How to connect to your FREE Autonomous Database using Python from Cloud Shell?
Remember Todd’s post about creating your Always Free Autonomous Database? What’s next? How about starting to work with it using Python language? In your OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) web console, click on the Cloud Shell icon in the upper right corner. This opens a Linux shell right inside your browser! The first run might take more than one minute in order to configure it. You’ll have up to 5 GB of storage and numerous tools pre-installed. Cloud Shell open Now the fun part… In order to run a test program that will display the date and time, you’ll need to download and unzip the Autonomous Database wallet. $ oci db autonomous-database generate-wallet --autonomous-database-id ocid1.autonomousdatabase.oc1.eu-frankfurt-1.abtheljtcwfhy5ohok66arn6ngrpqdigvq7bzcpygtfnkbldvgtk4rv3xhtq --file wallet.zip --password My_Strong_Pa55word $ unzip wallet.zip You’ll also need to set up the environment (TNS_ADMIN environment variable) so that the driver can find the co...