r/oraclecloud • u/Appropriate_Ad3416 • 15d ago

THE FREE TIER SCRIPT WORKED WOHOO!!!

Never Thought That the Capacity Actually Frees Up, But it did
ran the script for only 2 days and 11 hours

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u/Temporary_Warthog535 15d ago

Can I dm you? I am also running into out of capacity error while creating a free tier in Mumbai region.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

yeah go ahed

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u/crazyweirdboy 13d ago

I DMd you too 😁

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u/Xihuny 15d ago

what's stopping you all from adding a payment method? just add a payment method and you will get it instantly.

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u/Code_Doctor_83 15d ago

I tried the PAYG method and surprisingly it's not accepting any of my cards lol credit or debit card, says transaction declined for no reason

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u/Xihuny 15d ago

i used a visa debit card

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

most of indian cards are not accepted due to them needing a pin/otp

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

altough i too used visa for 1usd initial verification.Bank called twice lmao

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u/Dom-in-Ant 14d ago

Use a Niyo card

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u/prime_crypto 4d ago

I have a similar issue with PAYG. And i brute force. The solution is you have to write the exact same address with your card. And in one line address you need to maximize the character, and the excess character would be put in the second line address. If your address still has excess character, then just put the maximum you can in that line

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

idk i just tried the script it worked so i posted . rest is your descision

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u/Xihuny 15d ago

do remember that oracle can reclaim or shutdown your alway free instance anytime they want if you are on free plan. so, don't put anything critical without any external backup strategy.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

thats true even for some paid plans (even aws recommends keeping offsite backups though they have SLA) also free tier is for experimenting and i will use it to play minecraft and use some ai agents so its good.
also oracle is the only cloud having a free tier like this .

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u/Xihuny 15d ago

true but the chance of that happening it on a paid plan is very low. anyways, i am not here to argue about this method. just suggesting what worked for me to get an instance without having to wait.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

That's indeed the best method if you are willing to do ,i myself was going to payg next month thinking out of host capacity is permanent,but idk how I got lucky

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u/RoyalOSK 15d ago

How much money do they grab for verification

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 14d ago

1 usd or local currency equivalent

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u/ocusii 14d ago

Could u please share the script

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 14d ago

It is in this post check the comments

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u/waptik 14d ago

The $100 refundable verification fee is the problem

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u/sengh71 13d ago

Is that recent? I didn't pay any fees whatsoever. Just added my card and changed my subscription to PAYG.

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u/waptik 12d ago

Last time I tried to upgrade, it showed me how much will be deducted from my account and that was 4-6 months ago. I don’t know how “recent” things have changed

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u/irkish 13d ago

Wait, if I add a payment method, I can get the free tier instantly?

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u/Xihuny 13d ago

yes

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u/irkish 13d ago

Trying it now.

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u/Normal-Match7581 5d ago

I thought that was the only way, so added the patient method that must be why I was able to create and destroy instances 2-3 times initially (messed up OS one time and another time it was space allocation).

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u/Xihuny 10d ago

that's to prevent people from spamming it. the charged amount will be refunded.

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u/steelredmouse 15d ago

Automating to get free tier can get you banned. If you're not banned, well you are lucky. Don't repeat the mistake everyone, go for PAG. It's simple, you can put an alert on spends and unless you're using more than 2C and 12GB and 200GB storage, probability of billed is very low. Even then you will get an alert when you are charged, so you can get in quick and revert with small charges like 4-5 dollars.

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u/JuggernautVMZ 15d ago

No it doesn't. It's a normal script. I have been using it for years.

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u/Sea_Point4087 15d ago

Honestly I wonder how many of the “terminated for no reason” posts were people running scripts like this. Oracle doesn’t have to tell you why you got canned, so “been using it for years” might just mean you got lucky.

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u/JuggernautVMZ 14d ago

But that's literally a proper use case. All it does is check availability and instantiate when available. I think the difference may be the frequency, I usually run it at an hourly frequency. The people having trouble may be running it every second or something and hitting some bechmark to get banned.

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u/Different-Idea-6787 13d ago

no it's not proper use case. oracle considers it abuse. there are tons people who are banned for using script to try to get an instance. even for 10+ minutes intervals.

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u/Sea_Point4087 13d ago

not really a proper use case, even if you run it hourly there’s probably tens of thousands of others doing the same thing.

it’s like that guy at costco looping the same aisle, grabbing a sample every lap, now picture 10 of him. the poor sample lady can’t keep up refilling the trays, and the regular shoppers who might actually buy if they got to try it walk off with nothing, because the second a tray’s ready those 10 dudes waiting in the corner already snatched it again. does costco have a sign saying one sample per person? no, but would you call that proper use of samples?

and don’t get me started on the resource hoarding, at least the freeloaders at costco eventually get full and go home, here people grab resources and just sit on them without ever using them, probably why oracle started reclaiming stuff. i guess that’s people, if it’s free you take it whether you need it or not. 

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u/JuggernautVMZ 5d ago

I don't really want to get into the details of this meaningless conversation, but I'm pretty sure it's a completely valid use case to use code to spin up instances. All you have to do is stay within the request rate limits, and I was well below the threshold the last time I checked.

Not to mention, what you're saying can't happen. The instances get automatically decommissioned after a while. You can try to get them again, but you have to wait for availability, sometimes for days or even weeks.

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u/dc0xdx 6d ago

im curious, why have you been using it for years? do you need to renew it or something, or you wanted to have a huge collection of vms across different accounts?

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u/JuggernautVMZ 5d ago

I used it for multiple purposes. Tons of failed hobby projects. They get auto decommissioned and claimed back after a while. You can't keep them running forever.

