2.2.1 Sign-up Overview

The sign-up process for HeatWave on AWS consists of the following major steps

• Create an Oracle Cloud Free Tier Account, if you do not already have one.

• Enable the HeatWave on AWS service in your home region.

See Sign-up Procedure for detailed instructions.

Free Trial

Note:

Free trial for HeatWave on AWS is only available in your home region. If you have chosen a home region where the HeatWave on AWS service is not available, you will not be able to try HeatWave on AWS for free. Check Region Availability. Upgrade to a paid account to enable the HeatWave on AWS service in any supported regions.

Once signed up, you will receive free cloud credits you can use for up to 30 days to try out HeatWave on AWS. You can monitor your free cloud credit balance in the Oracle Cloud console; see Monitor the Credit Balance for Your Free Oracle Cloud Promotion for more information.

At the end of your free trial, your account enters a grace period, during which your usage of HeatWave on AWS are limited in the following ways:

• Your HeatWave on AWS resources are stopped.
• You cannot provision new HeatWave on AWS resources.
• You cannot restart the stopped resources, but you can view or delete them.

WARNING:

If you do not upgrade to a paid account before the end of grace period, all of your HeatWave on AWS resources will be deleted, which can result in data loss. To avoid potential service interruption, we recommend upgrading to a paid account several days before your free trial expires.

To upgrade to a paid account in the Oracle Cloud console, please refer to Managing Account Upgrades and Payment Method. The upgrade process can take up to days to complete. Oracle sends a confirmation email upon completion of the upgrade. Please allow up to 6 hours for HeatWave on AWS to recognize the completed account upgrade. Resources stopped during the grace period are not automatically restarted after upgrading to a paid account. After upgrading, you must restart manually any stopped resources.

See the Service Limits that apply during a free trial.

Parent topic: Signing Up