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Creating an account

  • https://signup.oraclecloud.com/
  • use a private Chrome or Edge tab (signup is messy, Firefox is supported but buggy)
  • use any email (will just be used for login)
  • they don't accept prepaid cards
  • pick a geographic location, US locations are generally pretty crowded and it could take a while to get free resources. The always free resources will ALWAYS be in the location you pick, so pick wisely. EU Frankfurt is not very crowded - US Ashburn however is super crowded and I have a script slamming oracle every 5 minutes for weeks and I'm unable to get it setup. BE WARNED!
  • When the free account is setup, we need to switch to pay as you go but then just keep using the free resources
  • Oracle disables free accounts often so be sure to switch to pay as you go and not always free (they will reserve 100$ / EUR but will release it immediately)