Oracle Cloud Infrastructure · JSON Structure

Compute Instance Structure

A compute instance running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Type: object Properties: 11
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Instance is a JSON Structure definition published by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, describing 11 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id compartmentId availabilityDomain displayName shape lifecycleState region imageId timeCreated freeformTags definedTags

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oracle-cloud/refs/heads/main/json-structure/compute-instance-structure.json",
  "name": "Instance",
  "description": "A compute instance running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The OCID of the instance.",
      "example": "ocid1.instance.oc1.iad.abcdefg123456"
    },
    "compartmentId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The OCID of the compartment.",
      "example": "ocid1.compartment.oc1..abcdefg123456"
    },
    "availabilityDomain": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The availability domain the instance is running in.",
      "example": "Uocm:US-ASHBURN-AD-1"
    },
    "displayName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A user-friendly name.",
      "example": "my-instance-01"
    },
    "shape": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The shape of the instance.",
      "example": "VM.Standard.E4.Flex"
    },
    "lifecycleState": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The current state of the instance.",
      "enum": "['PROVISIONING', 'RUNNING', 'STARTING', 'STOPPING', 'STOPPED', 'CREATING_IMAGE', 'TERMINATING', 'TERMINATED']",
      "example": "RUNNING"
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The region that contains the availability domain.",
      "example": "us-ashburn-1"
    },
    "imageId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The OCID of the image used to boot the instance.",
      "example": "ocid1.image.oc1.iad.abcdefg123456"
    },
    "timeCreated": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "The date and time the instance was created.",
      "example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    },
    "freeformTags": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Free-form tags for the instance.",
      "example": {
        "key1": "value1"
      }
    },
    "definedTags": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Defined tags for the instance.",
      "example": {
        "key1": "value1"
      }
    }
  }
}