Connecting a Compute Cloud@Customer Infrastructure to OCI
The Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure in the data center needs to be connected to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) before it can be used. This task involves a bootstrap process during which a secure connection is established.
A connected system moves to a REJECT state after 90 days of continuous operation to force a refresh of the connection. After the system is moved to REJECT, you must reconnect the infrastructure.
When the infrastructure is in a REJECT state, your Compute Cloud@Customer workloads continue to run. However, the synchronization of the information between the infrastructure and OCI stops until the connection is reestablished.
Use the instructions in this section to connect the Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure that's in your data center to your OCI tenancy.
Connecting an infrastructure applies to the following situations:
- After a new Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure is installed in your data center.
- If a prolonged connection outage occurs, lasting more than 15 minutes.
- You're coming up on 90 days of uninterrupted connectivity and you want to proactively refresh the connection to avoid the forced connection refresh.
- You believe the security of the connection has been compromised.
Prerequisites:
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A Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure must be set up in OCI. Follow the steps in Creating a Compute Cloud@Customer Infrastructure in OCI.
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The Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure must be installed in your data center. Oracle does this by using the information that you have provided.
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The connection must be in the REJECT connection state for a minimum of 20 minutes before you reconnect an infrastructure. See Viewing the Connection State.
Newly installed infrastructures are in the REJECT state by default. If you need to put the infrastructure into a REJECT state (for example, if you believe the security of the connection has been compromised), see Rejecting a Connection.
To connect an infrastructure to OCI, follow these steps: