Deploying vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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: Click to expand the section and complete the following:
      1. Availability domain: Select the domain in which you want to create the instance.
   4. Image and Shape:
      1. Click Change Image and complete the following:
         To use the custom image that you created:
         1. From the Image Source drop-down list, choose Custom images.
         2. Click Select Image.
         (For NIOS 8.5.2 only) To use the partner image that is published by Infoblox in Marketplace:
         1. From the Image Source drop-down list, choose Partner images.
         2. In the list of images, look for the image with Infoblox Inc. as the publisher and select it.
         3. Click Select Image.
      2. Click Change Shape. In the Browse all Shapes dialog box, complete the following:
         1. Instance type: Ensure that Virtual Machine is selected as the instance type.
         2. Shape series: Click Intel, and then from the shapes list, select VM.Standard2.4 (4 OCPUs and 60 GB memory).
         3. Click Select Shape.
   5. Networking: Click to expand the section and configure network details for the instance. This network interface card is assigned to the eth0 (MGMT) port of vNIOS. Complete the following:
      1. Primary Network: Click Select Existing Virtual Cloud Network to select an existing network for the instance.
      2. Virtual Cloud Network in <compartment_name>: Select the compartment for the virtual cloud network.
      3. Subnet: Click Select Existing Subnet to attach the instance to an existing subnet.
      4. Subnet in <compartment_name>: Select the compartment that contains the subnet. 
      5. Public IP Address: Keep Do not Assign a Public IP Address selected. Select Assign a Public IP Address only if you want to make this IP address accessible from the internet.
   6. Boot volume: Retain the default settings. Do not modify them.
   7. Show Advanced Options: Click to expand and select Choose Cloud-Init Script File to browse and select the cloud-init file, or select Paste Cloud-init Script to copy the script.

   8. Click Create.

   9. 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.

      Note

      While creating an instance, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure does not have an option to add more than one network interface card, whereas the vNIOS appliance requires at least two network cards to boot. The booting of the vNIOS appliance fails until two network cards are added. An alternative is to manually attach a secondary VNIC as explained in later steps, and then reboot the instance.

5. Open the NIOS instance that you created.
6. On the Instance Details page, under Resources, click Attached VNICs.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Click the created VNIC instance to open it.
10. On the Instance Details page, click Reboot to reboot the instance.
    The booting of the NIOS instance takes a few minutes to complete.