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, 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.