For more information, see Updating a VPNaaS Connection in Using Oracle Cloud You can now update objects created by orchestration v2 even when the orchestration is running. Earlier, you had to suspend or stop the orchestration in order to update objects. See Updating an Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud March 2018 Updated Command Line Interface (CLI) tool released The updated CLI tool provides new commands to create and manage the following Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic resources: Orchestration objects Orchestration v2 Private gateway VPN Endpoint v2 The resource names in the commands have changed from plural to singular. If you misspell an action or a resource name, you ll be prompted to enter the correct command. See CLI Reference for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute 4

5 New Windows images available Cloning an instance with persistent boot disk Updating instances created with orchestrations v2 now allows you to update the IP network interfaces of a stopped instance New shapes available Generating a Screen Capture January 2018 Windows Server images in Oracle Cloud Marketplace have been updated to version This release includes fixes to address vulnerabilities under the names Spectre (CVE and CVE ) and Meltdown (CVE ) along with fixes to improve stability and performance. To use these images, you will need to delete any existing Windows images. See Deleting a Private Machine Image in Using Oracle Cloud After deleting the existing images, you can use the following new images from the Oracle Cloud Marketplace: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Note: For Windows instances that are running by using older images (prior than ), review the MOS note that describes critical fixes for Windows instances to improve stability and performance. A new tutorial is available to help you clone an instance that uses a persistent boot disk. See with persistent boot disk. Cloning an instance You can now update the IP network interfaces of a stopped instance from the Orchestrations update page in the web console. Earlier, you had to delete the IP network configuration and create it afresh. See Updating an Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute New GPU optimized shapes are available in some regions. See About Shapes in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute If you re unable to access an instance that is in the running state and you need information to help you understand why you re not able to access the instance, you can generate a screen capture of the instance. See Generating a Screen Capture in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Using the web console to create the virtual circuits and cross connects that are required to establish a private data connection through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect You can now use the web console to provision FastConnect Classic by creating virtual circuits. You can then use FastConnect Classic to access your Oracle Cloud services using a private data connection from your premises. You can also track the status of the provisioning process. See Connecting to Instances Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect Classic in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute 5

6 December 2017 Update an orchestration v2 which is in the Error state Create a blank orchestration v2 in the web console, and then add objects to it as required View the event log of a VPN connection that you are setting up using VPNaaS Retry to establish a VPN connection using VPNaaS if the provisioning process is incomplete Navigation tabs and tiles in the left pane of the web console are replaced by a drop-down list The Private Gateway page has moved November 2017 If you update an orchestration v2 and the changes you made cause the orchestration to go into an Error state, you can update the orchestration to undo your changes. See Updating an Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud You can create a blank orchestration in the web console. Instead of defining the orchestration in a JSON-format file and then uploading the orchestration to Compute Classic, you can create a blank orchestration, and then add objects to it by updating the orchestration. While updating the orchestration, you can define attributes for a single instance or create complex topologies that consist of multiple instances and multiple networks. See Creating an Instance Using a Blank Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud When you try to set up a VPN connection between the cloud gateway and the third-party device in your data center using VPNaaS, you can view the event log to identify and troubleshoot the issues if the IPSec tunnel is not established or if it goes down. See Viewing the Event Log for a VPN Connection in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute While creating a VPN Connection, you can monitor the provisioning status of your VPN connection by looking at the value of Life Cycle Status on the VPN Connections page. If the Life Cycle Status of the VPN connection changes to Error, you can retry establishing the connection after identifying the issue and fixing it. To retry establishing the VPN connection, use the new Retry menu option that s available for the VPN Connection. Earlier, you could use vertical tabs and tiles to navigate through the web console. Now, you navigate through the web console by using a drop-down list. The Private Gateway page is now available under FastConnect in the Network drop-down list. Earlier, the Private Gateway page was available under the VPN tab. Create Instance wizard creates nonpersistent instances by default QuickStarts enhanced to allow you to select other images When you create an instance using the Create Instance wizard, the instance is created with persistence set to false. This enables you to update any attribute of the instance when you suspend the orchestration. From the QuickStarts page, you can now select the Show All Images option to go to the Images page of the Create Instance wizard. 6

