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Oracle Cloud Setup

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Setting up Oracle Cloud server for Nightscout⌁

So with that, let’s set up a free account on Oracle Cloud

1. Sign up: By going to https://www.oracle.com/cloud/sign-in.html or Click Here

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a. Go to Sign up.



b. Enter email/personal-info, and complete captcha/verification




i. Choose a STRONG password
ii. Pick a ‘home region’ that is near where you live – in my case, ‘South London’.
iii. Choose a cloud account name you will remember.
iv. Accept the terms/continue.

c. Provide name, address & credit-card (this is for know-your-customer purposes, you will only be charged if you exceed free-tier limits. This guide will keep you within free tier limits



2. Log in:
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a. Enter the cloud account name from the registration process you did.
b. You will be asked for a username and password to log into that account (this service is aimed at business users, so each ‘account’ can have multiple users).


At this point, you have a cloud account created. Now it’s time to create a virtual machine inside your account.⌁

3. Scroll down until you see ‘Create a VM instance’ under ‘Launch resources’, and select that.
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4. Under ‘Image and shape’ click edit
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a. The default image is RedHat based. The guide for NS setup is not, so: Click ‘Change Image’ and select Ubuntu Linux (If Oracle refers to it as ‘Canonical Ubuntu Linux’ or something similar that is still the correct option).

5. Under ‘Networking’, click ‘edit’
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a. Make sure ‘Assign a public ipv4 address’ is selected (it should be)
b. Click ‘show advanced options’, and set the hostname to ‘nightscout’

6. Under ‘Add SSH Keys’, click ‘save private key’.
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Remember where you saved this file to – you will need it later to log in to your new server.
Remember where you saved this file to – you will need it later to log in to your new server.

7. Click ‘Create’
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You will get a message saying the server is being created, followed by a page that shows it’s configuration.

This page will list your ‘Public IP address’ – copy it to your clipboard.

To Be continued! Do not attempt this process until I have finished it! I might be going Docker way Or Google Cloud to an installation rather than this one! Stay tuned!⌁



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