Create an Oracle Visual Builder Studio Generation 2 Instance
Like other Oracle Cloud services, you need to create an instance of Oracle Visual Builder Studio (VB Studio) before you can start using it. When you sign up for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, a set of service limits is configured for your tenancy (account), which is the quota set for a given resource. (To learn more about service limits, see Service Limits.) The service limit for VB Studio is one instance per region.
VB Studio Generation 2 (Gen 2) refers to VB Studio running natively on Oracle Cloud Generation 2 Infrastructure. Visual Builder Studio Generation 2 is currently available in the regions listed in the OCI Data Regions page. Select your region, then scroll down the list until you find the row for VB Studio. (Alternatively, you can use Ctrl+F and search for "Oracle Visual Builder Studio".) The row shows data centers in the selected region where the VB Studio is currently available.
It’s important that you determine if you’re running on Gen 2 so you know which chapter to read for set-up instructions. Let’s do a quick test: Open the OCI console, then open Developer Services. Scan the list for "Visual Builder Studio". If you don’t see it, that means you’re not running on Gen 2 and should refer to Set Up Oracle Visual Builder Studio (Non-Native) instead of this chapter. If you do see it, then this chapter is the one you need.
After you finish creating an instance and setting it up, you'll need to set up the build system for CI/CD, by referring to Set Up VB Studio for CI/CD. Then, if you want to set up VB Studio to customize certain Oracle Cloud Applications through application extensions, see Set Up VB Studio to Extend Oracle Cloud Applications or, if you want to set up VB Studio to develop responsive applications and deploy them to Visual Builder instances, see Set Up VB Studio for Developing Visual Applications.