Editing an Instance

You can edit the properties of a compute instance without having to rebuild the instance or redeploy your applications. When you edit an instance, the instance's OCID remains the same.

On supported instances, the following edits can be made:

Required IAM Policy

To use OCI resources, you must be granted security access in a policy (IAM)  by an administrator. This access is required whether you're using the Console, the CLI, or the REST API. If you get a message that you don't have permission or are unauthorized, verify with your administrator you have the correct security access for your compartment .

The simplest policy to let users create, edit, and terminate (delete) instances is Let users launch compute instances. The policies give the specified group general access to manage instances and images and access to attach existing block volumes to instances.

If you're new to policies, see Getting Started with Policies and Common Policies. For reference material about writing policies for instances, cloud networks, or other Core Services API resources, see Details for Core Services.