Using Oracle Cloud to create an “always free” Online Development Environment
Context
After reading one of my last articles (How to create an always free K8S cluster in Oracle Cloud), a beginning developer friend which uses the smartphone to learn about programming, asked me if it is possible to create an “online development environment” using the same free machine.
A fast off-topic comment: it’s very common here in Brazil for young people who wish to learn about development and programming, and don’t have access to a computer. I know, this is sad but is the truth.
The idea behind the article it’s to create a step-by-step tutorial to create a virtual machine, install a Desktop Interface, install docker, and some utils tools.
Let’s begin.
Hands-On
Go to the Oracle Cloud website (https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/) and signup for a free account.
Creating the Virtual Machine instance
After login into your account, go to the Instance menu and click on Create Instance button: