Oracle has
simplified the previously long and complicated process of subscribing to its
Cloud Services, making it much simpler and quicker to get access to any of its
Cloud Services.
Before, to
get access to an Oracle Cloud Service, you had to execute a series of
prerequisite steps. In the case of a PaaS service, you had to provision an
instance of a Database Cloud Service, an instance of a Storage Cloud Service
and then provision your PaaS service, with some tricky configuration options.
That’s not the case any more!
In this
blog post we will see how easy it is to setup a trial subscription to Oracle
Process Cloud Service (which is by default valid for 30 days).
You first
need to sign up for a trial subscription to Oracle Public Cloud Services which
requires you to already be a registered user with Oracle. You can do that by
either navigating to http://cloud.oracle.com and clicking on the “Free Trial”
button.
The link
will direct you to a page listing all available Cloud Services for
subscription. From the list click Process to be redirected to the Oracle
Process Cloud Service home page.
From the
Oracle Process Cloud Service home page click on “Get Started for free” to start
filling up the sign up form to Oracle Public Cloud Services.
Of course
you can visit directly the Oracle Process Cloud Service home page to “gain” two
extra clicks.
The sign up
form is very simple. The “First Name” and “Last Name” should come pre-populated
from your registered account with Oracle. You will need to fill in your
company’s name, country and enter your mobile number to receive a verification
code.
Click on
the “Request Code” button to receive a verification code to the mobile number
you supplied and enter it in the “Verification Code” input field.
One last
thing that you need to fill in is your domain name for your trial account. As
you can see from the screenshot above, my domain name is “cyeproseed”.
Click on
“Sign Up”.
You should
be redirected to a verification page, verifying that you have successfully
submitted a request to get access to Oracle Public Cloud Services.
Very
shortly you should also receive an email with your account details that
includes your username, a temporary password, your domain name and a link to
your account.
Please note
that you are initially provisioned with a temporary password that you will have
to change the first time you attempt to login to Oracle Public Cloud Services.
The landing
page is a dashboard that lists all your cloud service subscriptions. Currently
we only have one, Oracle Process Cloud Service. Click on it to be redirected to
the Oracle PCS service details.
By default,
no instances are available. To create a new instance of Oracle Process Cloud
Service click on “Create Service Instance”.
Provide
your instance details such as your instance name, your email and username and
click “Next”.
From the overview
page click on “Create Service Instance” to initiate the instance provisioning
process.
You should
see a confirmation message that your instance has been successfully initiated.
Shortly
after you will receive an email from Oracle with your Oracle PCS instance
details.
Navigate
back to your Oracle PCS service details and click on the refresh button under
“Service Instances”. You should now see your newly provisioned PCS instance.
