Before you begin using Oracle Autonomous Database, you should be familiar with Oracle Cloud.

Before you create an Autonomous Database:

• On Oracle Cloud, sign up for Oracle Cloud Free Tier or sign up for a paid Cloud Account. You cannot create an Autonomous Database deployment until you do so.

  See Welcome to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for more information.

• (Optional) if you want to leverage an object store for data loading you need your object store credentials to use with Oracle Autonomous Database, including a username and a password. For details on the required credentials, depending on the object store you want to use, see the following:

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, the username is your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user name. The password is your auth token. See Working with Auth Tokens.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic, the username is your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic user name and the password is your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic password.

  • Amazon S3, the username is your AWS access key ID and the password is your AWS secret access key. See AWS Identity and Access Management.

  • Azure Blob Storage or Azure Data Lake Storage, the username is your Azure storage account name and the password is an Azure storage account access key. See About Azure storage accounts.

  • Amazon S3-Compatible, such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. See CREATE_CREDENTIAL Procedure for more information.

  • GitHub Repository, the username is your GitHub email and the password is your GitHub personal access token. See Creating a personal access token for more information.