Create a compartment

Compartments are used for grouping similar resources together. While it's optional, we recommend that you create a compartment for Access Gateway OVA.

Console
Command Line

Sign in to Oracle Cloud.
From the navigation menu, select Identity > Compartments.
Click Create Compartment.
In the Create Compartment dialog box, enter a name and description for the compartment.
Click Create Compartment.
Enter a Name and an Description.
Click Create compartment.

Note:

Creating compartments can take upwards of 1-2 minutes.

Open a terminal.
Install, configure, and activate the OCI CLI as described in Install Oracle OCI Command Line.
Determine the tenancy ID by examining the .oci/config file. This ID is required for creating a compartment within the root tenant.
```
cat .oci/config
[CONFIG]
. . . 
tenancy=ocid1.tenancy.oc1... . . . 
```

Create a tenancy ID create a compartment using a command similar to:


oci iam compartment create \
    --name "<compartment name>" \
    --description "<Compartment description>" \
    --compartment-id <compartment-id-from-config>

For example:

oci iam compartment create \
    --name "OAG"\
    --description "My OAG Compartment"\
    --compartment-id ocid1.tenancy.oc1...

Note:

Creating compartments can take upwards of 1-2 minutes.

Related resources

Create Compartment

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