1 Getting Started with Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition on Oracle Cloud Marketplace
Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) is available as an application in the OCI Marketplace.
Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition is based on open-source Hyperledger Fabric, the industry's leading blockchain platform for business. Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition for OKE supports simplified provisioning of Oracle Blockchain Platform configurations for development, deployment, and monitoring of permissioned blockchain on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure running Kubernetes.
Using the Marketplace stack, you can create Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition deployments on OKE. It will initially launch the Blockchain Platform Manager which is used to create and administer Blockchain Platform instances. This Marketplace stack application will accept a set of inputs and provision the necessary underlying components, and provide a Blockchain Platform Manager URL to get started.
Licensing and Pricing
- Bring Your Own License (BYOL) images: If you already have a valid Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition license, then you can bring that license to OCI to use the BYOL image. You will only pay for the charges associated with the infrastructure and the computing, such as OCPUs, storage, and anything else required by the Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition application.
- Universal Credits Model (UCM) images: You are billed for the cost of the Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition license (based on OCPUs per hour for the OKE worker nodes) in addition to the infrastructure cost of the compute, networking, and storage resources used by the OKE environment. The use of these images implies a license and support agreement, even though a contract is not required.
| Bring Your Own License (BYOL) | Universal Credits Model (UCM) |
|---|---|
| User brings user's own license. | Oracle provides the license to the user. |
| User is charged only for the Cloud infrastructure. | User is charged for both the license and the infrastructure. |
For pricing estimates, you can enter your services and resources into the OCI cost estimator: OCI Service Cost Estimator
Supported Compute Shapes
| Compute Shape | OCPUs | Memory (GB) |
|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard.E3.Flex | 2 OCPU minimum, 32 OCPU maximum | 32 GB minimum, 512 GB maximum |
| VM.Standard.E4.Flex | 2 OCPU minimum, 64 OCPU maximum | 32 GB minimum, 1024 GB maximum |
| VM.Standard.E5.Flex | 2 OCPU minimum, 94 OCPU maximum | 32 GB minimum, 1049 GB maximum |
Resource Estimates
The Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition stack on Oracle Cloud Marketplace contains the latest Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition release that is available at the time of deployment.
The following table provides details on the minimum service and resource configuration used by Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition on Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
| Service or Resource | Estimated Base Usage |
|---|---|
| Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) | 1 OKE cluster |
| Compute Instances |
Development OKE cluster: 1 instance, with:
Production OKE cluster: 3 instances, each with a minimum of:
Setup host:
Total: 2-4 instances |
| Boot Volumes |
3 OKE cluster worker nodes, each with
Setup host instance
Total: 350GB |
| Block Volume |
No instances created: 50GB One Standard instance with one peer: 7 block volumes (50GB each), for a total 350 GB One Enterprise instance with one peer: 9 block volumes (50GB each), for a total 450 GB |
| Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) | 1 VCN, three subnets |
| Container Registry (OCIR) | 7.25-8 GB
This is used to store container images for Oracle Blockchain Platform Enterprise Edition components. |
| Load Balancer | 1 |
| Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway | 1 |