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Updated 2025-07-30

Compute

Use the Compute service to create bare metal compute or virtual machine (VM) instances to deploy and run your applications.

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Get Started

Launching Your First Linux Instance
Launching Your First Windows Instance
Working with Instances
Compute shapes
High Performance Computing
Set up notifications
Set up disaster recovery
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Images and OSs

Create a custom image
Export and import images across tenancies or regions
Use a platform image

Support

Support Requests
Create a service request

Connect to Instances

Connect to a Linux instance
Connect to a Windows instance
Troubleshoot SSH connections
Manage SSH key pairs

Manage Capacity

Reserve capacity
Use preemptible capacity
Scale the cores and memory for an instance
Create instances with burstable performance
Dedicated Virtual Machine Hosts

Developer Tools

SDKs, CLI, and API for Compute
Overview of SDKs and the CLI
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Community

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure blog
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Manage Groups of Instances

Automatically scale groups of instances (autoscaling)
Create templates for instances (instance configurations)
Manage instances in a group (instance pools)

Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot using a serial or VNC console connection
Troubleshoot Oracle Cloud Agent plugins
Display the serial console history
Perform a diagnostic reboot

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