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Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Account: Active — US East (Ashburn) region

VCN: Manitec-vcn ✅

Current Instance

  • Shape: VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro (AMD)
  • Specs: 1 OCPU / 1GB RAM / 0.48 Gbps
  • Public IP: 129.158.244.106
  • Username: ubuntu
  • Status: Running

Goal Instance (Not Yet Obtained)

  • Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex (Ampere ARM)
  • Specs: Up to 4 OCPU / 24GB RAM — Always Free
  • Issue: Out of capacity — extremely high demand
  • Workarounds: PAYG upgrade for priority access, or hitrov/oci-arm-host-capacity auto-retry script

Planned Use

Luanti (formerly Minetest) game server

  • Default port: UDP 30000
  • Need to open port in Security List
  • Add 2GB swap file on micro instance if using E2.1.Micro
  • Install headless, keep world/mods light on 1GB RAM

Always Free Resources

  • 2x AMD Micro instances (1 OCPU / 1GB each)
  • 1x Ampere A1 (up to 4 OCPU / 24GB total)
  • 200GB block storage
  • Never expires