Oracle Cloud. What s New for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) Topics. July What's New for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) Release 16.

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1 Oracle Cloud What's New for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) Release 16.3 E July 2016 What s New for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) Learn about the new and changed features of Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Topics July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 July 2016 Colocated snapshots available in all accounts Implementing shared file storage over NFSv4 Create Instance wizard now shows Marketplace images Earlier, the option to create colocated storage volume snapshots was available only in the Dedicated Compute offering. Now this option is available in all accounts. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can use Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance Cloud Distribution to provide highly scalable, low-cost, reliable shared storage in the cloud for your Oracle Linux instances. See About Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance Cloud Distribution in Using Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance. You can now create an instance using an Oracle Cloud Marketplace image directly from the Create Instance wizard. See Creating an Instance from the Instances Page in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). 1

2 Inbound policy of a security list is always DENY Updating the description of a private machine image Patching guidelines Sample orchestration files available for download Earlier, the web console allowed you to specify the inbound policy of a security list as PERMIT, which effectively turned off the firewall and allowed access to all instances in that security list. This option is now removed in the web console. The inbound policy of a security list is always DENY. See About Security Lists in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). After you ve registered a private machine image, you can now update the description of the machine image. See Updating a Private Machine Image in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Documented the best practices for applying the latest security patches to your instances. See Securing the Operating System on Your Instances in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can now download a zip file with sample orchestration templates from technetwork/tutorials/obe/cloud/compute-iaas/ creating_instances_using_an_orchestration/files/ sample_orchestrations.zip June 2016 Resizing an instance Storage volume snapshots available to all accounts Web console allows you to select a site if your domain spans multiple sites Create Instance wizard supports HA policy monitor for instances You can now change the shape of an instance after you ve created the instance. See Resizing an Instance in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can backup and restore storage volumes using storage volume snapshots. Earlier, this option was available only in the Dedicated Compute offering. Now, the option to create colocated storage snapshots is available only in the Dedicated Compute offering, while the option to create remote storage snapshots is available in all accounts. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). The site selector in the web console allows you to select a site to create your instances and other resources. When you create an instance from the web console by using the Create Instance wizard, you can now specify the HA policy monitor. See About High-Availability Policies in an Orchestration in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). 2

3 Entering Windows-specific attributes in the Create Instance wizard Web console displays the API endpoint for each site in a domain Monitoring instance metrics and setting alert thresholds Creating storage volume snapshots using the API Viewing instance console log using the API Use cases in REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) The VPN Endpoints page has moved to the Network tab in the web console New fields have been added to the Create Instance wizard to allow you to enable RDP access to a Windows instance and specify the Administrator password. Earlier, this could only be done by entering the required parameters in JSON format in the Custom Attributes field. When you select a site in the web console, you can view the API endpoint for each site. You can view metrics such as OCPU and memory usage for your instances in Oracle Cloud My Services. You can also configure thresholds to receive alerts for a specific metric for an instance. See Viewing Instance Metrics in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) and Monitoring Service Usage and Configuring Alert Rules in Managing and Monitoring Oracle Cloud. You can use the POST /storage/snapshot/ method to create a storage volume snapshot using the API. You can also use the GET /storage/snapshot/ method to view storage volume snapshots and the DELETE /storage/ snapshot/ method to delete existing snapshots. See REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Earlier you could create and manage storage volume snapshots only from the web console. You can use the GET /instanceconsole/name method to retrieve the console output of an instance using the API. Earlier, you could only view the instance console log from the web console. See REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS) now includes a Use Cases section. This section provides the endto-end flow required to complete tasks that involve multiple steps using various REST API calls. See REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can now access the VPN Endpoints page from the Network tab on the web console. Earlier, the VPN Endpoints page was under the right corner. menu near the upper May