7 Compute Classic accounts provisioned from onwards no longer see the Corente VPN pages The VPNaaS, Corente, and FastConnect pages have moved Instance management options disabled for PaaS instances Instance snapshot option disabled for instances in an error state Corente VPN accounts aren t created for new Compute Classic accounts. Instead, use the VPN as a Service (VPNaaS) page to create a VPN connection to your instances. See Setting Up a VPN Connection Using VPNaaS in Using Oracle Cloud The Corente VPN, VPNaaS, and FastConnect pages are now available under the VPN tab on the Network page. Earlier, the Corente pages were under the VPN tab, while the FastConnect Private Gateways and VPNaaS VPN Connections pages were under the IP Networks tab. The Compute Classic console disables the stop and reboot options and icons for PaaS instances such as Java Cloud Service instances. You should manage those instances from the respective PaaS service console. The web console no longer enables the option to create an instance snapshot when an instance is in an error state. October 2017 Creating an instance using QuickStarts Using the web console to update orchestrations v2 Creating an instance using the Create Instance wizard generates orchestrations v2 The estimated cost of an instance is displayed when using the Create Instance wizard to create an instance You can launch the Create Instance QuickStarts page from the My Services Dashboard page or from the Instances page of the Compute Classic web console. The QuickStarts page allows you to quickly create an instance using a predefined instance configuration. The instance is created using default storage and networking options. See Creating an Instance Using QuickStarts in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The web console is enhanced to allow you to update orchestrations v2 that are in the stopped or suspended state. The Update option allows you to modify object-level attributes as well as general orchestration attributes such as object persistence. See Updating an Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud When you use the Create Instance wizard to create an instance, the Create Instance wizard now uses a single orchestration v2 to manage the instance and all the associated resources including storage volumes and networking objects. You can view and modify the orchestrations created by the Create Instance wizard on the Orchestrations page. See Monitoring Orchestrations v2 in Using Oracle Cloud When you use the Create Instance wizard to create an instance, the estimated cost of the instance is displayed. The estimated cost is calculated at list price and it assumes that the instance is running continuously for a period of one month (31 days). The estimated cost varies depending on the shape and the amount of storage selected. 7

8 Using the web console to create the private gateways that are required to use FastConnect Classic private peering You can now use the web console to create a private gateway. You can then configure your FastConnect Classic connection to use this private gateway to connect to instances on IP networks. FastConnect Classic connections using private gateways allow you to connect to the private IP addresses of your instances. See Connecting to Instances Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect Classic in Using Oracle Cloud August 2017 Using the web console to upload and manage Orchestrations v2 Using the web console to switch between multiple entitlements of Compute Classic July 2017 You can now upload, start, view, download, suspend, stop, or delete orchestrations v2 using the web console. Earlier, you could upload and manage orchestrations v2 using the REST API. See Managing Resources Using Orchestrations v2 in Using Oracle Cloud If you have multiple entitlements of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic in your account, you can switch between different entitlements in the web console by selecting the appropriate option in the site selector. Using the web console to create a VPN connection using VPN as a Service (VPNaaS) Starting, stopping, or rebooting an instance from the instance listing page on the web console Shutting down instances using the Stop option Updating the default boot disk while creating an instance using the Create Instance wizard June 2017 You can now use the web console to set up a VPN connection between your data center and IP networks in your Compute Classic site using VPNaaS. Earlier, you could set up a VPNaaS connection using the REST API. See Setting Up a VPN Connection Using VPNaaS in Using Oracle Cloud You can use the icons or menu options on the Instances page on the web console to start, stop, or reboot an instance. If you click an instance to view details, you can also use the start, stop, or reboot icons on the instance details page. To shut down an instance and free up the resources utilized by the instance, you can now use the Stop option on the web console. Earlier, this option was labeled Shut Down. When you create an instance using the Create Instance wizard, on the Storage page you can use the Update option to modify attributes of the persistent boot disk that is created by default. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud 8

