Running CT-VL on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Installation Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisites for running CT-VL on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

• Minimum settings for CT-VL instance: 4 CPUs and 16GB memory.

• Recommended settings for CT-VL instance: 8 CPUs and 32GB memory.

• If you want to create a cluster of the CT-VL instances, it is recommended that all cluster nodes reside in the same Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and subnet.

• Create security lists for the CT-VL cluster with the following minimum settings:

  • Incoming port 443: Web and REST API access.

  • Incoming port 22: CLI access.

  • Incoming port 5432: Set this access only for the cluster nodes. For example, source network should only be the subnet CIDR of the nodes in the cluster. This port is used by each CT-VL node in the cluster to communicate with each other.

Create a CT-VL OCI Image

Following are the steps to create a custom CT-VL Oracle Image:

1. Obtain the CT-VL QCOW2 image file from Thales Support (for example, ctvl-2.6.10.7.qcow2).

2. Upload the CT-VL QCOW2 image to your OCI Object Storage bucket.

3. Navigate to Oracle Cloud Custom Images menu and select Import Image.

4. Supply the following information to import an image:

   a. Select the Compartment where you want to create a custom CT-VL image.

   b. Choose a name for the custom CT-VL image (for example, ctvl-2.7.0.13).

   c. Select CentOS as the operating system.

   d. Select Import from an Object Storage bucket.

   e. Select the name of the bucket where the CT-VL QCOW image is located.

   f. Select the object name of the CT-VL QCOW2 image.

   g. Select QCOW2 as the image type.

   h. Select Paravirtualized mode.

   i. Click Import Image to begin importing image.

Create a CT-VL Instance (VM)

Following are the steps to create a CT-VL instance (VM) using the custom CT-VL image:

1. In the Custom images menu, select the custom CT-VL image created above.

2. Select Create Instance.

3. Supply the following information to create a CT-VL instance:

   a. Choose a name for the CT-VL instance.

   b. Select Compartment where you want to create a CT-VL instance.

   c. Select the desired Placement.

   d. Select Shape of the instance. The minimum recommended Shape is 4 CPUs and 16GB memory.

   e. Select the desired VCN and subnet.

   f. Select No SSH keys. SSH public key pairs for CT-VL in Oracle Cloud is currently not supported.

   g. Click Create to begin creating a CT-VL instance.