{"id":1567,"date":"2025-01-08T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:00:53","slug":"host-your-own-wordpress-for-free-on-oracle-cloud-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567","title":{"rendered":"Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Oracle documentation can be accessed with the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/cloud\/free-1\/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205\">https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/cloud\/free-1\/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a free OCI account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need credit card details, but won&#8217;t be charged (unless chargeable features are used). Main challenge is to ensure that you do not use chargeable features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a VM with following specifications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shape configuration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shape:<\/strong>VM.Standard.A1.Flex<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OCPU count:<\/strong>2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Network bandwidth (Gbps):<\/strong>2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Memory (GB):<\/strong>12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Local disk:<\/strong>Block storage only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Image details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Operating system:<\/strong>Oracle Linux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Version:<\/strong>8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Image:<\/strong><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.oracle.com\/compute\/images\/ocid1.image.oc1.eu-zurich-1.aaaaaaaao72b2fn5dhjomi5zahu54sql4jy44nl72dgnz4tpihdcmwrcfhjq\">Oracle-Linux-8.9-aarch64-2024.05.29-0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image depends on latest available. I used the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Switch to a <strong>Pay As You Go<\/strong> account. Pay only for services that exceed the monthly free amounts from Always Free Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure only &#8220;always free&#8221; services are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(To be continued&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oracle documentation can be accessed with the following link: https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/cloud\/free-1\/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205 Create a free OCI account. Need credit card details, but won&#8217;t be charged (unless chargeable features are used). Main challenge is to ensure that you do not use chargeable features. Create a VM with following specifications: Shape configuration Shape:VM.Standard.A1.Flex OCPU count:2 Network bandwidth (Gbps):2&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oracle-cloud-infrastrucure-oci"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Oracle documentation can be accessed with the following link: https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/cloud\/free-1\/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205 Create a free OCI account. Need credit card details, but won&#8217;t be charged (unless chargeable features are used). Main challenge is to ensure that you do not use chargeable features. Create a VM with following specifications: Shape configuration Shape:VM.Standard.A1.Flex OCPU count:2 Network bandwidth (Gbps):2&hellip;&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"dbafox\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ray Fox\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ray Fox\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ray Fox\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb\"},\"headline\":\"Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure (OCI)\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567\",\"name\":\"Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?p=1567#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"dbafox\",\"description\":\"DBA Technical Information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb\",\"name\":\"Ray Fox\",\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dbafox.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.dbafox.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox","og_description":"The Oracle documentation can be accessed with the following link: https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/cloud\/free-1\/?source=v1-TECH-JumpNav-j2204-20241205 Create a free OCI account. Need credit card details, but won&#8217;t be charged (unless chargeable features are used). Main challenge is to ensure that you do not use chargeable features. Create a VM with following specifications: Shape configuration Shape:VM.Standard.A1.Flex OCPU count:2 Network bandwidth (Gbps):2&hellip;&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567","og_site_name":"dbafox","article_published_time":"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00","author":"Ray Fox","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ray Fox","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567"},"author":{"name":"Ray Fox","@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#\/schema\/person\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb"},"headline":"Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure","datePublished":"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567"},"wordCount":141,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#\/schema\/person\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb"},"articleSection":["Oracle Cloud Infrastrucure (OCI)"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567","url":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567","name":"Host your own Wordpress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - dbafox","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-01-08T10:58:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T12:00:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?p=1567#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Host your own WordPress Website for Free on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/","name":"dbafox","description":"DBA Technical Information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#\/schema\/person\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#\/schema\/person\/287adc474c1aebd398752ac4dcfe27eb","name":"Ray Fox","logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.dbafox.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbafox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}