9 New Command Line Interface (CLI) tool released Connecting to instances on IP networks using FastConnect Classic private peering Restoring storage volumes across sites using remote snapshots A new CLI tool is now available to run commands to create and manage resources in your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic account. The new CLI supports all the objects and operations supported by the previous CLI tool. However, the new tool uses a different syntax and the names of objects might differ. Context-sensitive help is available to provide information about the options for each command and the permitted values for each option. For instructions to download and install the new CLI tool, see CLI Reference for Oracle Cloud In future, the new CLI tool will be enhanced to support multiple cloud IaaS services. You can set up a FastConnect Classic private peering connection to access your Compute Classic instances. If your instances are on IP networks you can access them using their private IP addresses from your on-premises private networks. You don t need to associate public IP addresses with instances on IP networks. To set up a private peering connection, use the REST API to create a private gateway object in Compute Classic and attach your IP networks to this private gateway. Then set up a FastConnect Classic private peering connection by ordering Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect See Connecting to Instances Using FastConnect Classic in Using Oracle Cloud If your domain spans multiple sites, you can now create a storage volume snapshot in one site and restore it in another site using remote snapshots. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Cloud May 2017 Using persistent SSD block storage Creating objects using the visual object editor Selecting IP reservations for IP networks while creating an instance using the Create Instance wizard In some sites, SSD block storage is now available. You can attach these persistent SSD block storage volumes to instances as either boot disks or data disks. You can now create some objects in the visual object editor by dragging an object from the palette on the left and dropping it on the canvas in the center. You can also update or delete some objects in the visual object editor. See Managing Resources Using the Visual Object Editor in Using Oracle Cloud You can now select IP reservations from the public IP pool or the cloud IP pool in the Network page of the Create Instance wizard. These IP reservations are used to access instance interfaces on IP networks. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute 9

10 Updating an IP network interface while creating an instance using the Create Instance wizard When you use the Create Instance wizard to create an instance, if required, you can update an IP network interface while configuring the network settings. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud April 2017 Using the orchestrations v2 REST API to create and manage multiple interdependent objects Shutting down and restarting instances Using the REST API to set up a VPN connection using VPN as a Service (VPNaaS) Configuring IP network interfaces while creating instances using the Create Instance wizard Orchestrations v2 provide a modular and flexible approach to creating and managing multiple resources through a single JSON file. Orchestrations v2 are similar to orchestrations v1, but they also provide certain benefits over orchestrations v1 functionality. Using orchestrations v2 you can create references across interdependent objects, so that entire hierarchies can be created or restored without manually ensuring that dependencies are satisfied. You can update some attributes of objects while the orchestration is running. You can also manage the state and lifecycle of each instance in an orchestration, without disturbing the state of other resources. See About Orchestrations v2 in Using Oracle Cloud Instance life cycle management operations have been enhanced to allow you to shut down an instance that uses a persistent bootable storage volume. Earlier, you could delete an instance by stopping the instance orchestration. This would stop all the instances and other resources defined in the orchestration. Now you can shut down an instance without changing the state of other objects in the orchestration. You can restart the instance later on. The instance resumes with the same configuration and data. See Stopping and Restarting an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud You can set up a VPN connection between your data center and IP networks in your Compute Classic site using VPN as a Service (VPNaaS). VPNaaS uses IPSec-based tunnels to carry encrypted traffic between your data center and your instances in Compute You can set up a VPNaaS connection using the REST API. See Setting Up a VPN Connection Using VPNaaS in Using Oracle Cloud The Network page of the Create Instance wizard is enhanced to allow you to specify various attributes of an interface to be added to an IP network. You can select the IP network you want to add each interface to and specify a static IP address if required. You can also specify a name for the vnic and select the vnicsets that you want to add each vnic to. If you don t add your instance to the shared network, you can select an interface on an IP network as the default gateway. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud 10

