LAB 17 (Extend Instance configuration)

Extend Instance configuration

In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), “Instance Configuration” usually refers to a template that defines the settings for compute instances (like shape, image, networking, metadata, etc.). Extending it could mean different things, such as:

Adding more resources (CPU, memory, block storage).

Updating networking (subnets, VNICs, security rules).

Modifying metadata or boot volume attachments.

Creating a new version of the configuration to launch updated instances.

Steps to Extend Instance configuration

Step 1 Go to instance and click on action button and click on stop and tick force stock box and finally click on stop

Step 2 After Stopping of instance now click on action button and more actions and click on edit option.

Now Change the Number of OCPUs with 2 and Amount of memory (GB) with 24GB and click on Save Changes.

Step 3 Start the Instance