Oracle Cloud Local Dev Loop

Overview

The OCI web console is slow, hard to navigate, and requires dozens of clicks for common operations. A local dev workflow using the OCI CLI and Python SDK replaces the console for everything: listing resources, launching instances, managing object storage, and checking service health. Profile switching lets you target dev/staging/prod from the same terminal.

Purpose: Set up a complete local OCI development environment with CLI profiles, shell aliases, environment variable management, and common workflow scripts that eliminate the need for the web console.

Prerequisites

• Completed oraclecloud-install-auth — valid ~/.oci/config with at least one profile
• Python 3.8+ with pip install oci oci-cli
• Bash or Zsh shell
• OCIDs for your compartments (Governance > Compartments in the Console — last time you need it)

Instructions

Step 1: Install and Verify the OCI CLI