11 Creating a delayed instance snapshot Selecting an IP pool while creating an IP reservation for IP networks February 2017 When you create an instance using a nonpersistent boot disk, you can take a snapshot of the instance to create machine image based on that instance. Now, when you generate the snapshot from the web console, you can select an option to defer the snapshot until the instance is about to shut down. This allows you to continue making changes to the instance and ensure that the snapshot captures all the changes you ve made. See Creating an Instance Snapshot in Using Oracle Cloud You can now select an IP pool when using the web console to create an IP reservation for IP networks. Earlier, you could select an IP pool only by using the REST API. See Reserving a Public IP Address for IP Networks in Using Oracle Cloud Attaching NVMe SSD data disks to instances New shapes available Creating storage volume snapshots from the Visualization page New page added to the Create Instance wizard to configure network settings January 2017 You can now use NVMe SSD disks as nonpersistent data disks attached to your instances. These disks are attached as raw block devices with the device name /dev/xvdz on an Oracle Linux instance. After your instance is created, format your NVMe SSD disk with the required file system and then mount it on your instance. New general purpose, high-memory, and high I/O shapes are available in some sites. See About Machine Images and Shapes in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The Visualization page now allows you to create storage volume snapshots. See Managing Resources Using the Visual Object Editor in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The fields on the Instance page of the Create Instance wizard have been reorganized and the fields related to network configuration have been moved to a new Network page. 11

12 Associating public IP addresses with an instance added to IP networks (release ) Applying access control lists to virtual interfaces on IP networks (release ) Viewing and updating resources using a visual object editor (release ) Providing high I/O local storage to your instances using NVM Express SSD disks (release ) Creating containers in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic by using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic REST API or in orchestrations (release ) Updating or deleting an SSH key that s associated with one or more instances (release ) Deleting nested orchestrations along with the master orchestration (release ) Adding a public IP address to an existing instance from the instance details page (release ) If you create an instance with multiple virtual interfaces and add those interfaces to IP networks, then you can associate a public IP address with each interface of the instance. You can also associate an IP address with an interface to enable that interface to be accessible to other services in Oracle cloud. See Workflow for Assigning a Public IP Address to a Network Interface in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can also use the web console to associate a public IP addresses to an instance that has an interface on an IP network. See Managing Public IP Addresses in Using Oracle Cloud You can control the flow of traffic within and across the IP networks in your account by defining security rules and creating access control lists (ACLs). ACLs apply security rules to specified sets of virtual interfaces. See Workflow for Applying Access Control Lists in Using Oracle Cloud You can also use the web console to create security rules and apply them to virtual interfaces using ACLs. See Managing Security Rules for IP Networks and Managing ACLs in Using Oracle Cloud You can go to the Visualization page on the web console to see a visual representation of the objects in your account. See Managing Resources Using the Visual Object Editor in Using Oracle Cloud You can select high I/O shapes to create instances. These shapes enable you to provide local, ephemeral NVMe SSD boot disks for your instances. These shapes have a fixed disk size of 400 GB per OCPU. See About Machine Images and Shapes in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can create containers in your associated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic instance by specifying the /integrations/osscontainer object in a REST API call or in an orchestration. See Orchestration Attributes for integrations/osscontainer in Using Oracle Cloud You can now use the web console to update or delete an SSH public key even if it s associated with an instance. Earlier the update and delete operations were disabled for keys that were associated with one or more instances. When you delete a master orchestration from the web console, you can now opt to delete all nested orchestrations as well. See Deleting an Orchestration in Using Oracle Cloud You can add a public IP address to an instance on the instance details page. Earlier, you could do this only while creating or updating an IP reservation on the IP Reservations page. 12

