Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Create an Identity Domain

Create an identity domain in which to configure users, groups, and policies.

Uses identity domains This topic applies only to tenancies that use identity domains. See Differences Between Tenancies With and Without Identity Domains.

For more information about identity domains, see Managing Identity Domains in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.

In an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancy (cloud account) your environment includes a root (default) compartment and possibly several other compartments, depending on how your environment is configured. To create compartments, see Create an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compartment. Within each compartment, you can create users and groups. For example, as a best practice:

  • In the root (default) compartment, use the default domain for administrators only.
  • In another compartment (for example, named Dev), create a domain for users and groups in a development environment.
  • In another compartment (for example, named Prod), create a domain for users and groups in a production environment.

You can also create multiple domains in a single compartment.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Domains.
    The Domains page is displayed.
  2. If not already selected, select the Compartment where you want to create the domain.
  3. Click Create domain.
  4. Enter required information in the Create domain page. See Creating Identity Domains in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.