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14.2.3 Obtaining Terraform OCI Provider Connection Information

1. Tenancy OCID

   Click Tenancy in the user profile in the upper right corner and check the Tenancy OCID

2. user OCID

   Click User Settings in the user profile in the upper right corner and check the user OCID

   

   

3. region: Region Identifier to use

4. API Key - private_key_path, fingerprint

   • Use the API Key used when installing OCI CLI.
   • Or create a new one.
     • Refer to 3.3 Creating Key Pair for SSH Connection to create SSH Key Pair to be used
     • Click User Settings in the upper right user profile
     • After selecting API Keys at the bottom left, click Add Key to copy and register the contents of the PEM format public key
     • Copy the fingerprint you see after registration

5. variable “compartment_ocid”

   • Open the navigation menu in the OCI console. Go to Identity & Security » Identity » Compartments.
   • Click the desired compartment and check the OCID

Example of Terraform Variable File Creation

• If the file name is different to change the variable according to the environment, the file name can be specified with the -var-file option when running terraform.

• terraform.tfvars

  # OCI authentication
  tenancy_ocid     = "ocid1.tenancy.oc1..~~~"                       # Use the Tenancy OCID from #1
  user_ocid        = "ocid1.user.oc1..~~~"                          # Use the User OCID found in #2
  compartment_ocid = "ocid1.compartment.oc1..~~~"                   # Use the target Compartment OCID from 5
  private_key_path = "C:\\Users\\TheKoguryo\\.oci\\oci_api_key.pem" # Location of the private key among the SSH keys created in #3
  fingerprint      = "7b:e7:~~~~"                                   # Fingerprint of Public Key registered as API Key in #3
  region           = "ap-seoul-1"                                   # The target Region Name identified in 4