13 Setting up a VPN connection to a multitenant site using the web console (release ) Enabling instance-level metrics collection (release ) Updating orchestrations using the web console (release ) You can now set up a VPN connection to a multitenant site using the web console. Earlier, you could do this by using App Net Manager. VPN connections to a multitenant site use a Corente Services Gateway instance in Compute Classic and any supported third-party device in your data center. See About Setting Up VPN in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The opc-init package has been enhanced to include the OPC Agent. You can enable this agent on your instance, to collect accurate instance-level memory utilization metrics. See Enabling Instance Metrics Collection in Using Oracle Cloud You can update a stopped orchestration directly in the web console. You don t need to download the orchestration file to update it. See Updating an Orchestration in Using Oracle Cloud November 2016 Enabling active-active HA support in your VPN connection Adding an SSH key from a file Creating a custom Oracle Linux machine image which supports multiple network interfaces October 2016 You can set up a VPN connection between a third-party device in your data center and the IP networks in your Compute Classic site using a Corente Services Gateway instance. In this scenario, if you configure two such VPN tunnels, then you can enable active-active high availability (HA) between these tunnels, so that if either tunnel fails, traffic is routed over the second tunnel. See Configuring Active-Active HA in Setting Up VPN from a Third-Party Gateway to an IP Network in Oracle Cloud. When you add or update an SSH public key on Compute Classic, instead of copying the key value from a file, you can now select the file. See Adding an SSH Public Key in Using Oracle Cloud The tutorial for creating a private Oracle Linux machine image is updated with instructions to implement support for multiple network interfaces on each instance. When you create an instance using this image, you can attach the instance to a maximum of eight networks. See Building a Custom Oracle Linux 6.7 Image with the LAMP Stack. 13

14 Creating IP networks Oracle-provided images enhanced to support multiple vnics New images available Scheduled backups Additional platform support for the CLI Creating remote snapshots using the CLI VPN for Windows instances Create Instance wizard now shows Marketplace images opc-init can be used in private images You can create IP networks and add instances to one or more IP networks. An IP network allows you to specify a range of IP addresses that can be associated with your instances. These IP addresses aren t part of the common pool of private IP addresses used by all tenants in a multitenant site. You have complete control over how private IP addresses are assigned to your instances as well as over the network configuration. Using IP networks, you can create a network architecture that mirrors and extends the architecture you use in your onpremises data center. See About IP Networks in Using Oracle Cloud All Oracle-provided Oracle Linux images have been updated to support multiple virtual network interfaces for each instance. Now when you use Oracle-provided images to create an instance, you can add each instance to up to eight IP networks, inclusive of the shared network. This enables you to take advantage of setting up your own IP networks. New images are available for creating instances. To identify the new images, look for the version in the image name. See About Oracle-Provided Linux Images in Using Oracle Cloud You can schedule backups of storage volumes at specified intervals. The backups are stored remotely in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Cloud. When required, you can use these backups to restore a storage volume in the same site. See Scheduling Backups of Storage Volumes and Restoring from Backups in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can install the CLI on additional platforms. You can use the CLI to create and manage storage volume snapshots. You can use VPN to connect to Windows instances using a Corente Services Gateway in Oracle Cloud. See About Setting Up VPN Using a Third-Party VPN Device in Setting Up VPN Using a Third-Party VPN Device or About Setting Up VPN Using Corente Services Gateway in Setting Up VPN Using Corente Services Gateway. You can now create an instance using an Oracle Cloud Marketplace image directly from the Create Instance wizard. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud The opc-init package is used in Oracle-provided images to automate instance configuration and initialization. This package is now also available for download from To use the opc-init scripts in private images, you can now download and install this package while creating your private machine images. See Automating Instance Initialization Using opc-init in Using Oracle Cloud 14

