This section gives some detail on connecting from a UNIX-like platform to the OCI Compute. For more information on connecting with SSH, see Accessing an Oracle Linux Instance Using SSH and Connecting to Your Instance.

To connect to the Oracle Linux running on the Compute Instance with SSH, run the following command:

ssh opc@computeIP

where opc is the compute user and computeIP is the IP address of your Compute Instance.

To find the temporary root password created for the root user, run the following command:

sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

To change your default password, log in to the server using the generated, temporary password, using the following command: mysql -uroot -p. Then run the following:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass4!';

To connect to the MySQL Server from your local MySQL client, run the following command from your shell session:

mysql -uroot -p -hcomputeIP

where computeIP is the IP address of your Compute Instance.

To connect to the MySQL Server from your local MySQL Shell, run the following command to start your shell session:

mysqlsh \connect root@computeIP

where computeIP is the IP address of your Compute Instance.

For more information on MySQL Shell connections, see MySQL Shell Connections.

To connect to the MySQL Server from MySQL Workbench, see Connections in MySQL Workbench.