CLI

Introduction When running workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), managing your instances efficiently is crucial. This guide will show you how to create a simple, efficient way to shut down your OCI instance from within the instance itself, using instance metadata and instance principal authentication. Prerequisites An OCI instance with instance principal authentication enabled OCI CLI installed on your instance Basic understanding of command-line operations Understanding the Components Instance Metadata Every OCI instance has access to its own metadata through a local endpoint. This metadata includes crucial information like: ...