Autonomous Database Deployment Options in OCI

In the previous chapter, you learned how to decide which autonomous database (ADB) is best suited for your workload. Now it’s time to deploy your ADB in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Before moving on to various deployment options for ADB, I’ll introduce you to Oracle’s Always Free Tier for OCI so that you can have a better understanding of the environment and visualize things in a better way. As we progress, you will learn about various deployment options available to users, such as serverless architecture (shared), the dedicated offering on ExaCS, and ExaCC platforms in OCI. More importantly, understanding the requirements of the network architecture such as the access checklist, private endpoints, VCN, subnetwork considerations, and considering IAM’s work separation policies will ensure that your deployment is well architected, keeping in mind best practices and security.

In this chapter, we will cover...