15 The Monitoring page has moved You can now access the Monitoring page from the CLOUD Tutorial for migrating virtual machines from VMware to Compute Classic July 2016 SERVICES menu, by clicking near the upper left corner of the page. Earlier, the Monitoring tab was displayed at the top of the page. A new tutorial is available to help you migrate Oracle Linux virtual machines from VMware to Compute See Migrating a Virtual Machine Running Oracle Linux bit from VMware to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Command Line Interface (CLI) tool released Colocated snapshots available in all accounts Implementing shared file storage over NFSv4 Inbound policy of a security list is always DENY Updating the description of a private machine image Patching guidelines Sample orchestration files available for download You can now use a CLI client to provision and manage your Compute Classic resources. Earlier, the option to create colocated storage volume snapshots was available only in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic offering. Now this option is available in all accounts. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Cloud You can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance Cloud Distribution to provide highly scalable, low-cost, reliable shared storage in the cloud for your Oracle Linux instances. See About Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance Cloud Distribution in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance. Earlier, the web console allowed you to specify the inbound policy of a security list as PERMIT, which effectively turned off the firewall and allowed access to all instances in that security list. This option is now removed in the web console. The inbound policy of a security list is always DENY. See About Security Lists in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute After you ve registered a private machine image, you can now update the description of the machine image. See Updating a Private Machine Image in Using Oracle Cloud Documented the best practices for applying the latest security patches to your instances. See Securing the Operating System on Your Instances in Using Oracle Cloud You can now download a zip file with sample orchestration templates from technetwork/tutorials/obe/cloud/compute-iaas/ creating_instances_using_an_orchestration/files/ sample_orchestrations.zip 15

16 June 2016 Resizing an instance Storage volume snapshots available to all accounts Web console allows you to select a site if your domain spans multiple sites Create Instance wizard supports HA policy monitor for instances Entering Windows-specific attributes in the Create Instance wizard Web console displays the API endpoint for each site in a domain Monitoring instance metrics and setting alert thresholds Creating storage volume snapshots using the API You can now change the shape of an instance after you ve created the instance. See Resizing an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud You can backup and restore storage volumes using storage volume snapshots. Earlier, this option was available only in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic offering. Now, the option to create colocated storage snapshots is available only in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic offering, while the option to create remote storage snapshots is available in all accounts. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The site selector in the web console allows you to select a site to create your instances and other resources. When you create an instance from the web console by using the Create Instance wizard, you can now specify the HA policy monitor. See About High-Availability Policies in an Orchestration in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute New fields have been added to the Create Instance wizard to allow you to enable RDP access to a Windows instance and specify the Administrator password. Earlier, this could only be done by entering the required parameters in JSON format in the Custom Attributes field. When you select a site in the web console, you can view the API endpoint for each site. You can view metrics such as OCPU and memory usage for your instances in Oracle Cloud My Services. You can also configure thresholds to receive alerts for a specific metric for an instance. See Viewing Instance Metrics in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic and Monitoring Service Usage and Configuring Alert Rules in Managing and Monitoring Oracle Cloud. You can use the POST /storage/snapshot/ method to create a storage volume snapshot using the API. You can also use the GET /storage/snapshot/ method to view storage volume snapshots and the DELETE /storage/snapshot/ method to delete existing snapshots. See REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic. Earlier you could create and manage storage volume snapshots only from the web console. 16

17 Viewing instance console log using the API Use cases in REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic The VPN Endpoints page has moved to the Network tab in the web console May 2016 You can use the GET /instanceconsole/name method to retrieve the console output of an instance using the API. Earlier, you could only view the instance console log from the web console. See REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic now includes a Use Cases section. This section provides the end-to-end flow required to complete tasks that involve multiple steps using various REST API calls. See Use Cases in REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can now access the VPN Endpoints page from the Network tab on the web console. Earlier, the VPN Endpoints page was under the menu near the upper right corner. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition image released Oracle Linux 6.7 image Create Instance wizard enhanced to simplify the selection of images and the default configuration of instances Updating storage volumes from the web console Viewing the instance boot log Restarting an instance from the web console GRE security application See Oracle Cloud Marketplace ( marketplace/listing/ ). Besides Oracle Linux 6.4 and 6.6, you can now launch instances using an Oracle-provided Oracle Linux 6.7 image. The Create Instance wizard has been enhanced. Private images and Oracle-provided images are now listed on separate tabs, making it easier to navigate to the image you want to use. You can also see details about each machine image. After selecting an image, you can accept all default configurations and proceed in a single click to creating an instance. All instances created using the web console are now managed by orchestrations. See the following in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic: Creating an Instance from the Instances Page Creating an Instance Using a Custom Machine Image Earlier you could only increase the size of a storage volume by using the API. Now you can do this from the web console as well. See Increasing the Size of a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Cloud The web console provides an option to view the boot log of an instance. See Viewing the Boot Log of an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud The web console provides an option to restart your instance. See Restarting an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud Added a predefined security application for the GRE protocol. 17

