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datasources/nocloud.rst
datasources/opennebula.rst
datasources/openstack.rst
+ datasources/oracle.rst
datasources/ovf.rst
datasources/smartos.rst
datasources/fallback.rst
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+.. _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