uses a cloud profile to connect to . A cloud profile is a text file that contains details of your key files and Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) resource identifiers for your cloud account, such as the following:

• Fingerprint of the public key. To obtain the fingerprint, you can use the openssl command:

  $ openssl rsa -pubout -outform DER -in ~/.oci/oci_api_key.pem | openssl md5 -c

• Location of the private key on the client device. Specify the full path to the private key.

• (Optional) Passphrase for the private key. This is only required if the key is encrypted.

• Region. Shown on the Console. Click Administration, Tenancy Details.

• Tenancy OCID. Shown on the Console. Click Administration, Tenancy Details.

  A link enables you to copy the Tenancy OCID.

• Compartment OCID. Shown on the Console. Click Identity, Compartments.

  A link enables you to copy the Compartment OCID.

• User OCID. Shown on the Console. Click Profile, User Settings.

  A link enables you to copy the User OCID.

You can create a cloud profile in the following ways:

• Automatically, by using the Cloud Profile Manager. See .

  The Cloud Profile Manager is a tool that enables you to create, edit, and manage cloud profiles for your cloud service accounts.

• Automatically, by using the VBoxManage cloudprofile command. See .

• Manually, by creating an oci_config file in your global configuration directory. For example, this is $HOME/.config/VirtualBox/oci_config on a Linux host.

• Manually, by creating a config file in your configuration directory. For example, this is $HOME/.oci/config on a Linux host.

  This is the same file that is used by the command line interface.

  automatically uses the config file if no cloud profile file is present in your global configuration directory. Alternatively, you can import this file manually into the Cloud Profile Manager.