Sure you can do that.
Fire up an EC2 instance on AWS. Use OEL (which is free). Download the
Oracle software from OTN (which comes with its own license if you just want
to play around / test / experiment ) and is free.
Once you've got it all installed, create an AMI.
Then whenever you want to use it, just launch the AMI as a spot request.
Spot instances on AWS are dirt cheap.
All you pay consistently (whether you use it or not) is the persistent
storage needed to store your AMI.
Should be even less than $5 / day.
Stefan
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 3:25 AM <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am on a 4G (read slow) rural internet connection.
I want to spin up an Oracle database (multiple versions would be great).
I am willing to use any cloud provider.
I may work for 4-8 hours a day max.
I can start from scratch everyday and reload the database with my data
(not much) and code.
I want access to as many features as possible (all the internal tables,
log files).
I don’t want to spend more than $5 a day but interested in what minimum
would be even if it is over $5.
in theory could spin up a small server in cloud, download free edition,
and config there.
FYI, I am capable of figuring this all out but I also know it is a few
hours of work most likely. What I am wondering are we at a point where I
can do something like this…
Aws client-> spin up server
Sudo install Ansible
Ansible command install Oracle…
Ansible expose some ports so I can access SQL-Net safely from home…
Fire up SQL developer on home laptop and go to work.
All that in about 30 minutes?
Maybe Oracle cloud is answer but I want access to log files from the OS
and I want ability to install software.
Are we there yet? Can this be done? What products? Anyone have link to
example if it exists. I want easy Oracle access up and running in 30
minutes. Possible?
