Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Virtual Networking Wizards

To make it easier to set up a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and connect to it, the Console has the following wizards that walk you through network setup.

Create a VCN with Internet Connectivity

What this wizard does:

  • Checks for resource availability. To create any new resource the service limit for that resource must not already have been reached. Once the service limit for a resource type has been reached, you can either remove unused resources of that type or request a service limit increase.
  • Creates a VCN. This wizard can support the creation of a VCN with IPv6 addresses. For more information, see IPv6 Addresses.
  • Creates an internet gateway, NAT gateway, and service gateway for the VCN.
  • Creates a regional public subnet with routing to the internet gateway. Instances in a public subnet may optionally have public IP addresses.
  • Creates a regional private subnet with routing to the NAT gateway and service gateway (and therefore the Oracle Services Network). Instances in a private subnet can't have public IP addresses.
  • Sets up basic security list rules for the two subnets, including SSH access.

This wizard supports the creation of a VCN with IPv6 addresses. IPv6 addressing is supported for all commercial and government regions. For more information, see IPv6 Addresses.

Where to access this wizard:

Option 1:

  1. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Overview.
  2. Click the Start VCN wizard button.

Option 2:

  1. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Virtual cloud networks.
  2. Click Start VCN Wizard.
  3. Select Create VCN with Internet Connectivity, and then click Start VCN Wizard.

Add Internet Connectivity and Site-to-Site VPN to a VCN

What this wizard does:

  • Checks for resource availability. To create any new resource the service limit for that resource must not already have been reached. Once the service limit for a resource type has been reached, you can either remove unused resources of that type or request a service limit increase.
  • Creates an internet gateway for the VCN.
  • Creates a regional public subnet with access to the internet gateway. Instances in a public subnet may optionally have public IP addresses.
  • Sets up basic security list rules for the subnet, including SSH access.
  • Sets up all the Networking service resources required for a Site-to-Site VPN between the VCN and an on-premises network. The wizard can optionally have the IPSec encrypted traffic use an existing FastConnect link between the VCN and an on-premises network. See IPSec over FastConnect for details.
Note

For the IPSec connection to work, a network engineer must also configure the customer-premises equipment (CPE) in the edge network.

More information about this wizard: Site-to-Site VPN Wizard

Where to access this wizard:

Option 1:

  1. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Overview.
  2. Click the Start VPN wizard button.

Option 2:

  1. Open the navigation menu, click Networking, and then click Virtual cloud networks.
  2. Click Start VCN Wizard.
  3. Select Add Site-to-Site VPN and Internet Connectivity to a VCN, and then click Start VCN Wizard.

Option 3:

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Networking. Under Customer connectivity, click Site-to-Site VPN.
  2. Click Start VPN Wizard.