Container Instances

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Container Instances is a serverless compute service that enables you to instantly run containers without managing any servers.

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OCI Container Instances enables you to easily run applications on serverless compute optimized for containers.

Using Container Instances, you can easily launch one or more containers with flexibility to specify compute shape, resource allocation, networking, and other optional configurations. Container Instances run on a dedicated environment with strong isolation for improved security. You only pay for the CPU and memory resources at the same price as "regular" OCI Compute, making Container Instances the best value option for running containers in cloud.

Container Instances are suitable for containerized workloads that do not require a container orchestration platform like Kubernetes; these include APIs, web apps, CI/CD jobs, automation tasks, data/media processing, dev/test environments, and more. For running your containerized apps on Kubernetes without managing infrastructure, see Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE).

Why OCI Container Instances?

Focus on apps, not infrastructure

Instantly launch containerized apps without managing servers. Specify compute shape and even allocate all CPU/memory to a single container to support demanding apps.
Reduce cost

Benefit from simple pricing with no additional charges for the serverless experience, with at least 3X cost performance, compared to other providers.
Improve security

Containers run on optimized environment with strong isolation, same as VMs. Further improve your security posture with integrated VCN, IAM, Registry, and more.

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Announcing the availability of Container Instances

Rishikesh Palve, Principal Product Manager, Oracle

We’re excited to announce the availability of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Container Instances, a serverless compute service that enables you to instantly run containers without managing any servers.

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