A new customer has logged into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as an administrator for the first time.

By | December 7, 2022

A new customer has logged into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as an administrator for the first time. The admin would like to deploy Infrastructure into a region other then their home region.
What is the first Stop they must take in order to accomplish this task?

Correct Answer: C
When you sign up for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle creates a tenancy for you in one region. This is your home region. Your home region is where your IAM resources are defined. When you subscribe to another region, your IAM resources are available in the new region, however, the master definitions reside in your home region and can only be changed there.
When you subscribe your tenancy to a new region, all the policies from your home region are enforced in the new region. If you want to limit access for groups of users to specific regions, you can write policies to grant access to specific regions only.
Reference:
https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Identity/Tasks/managingregions.htm To create an instance in another region, perform these preliminary steps:
1. Extend your subscription to another region.
2. Federate Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) from the new region with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Also, when you purchase these services or sign up for a free promotion, you typically choose the data region closest to your location to access them. This becomes your primary data region. However, if required, you can extend your subscription to other geographical regions (within the same cloud account) and use the services there.