Tagging Resources on Compute Cloud@Customer

On Compute Cloud@Customer, tagging enables you to add metadata to resources by defining key/value pairs that are assigned to resources. You can use the tags to organize and list resources based on your business needs.

On Compute Cloud@Customer, tags are applied using the same methods as other resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), using the following practices:

  • Defined tags are set up in your tenancy by an administrator. Only users granted permission to work with the defined tags can apply them to resources. Defined tags provide a key/value map and are organized by combining the tag namespaces with tag keys using dot notation. For example, a tag namespace called HumanResources could have a key named CostCenter. You then associate the namespace and key HumanResource.CostCenter and then assign the tag.

    To apply defined tags to resources on Compute Cloud@Customer, first create the namespace and defined tags in the OCI tenancy where the Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure is located. After one to ten minutes, the namespace and defined tags are synchronized on Compute Cloud@Customer, and can be applied to Compute Cloud@Customer resources.

  • Free-form tags can be applied by any user with permissions on the resource. Free-form tags are a key/value map. These tags can be applied directly to Compute Cloud@Customer resources. Unlike defined tags, free-form tags don't require any configuration at the tenancy level.
  • You can add tags to resources during resource creation. See Adding Tags at Resource Creation.
  • You can use tags to automatically add user names and creation dates to Compute Cloud@Customer resources. See Using Tags to Automatically Add User Names and Creation Dates to Resources
Note

Defined tags and tag namespaces must be configured in your OCI tenancy. See Defined tags.
Note

On the Compute Cloud@Customer infrastructure you can't manage resource tags using bulk add, bulk update, or bulk remove operations.

For more information, refer to these OCI resources: