Before You Begin with Oracle Autonomous AI Database
Before you begin using Oracle Autonomous AI Database, you should be familiar with Oracle Cloud.
Before you create an Autonomous AI Database:
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On Oracle Cloud, sign up for Oracle Cloud Free Tier or sign up for a paid Cloud Account. You cannot create an Autonomous AI Database deployment until you do so. See Welcome to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for more information. 
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(Optional) if you want to leverage an object store for data loading you need your object store credentials to use with Oracle Autonomous AI Database, including a username and a password. For details on the required credentials, depending on the object store you want to use, see the following:- 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, the usernameis your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure user name. Thepasswordis your auth token. See Working with Auth Tokens.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic, the usernameis your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic user name and thepasswordis your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic password.
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Amazon S3, the usernameis your AWS access key ID and thepasswordis your AWS secret access key. See AWS Identity and Access Management.
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Azure Blob Storage or Azure Data Lake Storage, the usernameis your Azure storage account name and thepasswordis an Azure storage account access key. See About Azure storage accounts.
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Amazon S3-Compatible, such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. See CREATE_CREDENTIAL Procedure for more information. 
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GitHub Repository, the usernameis your GitHub email and thepasswordis your GitHub personal access token. See Creating a personal access token for more information.
 
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Parent topic: Quick Start