4 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition image released Oracle Linux 6.7 image Create Instance wizard enhanced to simplify the selection of images and the default configuration of instances Updating storage volumes from the web console Viewing the instance boot log Restarting an instance from the web console GRE security application Enhanced REST API reference documentation See Oracle Cloud Marketplace ( marketplace/listing/ ). Besides Oracle Linux 6.4 and 6.6, you can now launch instances using an Oracle-provided Oracle Linux 6.7 image. The Create Instance wizard has been enhanced. Private images and Oracle-provided images are now listed on separate tabs, making it easier to navigate to the image you want to use. You can also see details about each machine image. After selecting an image, you can accept all default configurations and proceed in a single click to creating an instance. All instances created using the web console are now managed by orchestrations. See the following in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS): Creating an Instance from the Instances Page Creating an Instance Using a Custom Machine Image Creating an Instance Using an Image from Oracle Cloud Marketplace Earlier you could only increase the size of a storage volume by using the API. Now you can do this from the web console as well. See Increasing the Size of a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). The web console provides an option to view the boot log of an instance. See Viewing the Boot Log of an Instance in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). The web console provides an option to restart your instance. See Restarting an Instance in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Added a predefined security application for the GRE protocol. The REST API reference documentation for the service has been enhanced with a new format that enables you to navigate easily through the document. For every method, the reference now includes an example curl command. See REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). April

5 Oracle Compute Cloud Service Generally Available (GA) Both metered and non-metered options of Oracle Compute Cloud Service Compute Capacity are now generally available. However, the Dedicated Compute offering continues to follow the Controlled Availability process. 1 OCPU subscription You can no longer subscribe for 50 or 100 OCPU configurations. Instead, you can specify the required number of 1 OCPU subscriptions. Bursting Oracle-provided Windows images Oracle-provided Solaris images Cloning storage volumes using snapshots Cloning instances using snapshots Resizing storage volumes Private Images page moved to a new tab on the web console Instance IP addresses now shown on the Instances page Improved image upload tool If you have a non-metered subscription, you can now provision resources up to twice the subscribed capacity. The additional usage will be charged per hour and billed monthly. For pricing information, go to cloud.oracle.com/compute and click the Pricing tab. Oracle provides images for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition. See About Oracle-Provided Windows Images in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Oracle provides images for Oracle Solaris See About Oracle-Provided Solaris Images in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can clone storage volumes by taking a snapshot of a storage volume and using it to create new storage volumes. See Backing Up and Restoring Storage Volumes Using Snapshots in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can clone an instance by taking a snapshot and using the resulting image to launch new instances. See Cloning an Instance by Using Instance Snapshots in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). You can increase the size of a storage volume, even when it s attached to an instance. See Update a Storage Volume in REST API for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). The Private Images page is now available from the Images tab on the web console. Earlier, it was under the near the upper right corner. menu You can now find the public and private IP addresses of each instance on the Instances page. Earlier, this information was displayed only on the instance details page of each instance. The CLI tool for uploading custom images to Oracle Storage Cloud Service has been updated to support various operating systems. The tool has also been renamed to uploadcli. Earlier it was called upload-img. See the tutorial Uploading a Machine Image to Oracle Storage Cloud Service. 5

6 March 2016 Changes in the web console for creating storage volumes opc-init documentation The steps for creating storage volumes using the web console are simplified. See Creating a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). Note: While creating a storage volume, you can no longer specify the instance to which the volume must be attached. After creating a volume, you can attach it as described in Attaching a Storage Volume in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). opc-init is a set of scripts included in Oracle-provided machine images, enabling you to specify configurations that must be performed automatically after an instance is created. See Automating Instance Configuration Using opcinit in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). February 2016 Oracle Network Cloud Service - VPN for Dedicated Compute Security IP list as the destination in a security rule created using the web console SSH key management actions moved to the Network tab of the web console Summary information displayed for each resource in the web console Simplified navigation and improved performance in the web console You can connect to instances through secure IPSec VPN tunnels using Oracle Network Cloud Service - VPN for Dedicated Compute. See Connecting to Oracle Compute Cloud Service Instances Using VPN in Using Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS). While creating a security rule using the web console, you can select a security IP list as the destination. Earlier, you could set only a security list as the destination. The SSH key management feature of the web console has been moved to the Network tab. Earlier, it was under the menu near the upper right corner. For each resource instances, storage volumes, and so on the web console includes a pane at the top displaying summary information about that resource. In the Orchestrations tab, the objects are displayed in a tabular format by default. You can switch to the old list view. The web console uses a framework that supports faster retrieval (and display) of updated content. Oracle Cloud What's New for Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS), Release 16.3 E Copyright 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 6

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