Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional (2025): Hands-on Workshop

Module 1: Introduction to Architecting Solutions

• OCI 2025 Architect Professional Overview
• Prerequisites & Architect Certifications
• Refresher Topics:
• IAM
• Networking
• Compute
• Storage
• Security Fundamentals
• OCI Multicloud Overview
• Disaster Recovery Concepts
• High Availability Concepts

Module 2: Architect High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions

• High Availability
• Demo: High Availability Workshop – Part 01
• Demo: High Availability Workshop – Part 02
• Disaster Recovery
• OCI Full Stack Disaster Recovery (FSDR) – Overview
• FSDR Requirements
• FSDR Components and Concepts
• Demo: Setup FSDR Components
• Demo: DR Plan Pre-Check and Execution

Module 3: Architect Cloud-Native Solutions

• Microservices Architecture – Overview
• Containerization Overview
• Case Study: Architecting Cloud-Native Solutions
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry (OCIR)
• Introduction to OCIR
• Managing OCIR
• OCIR Images Concepts
• Introduction to Container Instances
• Features & Use Cases
• Working with Container Instances
• Demo: Deploying a fully functional WordPress site
• Demo: Working with Container Instances
• Introduction to OKE (Oracle Kubernetes Engine)
• Basic & Enhanced Clusters Overview
• Serverless Kubernetes with Virtual Nodes
• Supported Images & Shapes for Worker Nodes
• Prerequisites for Creating an OKE Cluster
• Policy Configuration for Cluster Creation & Deployment
• Creating Kubernetes Clusters Using Console Workflows
• Network Resource Configuration for Custom Cluster Creation
• Examples of Network Resource Configuration
• Demo: Create Cluster using Quick Create Workflow – Managed Nodes
• Demo: Create Cluster using Custom Create Workflow – Managed Nodes
• Accessing a Cluster
• Using Kubectl
• Using Cloud Shell & Local Terminal
• Demo: Cloud Shell Access Setup to OKE Clusters
• Demo: Local Access Setup to OKE Clusters
• OCI DevOps Service
• Introduction to DevOps in OCI
• Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Oracle Functions
• Overview & Concepts
• Understanding Function Operations
• OCI Functions Use Cases
• Prerequisites for Creating OCI Functions
• Demo: Functions QuickStart on Cloud Shell
• Demo: Creating Functions from Existing Container Images
• Managing Functions & Scheduling
• Functions Integration with OCI Services
• Demo: Functions Integration with OCI Services
• Pre-Built Functions Overview
• Function Image Security
• API Gateway
• Overview & Introduction
• Concepts
• Prerequisites for Using API Gateway
• OCI Functions: Logs, Metrics, and Tracing
• Introduction to API Management

Module 4: Implement Infrastructure as Code

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Overview
• Understanding Terraform Concepts
• Benefits and Overview
• Terraform Commands
• Variables
• Provider
• Resources
• Outputs
• Modules
• State
• Your First Terraform Configuration
• Preparing the Environment
• Terraform Workflow
• Change Infrastructure – Updating Configuration Files
• OCI Resource Manager
• Introduction and Concepts
• Creating Your First Stack
• Using Source Providers
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code Topics
• Importing Existing Infrastructure
• Drift Detection
• Templates
• Remote Exec and Endpoints

Module 5: Architect, Implement and Operate Databases in OCI

• OCI Database Overview
• OCI Database Services
• Oracle Database
• BaseDB System Configuration – Uplift
• Exadata Database Service
• BaseDB Managed Features
• Maintenance
• Autonomous Database (ADB)
• Overview & Workload Types
• Deployment Options
• Auto Provisioning
• Serverless Provisioning
• Dedicated Provisioning
• Autonomous Database Advanced Features
• Auto Configuration
• Optimizer Statistics
• Initialization Parameters
• Scaling
• Cloning
• Backup and Recovery
• Patching and Updates
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability
• Autonomous Data Guard (Serverless & Dedicated)
• Backup-Based Disaster Recovery
• Globally Distributed Autonomous Database
• Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service
• OCI Cache
• Overview
• Implementing OCI Cache
• Demo: Create OCI Cache Cluster

Module 6: Architect Security Solutions

• Security Services Overview
• Introduction
• Use Cases
• Networking & Security Services
• OCI Bastion Service
• Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR)
• OCI Network Firewall
• Use Cases
• Policy
• Certificates and OS Management
• OCI Certificates Service
• Use Cases
• Demo: OCI Certificates
• Oracle OS Management Hub (OSMH)
• Application Security
• Securing Applications in the Cloud – Part 1 & Part 2
• Demo: Load Balancer and WAF Policy
• Key Management & Secrets
• OCI Key Management Service (KMS)
• Vault Introduction
• Demo: Encryption and Decryption with Vault
• OCI Services Integration with Vault
• Secrets Management
• Demo: Automate Secret Generation and Audit
• Demo: Retrieve Secret from Vault Using Instance Principal
• OCI Dedicated KMS
• OCI External KMS – Overview
• Organization Management
• Table of

Module 7: Architect Multicloud and Hybrid Solutions

• OCI-Azure Interconnect Introduction
• Oracle Interconnect for Google Cloud
• Introduction to Oracle Database@Azure
• Oracle Database@Azure – Architecture
• Oracle Database@Azure – Provisioning
• Introduction to Oracle Database@Google Cloud
• Oracle Database@Google Cloud – Architecture
• Oracle Database@Google Cloud – User Journey
• Oracle Database@Google Cloud – Onboarding
• Introduction to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
• Use Cases & Key Benefits
• Designing a Hybrid Cloud
• SDDC Products Overview – Part 1
• SDDC Products Overview – Part 2
• SDDC Deployment

Module 8: Migrate Workloads to OCI

• Introduction to Oracle Cloud Migrations
• Key Concepts
• Discovery and Inventory
• Migration Projects
• Replicate and Launch
• Migrations Flow & Architecture
• Data Transfer Service
• Disk-Based Data Transfer
• Appliance-Based Data Transfer
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• Storage Gateway
• Database Migration: Overview
• Database Targets in OCI
• Choosing Database Targets in OCI
• Migration Types and Methods
• Migration Process
• Migration Advisors
• RMAN Migration Method
• Data Pump Migration Method
• Remote Cloning Migration Method
• Unplug and Plug Migration Method
• UI Based Oracle DB Migration Tools
• Data Guard Migration Method
• Migration Using Oracle Golden Gate
• Zero-Downtime Migration Method
• OCI Database Migration Service

Module 9: Architect Observability Solutions

• Monitoring Service Overview
• Monitoring Concepts
• Demo: Monitoring Concepts
• Notifications Service
• Demo: Notifications Service
• Alarms
• Demo: Alarms
• Access and Limits
• Metric Queries
• Demo: Metric Queries
• Logging Service: Overview
• Logging Concepts
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• Service Logs
• Demo: Service Logs
• Custom Logs
• Demo: Custom Logs
• Access & Explore Logs
• Logging Queries
• Demo: Logging Queries
• Connector Hub
• Demo: Connector Hub
• Audit Logs
• Demo: Audit Logs
• OCI Search with OpenSearch
• OCI Search with OpenSearch
• OCI Prerequisite Resources
• OCI Search with OpenSearch