Getting started in Oracle Cloud - Database as a Service

Cloud - the recent talk of the tech-town. We all know Oracle has fired up the sales teams all over the world across all spheres of Businesses with a single goal - convince the customer to move to Cloud now !

Well, as technical beasts - we are more interested in how we can transition into this wave of Cloud computing, especially if you are an Oracle DBA.

Oracle is currently giving you 1 month free trial of the Cloud Services - so please make hay while the sun shines (that's lame :P)... 

To begin with, register HERE

Under Platform --> Data --> Database --> Try it --> Database as a Service --> Star Trial

P.S. - I had some difficulty to register myself as the Request Code that is sent through SMS didn't arrive at all. For any difficulty - please click the "Chat" icon to get immediate support from Oracle. They are pretty helpful.

You will receive an email with the subject "Oracle Cloud Access Details" which will give you direct access links to the dashboard.

A great place to start with following the instructions here - DBaaS Quick Start Guide

This is a simple guide that will guide you through the simple task of creating your 1st Database Instance as a Cloud Service.

This exercise will also give you an insight as to how easy it is to provision either a standalone database or a 2-node RAC database.

Happy Clouding!