Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations (2025): Hands-on Workshop

Module 01: OCI Introduction

• Overview
• OCI Services
• Complete Cloud Infrastructure Platform
• OCI Cloud Regions
• Powerful Core Infrastructure Services
• Comprehensive Database Services
• Broad Data Management and Data Science Capabilities
• Manage, Secure, and Operate at Scale
• Build and Run Cloud Native Applications and Extend Existing Apps
• Robust Oracle Analytics and Third-Party Support
• Comprehensive Horizontal and Industry SaaS Portfolio
• OCI Architecture
• Distributed Cloud
• Oracle Database@Azure
• Hybrid Cloud
• Dedicated Region
• Hands-on
• Demo: OCI Console Walk-through

Module 02: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Overview
• Introduction to OCI IAM
• What is OCI IAM?
• OCI Identity Concepts
• Resource Management
• Resources and How to Identify Them
• Compartments
• Resource Compartments
• Compartment Access
• Interaction of Resources
• Movement of Resources
• Multiple Regions
• Nested Compartments
• Set Quotas and Budgets on Compartments
• Authentication & Authorization
• Principals
• AuthN (Authentication)
• AuthZ (Authorization)
• AuthZ in OCI
• Hands-on
• Demo: Compartments and Identity Domains
• Demo: AuthN
• Demo: AuthZ
• Administration
• Tenancy Setup

Module 03: Networking

• Overview
• Introduction to Networking in OCI
• Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN)
• VCN Address Space
• Hands-on
• Demo: VCN Creation Using Wizard
• Routing
• Route Tables
• Peering
• Dynamic Routing Gateway v2
• Security
• Security Lists
• Network Security Group (NSG)
• Hands-on
• Demo: VCN Basics
• Load Balancing
• Load Balancer Concepts
• Network Load Balancer
• Hands-on
• Demo: Load Balancing

Module 04: Compute

• Overview
• Introduction to Compute Services
• Flexible Shapes and Processor Choices
• Price-Performance and Cost Savings
• Instance Management
• Instance Basics
• Live Migration Between Hosts
• Hands-on
• Demo: Getting Started with Cloud Shell
• Demo: Creating a Compute Instance
• Scaling
• Vertical Scaling
• Autoscaling
• Cloud-Native Compute Services
• OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
• Container Orchestration Overview
• Components of a Cluster
• Cluster Management
• Container Instances Overview
• Oracle Functions (FaaS)

Module 05: Storage

• Overview
• Introduction and Storage Requirements
• OCI Storage Services
• OCI Data Migration Services
• Object Storage
• OCI Object Storage Overview
• Object Storage Scenarios
• Object Storage Resources & Tiers
• Auto-Tiering and Automatic Data Transition
• Versioning and Encryption
• Accessing Stored Data
• Hands-on
• Demo: Object Storage
• Block Volume
• Block Volume Overview and Tiers
• Encrypted Volumes
• Read/Write Shareable
• Resize and Replication Across Regions
• Volume Groups
• Hands-on
• Demo: Block Volume
• File Storage
• File Storage Overview and Use Cases
• OCI File Storage Service

Module 06: Security

• Overview
• Introduction and Shared Security Model
• Security Services
• Cloud Guard
• Scenario: Public Bucket
• Security Zones and Security Advisor
• Hands-on
• Demo: Security Zone and Security Advisor
• Data Protection
• Encryption Basics
• Hardware Security Module (HSM)
• Vault
• OCI Vault Overview
• Keys and Vault Management
• Hands-on
• Demo: Vault

Module 07: Governance and Administration

• Cost Management
• Pricing and Pricing Models
• Factors That Impact Pricing
• Data Transfer Costs
• OCI Budgets
• Cost Analysis and Usage Reports
• Service Limits and Usage
• Compartment Quotas
• Hands-on
• Demo: Cost Management
• Demo: Cloud Advisor
• Resource Organization
• Tagging and Tag Namespaces
• Support
• Oracle Support Rewards
• Overview
• Earning Oracle Support Rewards