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Retry script for Oracle Cloud free tier ARM instances

by ekadet·Feb 15, 2026·4 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidSolve My Problem

Fixes a real OCI free tier problem, but it's a wrapper script, not a new tool.

Strengths
  • •Solves two genuine pain points: capacity errors + Cloud Shell auth misconfiguration—both well-documented and common.
  • •Simple, transparent implementation (shell scripts in repo); easy to inspect and customize for your region.
Weaknesses
  • •Very narrow audience—only relevant to people deploying to Oracle Cloud free tier specifically.
  • •Wrapping Terraform retries in a shell loop is a straightforward pattern; no novel technique or architectural insight.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, cloud hobbyists using Oracle free tier, infrastructure-as-code practitioners

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Post Description

Oracle's free tier (4 ARM cores, 24GB RAM, forever) is great but nearly impossible to provision due to capacity issues. I built a Terraform retry script that automatically tries until capacity becomes available.

Also includes the fix for the "did not find a proper configuration for key id" error that everyone hits in Cloud Shell.

GitHub: https://github.com/ekadetov/oci-terraform-retry-script

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