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Defaults stay within the OCI Always-Free tier (2× VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex up to ~2 OCPU / 12 GB). Going beyond is allowed with an explicit acknowledgment that charges may apply.

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Build OCI Image with Packer

Provision a platform image with a shell script and capture the result as a custom image in your compartment. Runs as a tracked background job (typically 5–15 min).

Image Name *

Letters, digits, dots, underscores and hyphens. A timestamp is appended automatically.

Base Image * include custom images

Oracle-provided platform images by default. The SSH username is set from the image's OS — a wrong one fails at “Waiting for SSH” minutes into the build.

Build Shape

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This availability domain offers no VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro — the Always-Free AMD micro only exists in the older regions. The free alternative, VM.Standard.A1.Flex, is Arm and needs an aarch64 base image.

SSH Username

opc on Oracle Linux, ubuntu on Ubuntu.

OCPUs

Memory (GB)

Flexible shapes need explicit sizing; fixed shapes ignore it.

Availability Domain *

Subnet

Public subnets only — Packer connects from this dashboard, not from inside the VCN.

Boot Volume (GB)

Leave blank to use the base image's default. OCI's minimum is 50 GB, which is also the free-tier allowance.

Provisioner Script

Load from storage:

Shell script run on the build instance. Leave empty to build a base image with no provisioning. Loaded from .

BeyondTrust provisioner options — used by the bt-ready scripts; ignored by other provisioners.

Admin user (Password Safe / Entitle)

Install EPM-L

EPM-L package from

Storage pins the version you synced and doesn't need BeyondTrust reachable from the build — sync it first on the Storage page. Not available on local-filesystem storage.

EPM-L is installed at build; activation runs post-deploy via the EPM-L integration.

Environment variables — passed to the provisioner script.

Secret refs are resolved at build start and passed via Packer sensitive variables — never written to the generated or archived template.

This build instance is outside the OCI Always-Free tier and may incur charges:

I understand this may incur charges

The build instance is transient — Packer terminates it when the build finishes or fails.

When to run

Timezone

Starts at this time, and is marked missed if it has not started within the grace period — it will never run late.

No change windows are defined yet. An administrator can add them in Settings.

Next: – UTC

Deploy OCI Instance

Instance name

Count

Shape

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OCPUs

Memory (GB)

Availability domain

Boot volume (GB)

Subnet

SSH username

Workstream

Assign public IP

Add to BeyondTrust PRA (Shell Jump) Untick to deploy without a jump. A Linux VM can be added later from its row.

Asset group, Gateway and credential — the configured defaults unless changed

BeyondTrust PRA options — optional; fall back to the configured defaults.

Asset group

Gateway

No PRA Asset Groups/Gateways returned — the shell jump falls back to the configured defaults.

PRA credential

Overrides bt_client_secret for this deploy's shell jump.

Runs after deploy:

Skip them for this deploy

Advanced options — SSH key override, integrations, Windows identity

SSH key secret override (optional)

Bound to this workstream: — used when this is left at the default.

This selection may exceed the Always-Free tier:

I understand this may incur charges

When to run

Timezone

Starts at this time, and is marked missed if it has not started within the grace period — it will never run late.

No change windows are defined yet. An administrator can add them in Settings.

Next: – UTC

Bulk Deploy OCI Instances

images selected — one instance per image. To launch several copies of a single image, use the Count field on the normal deploy form.

Instance Names

Workstream (shared)

Shape (shared)

The first availability domain offers no VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro, so the usual default is blank here. Every selected image launches on this one shape — one that can't boot it is rejected by name before anything is created.

OCPUs

Memory (GB)

Boot (GB)

Assign public IP Add each VM to BeyondTrust PRA Untick to deploy the batch without jumps; any VM can be added later from its row.

This selection may exceed the Always-Free tier:

I understand this may incur charges

When to run

Timezone

Starts at this time, and is marked missed if it has not started within the grace period — it will never run late.

No change windows are defined yet. An administrator can add them in Settings.

Next: – UTC

Edit tags

Add a tag

Remove — across the selection; a VM without one is left alone

Nothing removable — the tags on this selection are the dashboard's own.

PRA access —

Creates a BeyondTrust PRA Shell Jump to this VM, so you reach it over SSH through the representative console. Blank fields use the configured defaults. Destroying the VM removes the jump.

This VM has Shell Jump . Re-apply replaces it with one built from the options below.

PRA is not configured (bt_api_host / bt_client_id / bt_client_secret). Set it on Settings — the dropdowns stay empty and the job will fail until then.

Asset group

Gateway

PRA credential

Resolved to a bt_client_secret override for this jump's provisioning.