18 Enhanced REST API reference documentation The REST API reference documentation for the service has been enhanced with a new format that enables you to navigate easily through the document. For every method, the reference now includes an example curl command. See REST API for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic (IaaS). April 2016 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic Generally Available (GA) Both metered and non-metered options of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic Compute Capacity are now generally available. However, the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Compute Classic offering continues to follow the Controlled Availability process. 1 OCPU subscription You can no longer subscribe for 50 or 100 OCPU configurations. Instead, you can specify the required number of 1 OCPU subscriptions. Bursting Oracle-provided Windows images Oracle-provided Solaris images Cloning storage volumes using snapshots Cloning instances using snapshots Resizing storage volumes Private Images page moved to a new tab on the web console Instance IP addresses now shown on the Instances page If you have a non-metered subscription, you can now provision resources up to twice the subscribed capacity. The additional usage will be charged per hour and billed monthly. For pricing information, go to cloud.oracle.com/compute and click the Pricing tab. Oracle provides images for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition. See About Oracle-Provided Windows Images in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Oracle provides images for Oracle Solaris See About Oracle-Provided Solaris Images in Using Oracle Cloud You can clone storage volumes by taking a snapshot of a storage volume and using it to create new storage volumes. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can clone an instance by taking a snapshot and using the resulting image to launch new instances. See Cloning an Instance by Using Instance Snapshots in Using Oracle Cloud You can increase the size of a storage volume, even when it s attached to an instance. See Update a Storage Volume in REST API for Oracle Cloud The Private Images page is now available from the Images tab on the web console. Earlier, it was under the near the upper right corner. menu You can now find the public and private IP addresses of each instance on the Instances page. Earlier, this information was displayed only on the instance details page of each instance. 18

19 Improved image upload tool The CLI tool for uploading custom images to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic has been updated to support various operating systems. The tool has also been renamed to uploadcli. Earlier it was called upload-img. See Uploading a Machine Image to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage March 2016 Changes in the web console for creating storage volumes opc-init documentation The steps for creating storage volumes using the web console are simplified. See Creating a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic. Note: While creating a storage volume, you can no longer specify the instance to which the volume must be attached. After creating a volume, you can attach it as described in Attaching a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Cloud opc-init is a set of scripts included in Oracle-provided machine images, enabling you to specify configurations that must be performed automatically after an instance is created. See Automating Instance Initialization Using opc-init in Using Oracle Cloud February 2016 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Networking Classic - VPN for Dedicated Compute Security IP list as the destination in a security rule created using the web console SSH key management actions moved to the Network tab of the web console Summary information displayed for each resource in the web console Simplified navigation and improved performance in the web console You can connect to instances through secure IPSec VPN tunnels using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Networking Classic - VPN for Dedicated Compute. See Connecting to Instances in a Dedicated Site Using VPN in Using Oracle Cloud While creating a security rule using the web console, you can select a security IP list as the destination. Earlier, you could set only a security list as the destination. The SSH key management feature of the web console has been moved to the Network tab. Earlier, it was under the menu near the upper right corner. For each resource instances, storage volumes, and so on the web console includes a pane at the top displaying summary information about that resource. In the Orchestrations tab, the objects are displayed in a tabular format by default. You can switch to the old list view. The web console uses a framework that supports faster retrieval (and display) of updated content. 19

