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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f2383cee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. _datasource_oracle: + +Oracle +====== + +This datasource reads metadata, vendor-data and user-data from +`Oracle Compute Infrastructure`_ (OCI). + +Oracle Platform +--------------- +OCI provides bare metal and virtual machines. In both cases, +the platform identifies itself via DMI data in the chassis asset tag +with the string 'OracleCloud.com'. + +Oracle's platform provides a metadata service that mimics the 2013-10-17 +version of OpenStack metadata service. Initially support for Oracle +was done via the OpenStack datasource. + +Cloud-init has a specific datasource for Oracle in order to: + a. allow and support future growth of the OCI platform. + b. address small differences between OpenStack and Oracle metadata + implementation. + + +.. _Oracle Compute Infrastructure: https://cloud.oracle.com/ +.. vi: textwidth=78 |