Step by Step guide for the installation and configuration of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (known as OCI) CLI (Command Line Interface) in Windows WSL2 What is OCI CLI? Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a next-generation enterprise-class Cloud Provider. Oracle Cloud provides both new infrastructure and a full set of platform capabilities. Oracle Cloud is expanding its presence in more than 36 regional locations across the globe. OCI and its resources can be accessed through multiple methods like Cloud Console or Command Line Interface (CLI). OCI CLI provides the same functionalities as Cloud console with additional parameters and it also helps to execute scripts. CLI is built on OCI SDK for Python and runs on Mac, Windows or Linux. What is WSL? As per Microsoft's documentation,  " The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about Installation of WSL Pre-requisite Windows 10 version 2004 and above [build 19041 and higher ] Windows 11 Checking Windows version Type Windows Logo Key + R and type Winver and select OK Installation Run Powershell as Administrator At the Window Powershell prompt type: wsl --install And wait for the process to complete. For WSL to be properly activated, you will now need to restart your computer. Now check available Linux distros: wsl --list --online Now you need to select the distros and execute this command wsl --install -d <distros_name> Once installation of Linux Distros is done, it will prompt for User. You will need to create a user account and password for your newly installed Linux distribution. Commonly Used WSL Commands Listing of installed Linux distributions and check the version of WSL. wsl -l -v List of available Linux distributions available. wsl -l -o Name of the distribution you would like to install. wsl --install -d <distros_name> Installation of Python in WSL (Ubuntu) Update Package index inside WSL: $ sudo apt -y update
$ sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev wget libbz2-dev $ sudo apt update $ wget https: //www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.3/Python-3.8.3.tgz Extract the .tgz file $tar -xf Python- 3.8 .3 .tgz You need to perform tests and optimizations before installing Python. It increases the performance of the execution of codes by 10-20 percent: $ ./configure --enable-optimizations $ cd Python- 3.8 .3 Creating Virtual Environment for Python workspace Creating a new folder for workspace (as Virtual Environment) $ mkdir -p ~ /OCI/ python  && cd ~ /OCI/ python Create the virtual environment by running one of the following commands, depending on the version of Python installed: $ python3 .8 -m venv oracle-cli After venv in place, it need to be activited. It is a crucial step. $ source oracle-cli/bin/activate Download  and Installation of OCI - CLI Now download the OCI-CLI from OCI CLI release github Download the Vanila release not the distribution specific one e.g. oci-cli-release.zip $ curl -L "https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli/releases/download/v3.0.2/oci-cli-3.0.2.zip" -o /tmp/oci-cli-3.0.2.zip Installing OCI using pip Python Package manager bash -c "$(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/oci-cli/master/scripts/install/install.sh)" It will prompt for the following options -- Tab completion set up complete. -- --
-- Installation successful. ===> Enter a path to an rc file to update (file will be created if it does not exist) (leave blank to use '/home/skdan/.bashrc' ): -- Backed up '/home/skdan/.bashrc' to '/home/skdan/.bashrc.backup' -- If tab completion is not activated, verify that '/home/skdan/.bashrc' is sourced by your shell. -- ** Run `exec -l $SHELL` to restart your shell. ** -- Run the CLI with /home/skdan/bin/oci –help Post Installation, execute this command to verify the version $/home/skdan/bin/oci -v Reference Sites Install WSL Best practices for setting up a WSL development environment

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