Oracle Base Database service is a for pay offering on OCI but it is quite reasonably priced and suitable for setting up test environments. Still the setup is relatively complex and the scope of this article is the out line the main steps used.
Setup the Network
Decide the compartment to be used. In my case it will be called beta.
Under Networking, choose Virtual cloud networks. We will use the wizard as it is a strongly recommended approach. Otherwise, all the network elements listed below will need to be created and setup manually 🤷🏽♂️
Review and Create:
Now we should be ready to create the ‘Base DB System‘
Remove the Database Service
- Navigate to Oracle Database -> Oracle Base Database Service
- Select the correct Compartment
- Select the DB System
- From the right, choose Terminate to delete the whole DB system including the databases:
