To deploy vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, complete the following steps in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console:

1. Click the Navigation menu icon in the upper left-hand corner.
2. Under Core Infrastructure, click Compute -> Instances.
3. On the Instances page, click Create Instance.
4. In the Create Compute Instance dialog box, complete the following:
   1. Name: Enter a name for the instance.
   2. Create in Compartment: Choose the compartment in which you want to create the instance.
   3. Placement: Expand the section and under Availability domain, select the domain in which you want to create the instance.
   4. Image and Shape: Click Change Image and based on the source of the image you want to use, complete one of the following tasks to assign an image to the instance:
      • To assign the custom image that you created in the Creating a Custom Image step: 
        1. Select My images -> Custom images.
        2. From the displayed list, select the image that you created.
        3. Click Select Image.
      • To assign an image published by Infoblox in the Marketplace:
        Note: When you deploy a partner image published by Infoblox in the Marketplace, you can skip the steps to upload and create a custom image.
        
        1. Select Marketplace -> Partner images.
        2. In the displayed list, search for an image with Infoblox Inc. as the publisher and select it.
        3. Click Select Image.
   5. Image and Shape: Click Change shape and depending on the NIOS version that the instance runs on, perform one of the following:
      • NIOS versions prior to 9.0.2:
        1. Select Virtual machine -> Specialty and previous generation.
        2. In the displayed list, select the required shape.
           For more information, see About Infoblox vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
        3. Click Select shape.
      • NIOS versions starting from 9.0.2:
        1. Select Virtual machine -> Intel.
        2. In the displayed list, select the shape: VM.Standard3.Flex
        3. Select the Number of OCPUs that you want to allocate to the instance..
        4. Select the Amount of memory in GB that you want to allocate to the instance.
           For more information, see About Infoblox vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
        5. Click Select shape.
   6. Primary VNIC information: This network interface card is assigned to the eth0 (MGMT) port of vNIOS. Complete the following:
      1. VNIC name Optional: Specify a name. 
      2. Primary Network: Click Select Existing Virtual Cloud Network to select an existing network for the instance.
      3. Virtual Cloud Network in <compartment_name>: Select the compartment for the virtual cloud network.
      4. Subnet: Click Select Existing Subnet to attach the instance to an existing subnet.
      5. Subnet in <compartment_name>: Select the subnet.
      6. Public IPv4 Address: Select Automatically assign a public IPv4 address only if you want to make this IP address accessible from the internet
   7. Boot volume: Retain the default settings. Do not modify them.
   8. Show Advanced Options: On the Management tab, select Choose Cloud-Init Script File or Paste Cloud-init Script to copy the script.
   9. Click Create.
   10. In the No SSH Access dialog box, click Yes, Create Instance Anyway and wait for the instance to be created.
       After completion, the status of the instance on the Instances page changes to Succeeded.
5. Create and attach a secondary VNIC:
   1. Open the vNIOS instance that you created.
   2. On the Instance Details page, under Resources, click Attached VNICs.
   3. In the Attached VNICs section, click Create VNIC to create a secondary VNIC that must be assigned to the LAN1 port of the vNIOS appliance.
   4. In the Create VNIC dialog box, complete the following:
      1. Name: Enter a name for the VNIC.
      2. Select a Virtual Cloud Network in <compartment_name>: Choose the virtual cloud network from the drop-down list.
      3. Select a Subnet in <compartment_name>: Choose the subnet from the drop-down list.
      4. Primary IP Information (optional): Select Assign a public IP address only if you want to make this IP address accessible from the internet.
      5. Click Save Changes and wait for the status of the new VNIC to show as Attached.
6. On the Instance Details page of the vNIOS instance, click Reboot.
7. Select Force reboot the instance by immediately powering off, then powering back on, and then click Force reboot instance to reboot the instance.
   The reboot process of the NIOS instance takes a few minutes to complete

You can proceed to join the vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instance to the NIOS Grid as a Grid member or a Grid Master by using a serial console connection to the NIOS CLI. For procedure to join the instance to the Grid, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Documentation. For steps to create a serial console connection, see the below section.

Accessing the NIOS CLI Using the Serial Console

To access the NIOS CLI, create a console connection to the CLI as follows:

1. In the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, open the navigation menu and click Compute -> Instances.
2. Open the NIOS instance that you created.
3. On the Instance Details page, under Resources, click Console Connections.
   1. Local connection
      1. In the right-hand panel, click Create Local Connection.
      2. In the Create Console Connection dialog box, select or copy the public key of the machine for which NIOS access is needed.
      3. Click Create Console Connection.
      4. On the console connection that you created, click the Actions icon (three dots), and then click Copy Serial Console Connection for Linux/Mac to copy the serial console.
   2. Cloud shell connection:
      1. Click the Launch Cloud Shell connection tab.