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Oracle Cloud Object Storage connection properties

When you define an Oracle Cloud Object Storage connection for a database ingestion and replication task, you must configure connection properties.
The following table describes the Oracle Cloud Object Storage connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
A name for the connection.
This name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + - ,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
An optional description for the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Type
The type of connection. For an Oracle Cloud Object Storage Database Ingestion connection, the type must be Oracle Cloud Object Storage.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run database ingestion and replication tasks. You define runtime environments in Administrator.
Authentication Type
The authentication type that is used to connect to Oracle Cloud Object Storage to stage the files.
Select one of the following options:
  • - Simple Authentication. API key-based authentication.
  • - ConfigFile Authentication. Identity credential details are provided through a configuration file.
User
If you selected Simple Authentication as the authentication type, specify the Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) of the user for whom the key pair is added.
Fingerprint
If you selected Simple Authentication as the authentication type, specify the fingerprint of the public key.
Tenancy
If you selected Simple Authentication as the authentication type, specify the Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) of the tenancy that is the globally unique name of the OCI account.
PrivateKey File Location
If you selected Simple Authentication as the authentication type, specify the location of the private key file in .PEM format on the Secure Agent machine.
Config File Location
If you selected ConfigFile Authentication as the authentication type, specify the location of the configuration file on the Secure Agent machine.
Enter the absolute path.
If you do not enter any value, <System default location>/.oci/config is used to retrieve the configuration file.
Profile Name
If you selected ConfigFile Authentication as the authentication type, specify the name of the profile in the configuration file that you want to use.
Default is DEFAULT.
Bucket Name
The Oracle Cloud Storage bucket name.
The bucket contains the objects and files.
Folder Path
The path to the folder under the specified Oracle Cloud Storage bucket.
For example, bucket/Dir_1/Dir_2/FileName.txt. Here, Dir_1/Dir_2 is the folder path.
Region
The Oracle Cloud Object Storage region where the bucket exists.