Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

July 9, 2026 Martin Schmitter

Minecraft Server on OCI Free Tier with Rootless Podman

My ten-year-old son wanted a Minecraft server for playing online with friends. I wanted something small, controlled, allowlisted, and useful as a real-world excuse to run rootless Podman with systemd on an Oracle OCI Free Tier ARM instance.

Illustration of a virtual firewall appliance protecting public and private cloud network segments on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

June 12, 2024 Martin Schmitter

Install OPNsense® on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Easily install OPNsense® on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to secure your cloud environment with a community-driven firewall solution.

Illustration of OSPF route exchange between a cloud router and a home router over a secure WireGuard IPv6 tunnel.

May 1, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part IV

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part IV is focused on routing and OSPF.

WireGuard home router setup over IPv6 with OSPF

February 27, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part III

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part III is focused on the WireGuard setup and configuration of the home router. In my case it’s an EdgeRouter™-X with version 2.0.9.

Router configured for a WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF

February 21, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part II

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Part II is focused on WireGuard setup and configuration in the cloud.

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on Oracle Cloud Free Tier - Part I: OCI Preparation

February 1, 2022 Martin Schmitter

WireGuard VPN over IPv6 with OSPF on OCI – Part I

This post will describe the way to setup a WireGuard site-to-site VPN using IPv6 and OSPF in the Oracle Cloud Free Tier