Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) deploy tasks

Deploying to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure includes the following tasks:

Topics

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deployment tasks
Post deployment tasks

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deployment tasks

Task	Description	Related Topic(s)
Install OCI CLI	Most OCI tasks can be performed using both the OCI console and command line.	Install Oracle OCI command line
Download the latest OVA	Download current version of the Access Gateway OVA	Download the latest OVA image
Create compartment	Create a compartments to group like resources together.	Create compartment
Create storage bucket	Create a storage bucket to store an OVA.	Create storage bucket
Upload	Upload the prepared OVA into the newly created storage bucket.	Upload OVA to a storage bucket
Import	Import an instance from a storage bucket.	Import an OVA to OCI
Create VM	Create a VM from a imported image.	Create VM in OCI
Launch	Launch an imported image and perform basic configuration such as opening ports.	Launch and configure an instance in OCI

Post deployment tasks

All Access Gateway deployments require a set of common tasks:

Task	Description	Related Topics
First sign in	Reset the Access Gateway Management console password. Reset the virtual appliance at the command line.	First sign in to command line console Initialize Access Gateway command line
[Optional but recommended] Specify the hostname	Access Gateway defaults to a known gateway hostname which can be changed.	Set Access Gateway instance hostname
[Optional] Specify a fixed IP address	Many installations require Access Gateway to use a fixed known IP address.	Set Access Gateway instance IP address
[Optional] Specify DNS servers	Many installations use a split DNS process where multiple DNS servers are required.	Set Access Gateway DNS Servers
[Optional] Specify proxy	Some installations require a proxy server for Access Gateway	Set Access Gateway proxy server
Determine the IP Address assigned and configure DNS	Determine Access Gateway IP address. Configure required /etc/hosts admin entry. Configure required DNS entries.	Determine Access Gateway IP address for non-AWS instances. Configure admin /etc/hosts entry Configure Access Gateway DNS
Initialize Access Gateway	Initialize the cookie domain and instance hostname.	Initialize Access Gateway console
Configure an identity provider	Configure Okta tenant as an identify provider.	Configure your Okta tenant as an identity provider
Configure SAML access to Access Gateway from your Okta tenant	Configure Okta tenant to allow access to Access Gateway using SAML.	Configure administration access using SAML

Important

When creating a set of Access Gateway nodes for use in a high availability cluster, ensure that nodes are named appropriately.
Also, node names must be resolvable between Access Gateway instances before configuring high availability.