NEW Free Oracle Cloud Instance

[ostridge]

I upgraded my trial account to pay-as-you-go. I was then able to provision a free really powerful (sort of) VM.
Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex
OCPU count: 4
Network bandwidth (Gbps): 4
Memory (GB): 24
I used the OCID: ocid1.image.oc1.me-dubai-1.aaaaaaaamjtlzd67o5r5jkmrrkgx4jv3zfjc4xymi5yn6rlyjxfljqxh6x3a
(found here)
This is all free. I can resize this to some ridiculous amount of OCPU count and memory for free.

I noticed that in the screenshot it shows the Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex is showing "always free" for your VM.Standard.A1.Flex always free

BUT I have in my 'Compute Instances ' page where I have (see below)
The A1 Flex is not showing 'always free' though 'E2.1micro' does show that; QUERY is it same in your 'Compute instances' page still showing 'Always Free'?

instance-202110xx-xxxx -------------ExtIP   10.0.0.x VM.Standard.A1.Flex  4ocpu 24GB
instance-202110xx-xxxx Always Free ExtIP   10.0.0.y VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro 1ocpu 1GB

 

[kenn10]

My A1-Flex never show as "Always Free" on the screen but they did when I created them. I have never had any billing for them. One thing I discovered is that if you don't delete the disk file when you delete your instance, you run out of capacity to recreate instances due to limitations on free storage. I've had 2 E1's and 4 A1's up at the same time for testing.

 

[herbertshades]

I noticed that in the screenshot it shows the Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex is showing "always free" for your VM.Standard.A1.Flex always free

BUT I have in my 'Compute Instances ' page where I have (see below)
The A1 Flex is not showing 'always free' though 'E2.1micro' does show that; QUERY is it same in your 'Compute instances' page still showing 'Always Free'?

instance-202110xx-xxxx -------------ExtIP   10.0.0.x VM.Standard.A1.Flex  4ocpu 24GB
instance-202110xx-xxxx Always Free ExtIP   10.0.0.y VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro 1ocpu 1GB

Not ure why mine shows Always Free. But the account is upgraded. NO charges. We'll give it a few months and if it stays that way or if they'll eventually catch up.

 

[ostridge]

NO charges.

Mine also is free of charges - still on the Free tier ( as per the expired trial period )

 

[KNERD]

I signed up for the Pay As you Go and freaked out when I get an email saying Oracle had charged my CC $100. It was cancelled immediately though. I guess they just want to be sure that much credit is available in case of high usage.

How long does it take to do the upgrade?

 

[ostridge]

email saying Oracle had charged my CC $100

Prob just want to know if you hava a real CC, or maybe you are not a bot.

 

[KNERD]

Prob just want to know if you hava a real CC, or maybe you are not a bot.

Those are usually done with $1, not $100

 

[KNERD]

I did the upgrade, and see, yes, the Ampere is still free. However, the AMD servers are no longer available for free.

 

[hecatae]

Currently upgrading 2 CentOS7 free e2.micro to AlmaLinux 8, then I'm going to try:
https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevate-testing-guide.html to move 8 to 9

 

[hecatae]

Oracle is preventing me from building any new instances, well it was fun while it lasted.

 

[KNERD]

Oracle is preventing me from building any new instances, well it was fun while it lasted.

What do you mean by "preventing"?

 

[hecatae]

What do you mean by "preventing"?

I choose to build, it goes to provisioning, and then fails stating I have no available instances free and to upgrade from free.

 

[KNERD]

I choose to build, it goes to provisioning, and then fails stating I have no available instances free and to upgrade from free.

Which ones you trying to set up?

 

[hecatae]

Which ones you trying to set up?

e2.micro

 

[kenn10]

I choose to build, it goes to provisioning, and then fails stating I have no available instances free and to upgrade from free.

You can have two E2 instances and four A1 instances. You have to make sure you have erased the boot files when you delete an instance or it will not let you create new ones. It also takes about 24 hours for a deleted instance to disappear and allow more to be created.

Look at your block storage/boot files and delete unused ones that are still there.

 

[KNERD]

I have found if you upgrade to paid, you will not only still get the four A1 instances for free, but guaranteed have them available to you. With the free plan, it is about impossible to get them now.

 

[kenn10]

With the free plan, it is about impossible to get them now.

Never had a problem with USA-East.

 

[KNERD]

Never had a problem with USA-East.

I am on the west, and could not get any more at all. Availability for the free ones was always out.

 

[voipgkavek]

@tbrummell: Here are the Oracle Cloud rules that we use without problems. Some are redundant due to earlier experimentation.

View attachment 4297

View attachment 4298

Hi Ward
2 questions

In this screenshot it says "stateless YES" for the All Protocols ingress and egress, but on the Free Oracle blog post at nerdvittles you say it should be Stateless NO - "In the Default Security List option, add Ingress and Egress Rules with an entry for Stateless=No, Source=0.0.0.0/0, IP Protocol=ALL, Source & Destination Port Range=ALL."
1) should it be stateless YES or stateless NO?

also, this rule which you specify seems to open ALL ports to ALL protocols, but in one of comments under the same free oracle post you say "[WM: You never EVER want to open ports 22, 80, and 443 for public access to any Asterisk server. It will be compromised. It’s just a matter of time.]"
so now I am confused....
2) doesnt ALL Protocols ALL ports include ports 22, 80 and 443?

thank you!

 

[wardmundy]

Hi Ward
2 questions

In this screenshot it says "stateless YES" for the All Protocols ingress and egress, but on the Free Oracle blog post at nerdvittles you say it should be Stateless NO - "In the Default Security List option, add Ingress and Egress Rules with an entry for Stateless=No, Source=0.0.0.0/0, IP Protocol=ALL, Source & Destination Port Range=ALL."
1) should it be stateless YES or stateless NO?

also, this rule which you specify seems to open ALL ports to ALL protocols, but in one of comments under the same free oracle post you say "[WM: You never EVER want to open ports 22, 80, and 443 for public access to any Asterisk server. It will be compromised. It’s just a matter of time.]"
so now I am confused....
2) doesnt ALL Protocols ALL ports include ports 22, 80 and 443?

thank you!

Incredible PBX has its own firewall that blocks port access to 22, 80, and 443.