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