2. Deploy the starterkit on OCI
To deploy the Hackathon Starter Kit on OCI, you need to be connected to the OCI console and click on the button on the GitHub Repo page.
You will then be redirected to the OCI Resource Manager Stack console:
Follow the wizard, choose an admin account and password, then you can also choose the shape for the compute and the MySQL DBSystem.
For the compute instance, the default is to use the Always Free Ampere shape:
However, not all regions still offer free Ampere instances. If it's the case, choose another shape such as VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro.
By default, the Stack also deploys the always-free Trier MySQL HeatWave. But you can also use your credits to deploy a more powerful instance:
When ready, make sure you check the apply box and click on "Create":
All the resources will start to be automatically deployed in OCI:
This process takes some time; once finished, it should be green. If the job fails, it is likely related to the lack of capacity of the selected shapes:
The job prints the output at the end of the logs:
You can follow the entire deployment process on this video: