Create OCI service accounts

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  • Updated May 5, 2025
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  • Create Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service accounts on the ServiceNow AI Platform to access your Oracle account during Oracle discovery.

    Before you begin

    Verify that Oracle API credentials have been created. For more information, see Create Oracle API credentials.

    Retrieve the Compartment ID, which can be found under Identity & Security > Compartments in the Oracle Cloud Console.

    Role required: discovery_admin

    Procedure

    1. In the navigation filter, enter cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account.list.
    2. Select New.
    3. In the Discovery Credentials field, begin to enter the credential name and select it from the list.
    4. On the form, fill in the remaining fields.
      Table 1. Cloud Service Account form
      Field Description
      Name A unique name for the OCI service account.
      Account ID Compartment ID, which is the Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) of the compartment associated with this service account.
      Datacenter URL URL of the datacenter.

      For example: https://service.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com.

      Datacenter Type Type of the datacenter where the account is hosted, which should be OCI Datacenter [cmdb_ci_oci_datacenter].
    5. Select Submit.

    What to do next

    Schedule an OCI cloud discovery. For more information, see Create a discovery schedule in Cloud Discovery Workspace.