20 What s New for Compute Classic on Oracle Cloud at Customer The following sections describe what s new in Compute Classic on Oracle Cloud at Customer. The Oracle Cloud at Customer family of products provides the capabilities of Oracle Cloud in your data center. Oracle upgrades your Oracle Cloud at Customer environment at regular intervals. If a Compute Classic feature is not available on Oracle Cloud at Customer, the topic describing the feature is marked as: This topic does not apply to Oracle Cloud at Customer. For individual options that are not supported in Oracle Cloud at Customer, the options are indicated as shown below, in the text: (Not available on Oracle Cloud at Customer) Topics August 2018 August 2018 Use the web console to create and manage multiple interdependent objects using orchestrations v2 Create a blank orchestration v2 in the web console, and then add objects to it as required Orchestrations v2 provide a modular and flexible approach to creating and managing multiple resources through a single JSON file. Orchestrations v2 are similar to orchestrations v1, but they also provide certain benefits over orchestrations v1 functionality. Using orchestrations v2 you can create references across interdependent objects, so that entire hierarchies can be created or restored without manually ensuring that dependencies are satisfied. You can update some attributes of objects while the orchestration is running. You can also manage the state and lifecycle of each instance in an orchestration, without disturbing the state of other resources. See About Orchestrations v2 in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute You can create a blank orchestration in the web console. Instead of defining the orchestration in a JSON-format file and then uploading the orchestration to Compute Classic, you can create a blank orchestration, and then add objects to it by updating the orchestration. While updating the orchestration, you can define attributes for a single instance or create complex topologies that consist of multiple instances and multiple networks. See Creating an Instance Using a Blank Orchestration v2 in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute 20

21 Create an instance using QuickStarts Create an instance using the Create Instance wizard generates orchestrations v2 The estimated cost of an instance is displayed when using the Create Instance wizard to create an instance Update the default boot disk while creating an instance using the Create Instance wizard Instance management options disabled for PaaS instances Instance snapshot option disabled for instances in an error state Navigation tabs and tiles in the left pane of the web console are replaced by a dropdown list Start, shut down, or reboot an instance from the instance listing page on the web console You can launch the Create Instance QuickStarts page from the My Services Dashboard page or from the Instances page of the Compute Classic web console. The QuickStarts page allows you to quickly create an instance using a predefined instance configuration. The instance is created using default storage and networking options. See Creating an Instance Using QuickStarts in Using Oracle Cloud From the QuickStarts page, you can also select the Show All Images option to go to the Images page of the Create Instance wizard. When you use the Create Instance wizard to create an instance, the Create Instance wizard now uses a single orchestration v2 to manage the instance and all the associated resources including storage volumes and networking objects. You can view and modify the orchestrations created by the Create Instance wizard on the Orchestrations page. See Monitoring Orchestrations v2 in Using Oracle Cloud The instance is created with persistence set to false. This enables you to update any attribute of the instance when you suspend the orchestration. When you use the Create Instance wizard to create an instance, the estimated cost of the instance is displayed. The estimated cost is calculated at list price and it assumes that the instance is running continuously for a period of one month (31 days). The estimated cost varies depending on the shape and the amount of storage selected. When you create an instance using the Create Instance wizard, on the Storage page you can use the Update option to modify attributes of the persistent boot disk that is created by default. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute The Compute Classic console disables the stop and reboot options and icons for PaaS instances such as Java Cloud Service instances. You should manage those instances from the respective PaaS service console. The web console no longer enables the option to create an instance snapshot when an instance is in an error state. Earlier, you could use vertical tabs and tiles to navigate through the web console. Now, you navigate through the web console by using a drop-down list. You can use the icons or menu options on the Instances page on the web console to start, shut down, or reboot an instance. If you click an instance to view details, you can also use the start, shut down, or reboot icons on the instance details page. Documentation Accessibility 21

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