Ampere

VM Provisioning See https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm After account is created, navigate to https://cloud.oracle.com/compute/instances and click “Create Instance”. Set desired instance name and change the instance shape (VM Type) Pick Ampere VM.Standard.A1.Flex and set desired vCPU and RAM Save SSH keys To use saved SSK key with Putty, convert it to Putty format using Puttygen - https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/cloud/ggcs/Change_private_key_format_for_Putty/Change_private_key_format_for_Putty.html For Oracle Linux 8 use " opc " as a user name with the converted key ...

For a Kubernetes lab in Oracle Free Tier with 24 GB of memory and 4 VMs, you can optimize the setup as follows: Option 1: 4-Node Cluster VM1 (Master Node) : 3 GB RAM, 1 vCPU VM2-VM4 (Worker Nodes) : 7 GB RAM each, 1 vCPU per VM This setup distributes resources evenly and provides 3 worker nodes for running workloads. The master node doesn’t need as much RAM since it primarily handles control plane tasks. ...