An Instance represents a software technology running in one or more Environments, that supports builds and/or deployments.

For example,

• You may have an Oracle SOA Suite Instance (SOA1) for most composites, and a second Instance (SOA2) for hosting composites which contain sensitive information such as financial or HR related data.In this case, you would create two Instances in FlexDeploy named SOA1 and SOA2. You can define Name and Code for Instances as per what makes sense for your topology.
• You may have a requirement to perform builds using multiple versions of JDeveloper, such as JDeveloper 11.1.1.9 and JDeveloper 12.2.1. In which case you can create JDEV11119 and JDEV1221 Instances. Then you can associate each Instance with one or more Environments, and describe which endpoints fit in each Environment / Instance combination.

Example #1 Instances for ADF Build/Deploy

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There are 4 types of Instances:

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In example below, we have an ADF Domain installed in Development, QA and Production environments, they are 3 physical installations of WebLogic domain, but we can logically call it an ADF Instance in FlexDeploy topology. This allows us to perform deployments against a specific instance in a specific environment. For example, you can deploy new version of EAR file to ADF in Development or ADF in QA etc. Similarly other technology installations like SOA, CRM application and Database are considered Instances in FlexDeploy topology.

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Viewing Instances

To view the list of Instances defined within FlexDeploy, select Topology -> Instances Topology from the menu, and choose the Instances tab.

By default, all active Instances are displayed in the search results. To refine the search results, select one or more criteria options and click on the Search button. Select the Any radio button to indicate the search results should include Instances matching any of the specified criteria, or the All radio button to indicate that the search results should only include Instances matching all of the specified criteria. Click on the Reset button to return to the default search criteria formtype all or part of the instance name into the Search box, and the list will automatically filter. Uncheck the Active checkbox to show the inactive integration instances as well.

Creating or Editing Instances

 Each Instance type has slightly will have a different configuration requirements. The following links , link will assist in setting up and maintaining Instances.

• Creating/Editing an Instance
• Creating/Editing an SCM Instance
• Creating/Editing a Test Instance
• Creating/Editing an Issue Tracking Instance

Inactivating/Activating Instances

To inactivate an Instance at any time, select an existing Instance and click the Inactivate button, click the Active link on the desired instance, and it will toggle to Inactive. This will temporarily hide that Instance until, a search is performed where the criteria for Active is switched to "No"after leaving the screen, until the Active checkbox is unchecked. To reactivate an Instance, select click the desired Instance and click the Edit button. Then change the drop down menu for active to "Yes" and click Save. This Instance is now active in the system again and ready for use Inactive link and it will toggle back to Active.