DB Cloud Appendix

Properties File Format

The properties file is closely based on the Oracle REST Services. If you need more information than is found in this guide, please see the Oracle documentation.

The format of the properties file is as follows:

Property Name

Required

Description

Property Name

Required

Description

version

No

Oracle Database version for the service instance

level

No

Service level for the service instance. PAAS or BASIC (Defaults to PAAS)

edition

No

Oracle Database edition for the service instance. (SE, EE, EE_HP, EE_DP)

subscription

No

A string containing the billing frequency for the service instance, either MONTHLY or HOURLY

description

No

Description of the service instance

shape

Yes

The Oracle Compute Cloud shape for the service instance, to be created.
(oc3, oc4, oc5, oc6, oc7, oc1m, oc2m, oc3m, oc4m, oc5m)

vmPublicKeyText

Yes

The text of an SSH public key for the VM. This key is added to Oracle Compute Cloud Service as part of the instance creation operation. This should be a String starting with ssh-rsa.

parameter.usableStorage

No

The number of GB of usable data storage for the Oracle Database server. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS"

parameter.adminPassword

No

The administration password for the service instance. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS"

parameter.sid

No

The SID for the database instance. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS"

parameter.pdb

No

The name for the default PDB (pluggable database). Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS"

parameter.backup Destination

No

The backup configuration for the service instance. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS". (BOTH, DISK, NONE)

parameter.cloudStorage Container

No

Oracle Storage Cloud container for backups. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS".
Defaults to FDDB_CLOUD_INSTANCE_NAME + "BK"

.
The container is automatically created if it doesn't already exist in the Storage Cloud.

parameter.cloudStorage User

No

The username of an Oracle Cloud user with read/write access to the specified parameter.cloudStorageContainer. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS" and the parameter.backupDestination is "BOTH"

parameter.cloudStorage Pwd

No

The password for parameter.cloudStorageUser. Include this parameter only if level is "PAAS"

This plugin is designed to accommodate changes in Oracle’s REST API. It will pass all properties that don’t start with parameter. as top-level data in the JSON request and pass each parameter. data as data inside the parameters section. Any properties that Oracle supports can be used even if not listed in the table above. If there is a validation error, the error message can be used to troubleshoot.

 

Here is an example error message from leaving a field blank:

SEVERE - flexagon.ff.common.core.exceptions.FlexCheckedException.init() - FDDBCloud-00201: The value of the [shape] parameter cannot be empty.

 

This means that you need to send in shape={something}

 

If you set it to an invalid value, you will receive an error like this:

SEVERE - flexagon.ff.common.core.exceptions.FlexCheckedException.init() - FDSC-00051: Unexpected status code 503 - Service Unavailable

 

See https://docs.oracle.com/cloud/latest/dbcs_dbaas/CSDBI/GUID-9ECC81E2-7356-4E2C-91A9-315D7E42C203.htm#CSDBI-GUID-9ECC81E2-7356-4E2C-91A9-315D7E42C203 for more information about Oracle’s API.

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