Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Prerequisites

Learn about the prerequisites required to begin onboarding with Oracle Database@Azure.

Permissions for Onboarding and Provisioning

Many of the tasks you perform during Oracle Database@Azure onboarding require permissions in either the Azure cloud or the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) cloud. Review the following table that details the permissions you need for each task of the onboarding process.

Before you begin onboarding, identify the individuals in your organization with the permissions in the following section and ensure they're available to complete the corresponding steps in the table.

Onboarding Permissions Information by User Persona for Oracle Database@Azure
Task Cloud Personas Permissions
Private Offer Azure Accept Private Offer

Billing Account Owner / Contributor

OR

Enterprise Administrator

Purchase

Subscription Owner / Contributor

 Accept Private Offer

Microsoft Customer Agreement accounts (MCA) - Billing account owner, Billing account contributor

Enterprise Agreement (EA) account - Enterprise Administrator

Purchase

Subscription owner or contributor
Public Offer Azure Purchase

Billing Account Owner / Contributor

 Purchase

Billing Account Owner, Contributor
Link an OCI Account Azure and OCI

Azure Persona: Subscription Owner / Contributor

OCI Persona:

  • Existing tenancy: OCI Administrator

  • New tenancy: User performing onboarding becomes Owner / Administrator of new tenancy

Azure Permissions: Contributor

OCI Permissions: OCI Account Owner, OCI Administrator
Register with My Oracle Support OCI OCI Support Owner OCI Support Owner
Find the Availability Zone Mapping - for users deploying Exadata Database Service Azure Subscription Owner / Contributor Subscription Owner, Cloud Shell Access
Setup Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Azure EntraID Administrator Microsoft EntraID: Groups Administrator, User Administrator
Identity Federation (optional) Azure & OCI Azure Persona: EntraID Administrator

OCI Persona: Identity Domain Administrator

 Azure Permissions: Azure EntraID: External Identity Provider Administrator, Groups Administrator, User Administrator

OCI Permissions: OCI Identity Domain Administrator
Multi-subscription (Optional, Private Offer Only) Azure Owner/Contributor of OracleSubscription in Azure Owner/Contributor of OracleSubscription in the primary subscription

Register Resource Providers in Your Azure Subscription

Register the following resource providers in Azure to onboard with and use Oracle Database@Azure:

  • Oracle.Database
  • Microsoft.BareMetal
  • Microsoft.Network
  • Microsoft.Compute

The Oracle.Database resource provider is required to onboard with Oracle Database@Azure. The Microsoft.BareMetal resources are required to provision Oracle Exadata Database and Oracle Autonomous Database resources.

To register Azure resources for Oracle Database@Azure:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal. Search for "Subscriptions."
    Search for Subscriptions
  2. Select Subscriptions in the search results to navigate to the Subscriptions list view. Find the subscription you want to use for onboarding in the list view.
  3. Select the name of the subscription in the list to view the details page for the subscription.
    Subscriptions box
  4. Select Resource providers under the Settings menu. Search for "Oracle" in the Filter by name search field.
    resource providers
  5. Select the "Oracle.Database" resource in the Provider list, then select Register. Wait for the resource to display the "registered" status. This might take a few minutes.
    register

  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the following resource providers if your subscription doesn't have these registered:

    • Microsoft.BareMetal
    • Microsoft.Network
    • Microsoft.Compute

    See Azure resource providers and types in the Azure documentation for information on checking the registration status of available resource providers and information on registering providers.