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Please do not use Oracle's free tier.
I too thought the free ampere machine would have been great. Like most things, it was too good to be true. The provisioned machine sat idle and unused for a few days and was then suspended for "Abusive Activity". I must be clear that there was nothing running on it. Even if there was, I cannot find out because Oracle does not provide any network metrics and refuses to tell me specifically what their problem is. The only detail of abusive activity is:
> Traffic Details: Outbound Port Scanning, Brute-forcing, Web Exploitation, and/or DDoS. (Port 22)
Those traffic "details" could possibly be the most generic and vague explanation for suspension ever.
The only form of remediation is through the support, which is not available for always free accounts. There is no one to email, no one to call, nobody to help. I did try calling _a_ support number, but was told they could not help and I could try contacting sales(!?) who did not even get back to me. The official suggestion is to make a post on their community forum, but unsurprisingly this also went unacknowledged.
This happened well over a month ago and I have little hope this situation will change.
I had also read others' negative anecdotes on Oracle and was reluctant to believe them, now I know better.
Please do not use Oracle's free tier.
I too thought the free ampere machine would have been great. Like most things, it was too good to be true. The provisioned machine sat idle and unused for a few days and was then suspended for "Abusive Activity". I must be clear that there was nothing running on it. Even if there was, I cannot find out because Oracle does not provide any network metrics and refuses to tell me specifically what their problem is. The only detail of abusive activity is:
> Traffic Details: Outbound Port Scanning, Brute-forcing, Web Exploitation, and/or DDoS. (Port 22)
Those traffic "details" could possibly be the most generic and vague explanation for suspension ever.
The only form of remediation is through the support, which is not available for always free accounts. There is no one to email, no one to call, nobody to help. I did try calling _a_ support number, but was told they could not help and I could try contacting sales(!?) who did not even get back to me. The official suggestion is to make a post on their community forum, but unsurprisingly this also went unacknowledged.
This happened well over a month ago and I have little hope this situation will change.
I had also read others' negative anecdotes on Oracle and was reluctant to believe them, now I know better.
Do not use Oracle's free tier.