Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations (2026): Hands-on Workshop

Overview

This course introduces learners to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), focusing on its foundational concepts, architecture, and services. Participants gain practical experience with OCI's core components, including compute, storage, networking, and security features, through hands-on workshops and demos. The course is designed to help individuals and teams understand and implement OCI capabilities to support business goals such as scalability, performance, and security.

Prerequisites

Participants should have:

• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure such as networking, databases, and storage
• No prior experience with Oracle Cloud is required, but knowledge of other cloud platforms is beneficial

Target audience

This course is designed for:

• IT professionals and cloud architects transitioning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Developers building cloud-native applications on OCI
• System administrators managing on-premises to cloud migrations
• Decision-makers, including IT managers and leaders, seeking to understand OCI's potential in enterprise transformation

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Describe the foundational concepts and architecture of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Identify and use OCI core services, including compute, storage, networking, and security
• Configure identity and access management within OCI
• Apply networking concepts such as VCNs, routing, and load balancing
• Create and manage compute instances and container services
• Utilize OCI storage solutions and data migration services
• Implement security features and governance tools in OCI

Outline

OCI Introduction

• Overview of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud regions, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud concepts
• Core infrastructure and database services
• Data management and analytics capabilities
• SaaS portfolio and third-party support
• OCI architecture, regions, and availability domains
• High availability and distributed cloud design
• Hybrid cloud services and dedicated region options
• Autonomous Database and Oracle Database Service for Azure
• Demo: OCI Console walk-through

Identity and Access Management

• Introduction to OCI IAM
• Identity concepts and resource management
• Compartments and access control
• Resource movement and quotas
• Authentication and authorization in OCI
• Tenancy setup
• Demo: Compartments, identity domains, AuthN, and AuthZ

Networking

• Introduction to OCI networking
• Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and address space
• Routing, route tables, and peering
• Dynamic Routing Gateway v2
• Security lists and network security groups
• Load balancer and network load balancer
• Demo: VCN creation, basics, and load balancing

Compute

• Introduction to OCI compute services
• Flexible shapes and processor choices
• Instance basics and live migration
• Scaling options: vertical and autoscaling
• Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)
• Container orchestration and management
• Container instances and Oracle Functions
• Demo: Cloud Shell, compute instance creation

Storage

• Storage requirements and OCI storage services
• Data migration services
• Object storage: scenarios, resources, tiers, and encryption
• Accessing stored data and auto-tiering
• Block volume: tiers, encryption, replication, and resizing
• File storage: use cases and service overview
• Demo: Object storage and block volume

Database

• Introduction to database services in OCI
• Autonomous Database and automation features
• MySQL Database Service and HeatWave
• Demo: Autonomous Database

Security

• Shared security model and security services
• Cloud Guard and security zones
• Security advisor and encryption basics
• Hardware Security Module (HSM)
• Vault and key management
• Demo: Security zone, security advisor, and vault

Governance and Administration

• Pricing models and cost management
• Data transfer costs and usage reports
• Service limits, compartment quotas, and tagging
• Demo: Cost management and Cloud Advisor

Exams and assessments

There are no formal exams included in this course. Participants will complete interactive labs and knowledge checks to reinforce learning outcomes.

Hands-on learning

This course includes:

• Practical workshops and demos on OCI console, compute, storage, networking, and security features
• Hands-on experience with creating and managing OCI resources
• Interactive demonstrations for key OCI services and tools