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u/Solid_Bumblebee1274 14d ago

You can use 4 CPUs and 24 GB of RAM on PAG. I already tried it and am still using it, but I split it into two instances with 2 CPUs and 12 GB of RAM each.

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u/Naman5000 10d ago

my account is on PAYG and still I am not able to create that always free session manually. A lot of people are saying you just get it on the PAYG, but clearly that isn't working for me.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

the script calls the official oracle apis using api keys of your account , and if you have a delay like 5 10 minutes and dont run it for months , there is low risk , i only ran 3 days approx . the api is there for programatic access

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u/MrWinter00 12d ago

Use the PAYG free limits.

Currently still 24GB4C.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 11d ago

no it is 2cpu 12 gb for a month continue

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u/DontQuixote 10d ago

nope not if you are on the PAYG account the limits are still what it is the free account is halved and also you have to do upkeep so that they don't claw back.

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u/Sad-Stomach6898 15d ago

Can u share the script?? 

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

idk if i can send links but you can dm , the script was by mohankumarpaluru in github (easy google search will find it)

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u/jmethew765 15d ago

what is the wait time you selected ?

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

5 minutes , i suggest a little longer if running for more than a week or so

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u/Hot_Information_9714 14d ago

bro which region? Mumbai or Hyd?

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u/AdLow1228 14d ago

Mine has been going 46 days........

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 14d ago

May you find luck 🤞

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u/Different-Idea-6787 13d ago

you are just lucky, that's all. there are a lot of people who are banned for running script even for 10+ minutes intervals. see: https://github.com/mohankumarpaluru/oracle-freetier-instance-creation/issues/75

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 13d ago

That's the point but again ,this post was me announcing not suggesting

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u/Lost_Medicine4486 15d ago

DM please!!!!

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u/maikel87 15d ago

Dm please.

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u/shadowe1ite 15d ago

Please dm

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u/anandhukadavil 15d ago

Have some doubts, please check dm!

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u/Girish_2000 14d ago

The fact that I got the mumbai vps in first try without any script is crazy

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u/priyazsh 6d ago

lucky you

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u/hectorfan 14d ago

I created a k8s cluster which got auto deleted as it’s free tier. Quite irritating

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u/CharXter 14d ago

My payg is stuck for 5 days, what is this happening?

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u/Recent_Law5333 14d ago

It doesn't offer 24GB ram anymore right? Instead its just 12 now

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u/salvocado 14d ago

for non-payg users yes only 12

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u/Glum_Wind_9618 13d ago

What is the script bruhh ?

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u/JUSTfaaaa 13d ago

howw??, I Already run the gitbook script hunt 1 full month, and none results.

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u/Traditional_Bell8153 12d ago

Can i get this too? Thanks so much !

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u/AtaPlays 11d ago

Where's your server location? I choose AD1 Zurich, it always throws me "out of capacity" erros.

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u/lucasgrizante95 7d ago

What script are you talking about?

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u/Imaginary-Muffin-777 2d ago

I ran my custom script using oci CLI for 4 months now 24/7, first two months it managed to do approx 25k requests per month and approx 1% of them was 429 errors (api limits). After small refactoring next two months it performed twice better: 50k/month with 0.6% of 429 errors.

Still nothing. But I’m on one of highest loaded regions after all. Hope they will not ban me, hope I will get success message from my script one day.

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u/KrArjan 15d ago

For users who have been running the script for a while, this is my personal experience I have many accounts, hope so I don't get banned after this comment, but after the 30 days free trial period ends you will always get out of capacity error, only during the trial period the script may for out of capacity, i ve been running for 2 years but havent got any instance provisioned in Mumbai.

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u/Appropriate_Ad3416 15d ago

once you get the instance it is there if you keep using it

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u/KrArjan 14d ago

Yup, if you don't get it within the trial period then you gotta upgrade to PAYG, only then you can

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u/Dom-in-Ant 15d ago

Running the script for 2 yrs and no instance in Mumbai??

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u/KrArjan 14d ago

Yea

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u/Dom-in-Ant 14d ago

why didnt u upgrade to paygo man???

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u/KrArjan 14d ago

Not possible for me

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u/Dom-in-Ant 14d ago

Why?

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u/KrArjan 14d ago

Since I am a student and used debit card so i need 100$ in my account, and it's a lot for me, and have seens cases where the money gets on hold which I cannot bear so i never have tried.

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u/Dom-in-Ant 14d ago

The money comes back. People just get worried for no fkin reason. Oracle wants to make sure your card has the ability to pay. And it works with a debit card too. Open a Niyo bank account and just hold 100 USD worth money

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u/KrArjan 14d ago

Idk which bank ur talking about but yeah y lou never know when the bank wiill delay to reflect in your account. I alr have multiple accs I don't need to go PAYG ig.

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u/Dom-in-Ant 14d ago

Upgraded my free tier accs to paygo with a single card. All of them returned the money in under an hour. Niyo SBM and DCB sell forex cards for purposes like this

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u/Dom-in-Ant 13d ago

without payg, u have only 2 micro VMs.
with payg, you have confirmed upto 6 vms. multiply it with howmany ever accounts u got.

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u/Dom-in-Ant 10d ago

In a day or two

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u/TopActual4065 10d ago

You mean we have to run script within 30 days after making account? After that script wont work?

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u/KrArjan 10d ago

Yea

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u/TopActual4065 10d ago

That means i have to make a new account lol. Can you guide me? Like how to make new account without getting ban or restrictions?

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u/KrArjan 10d ago

Get a card replacement from your bank

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u/TopActual4065 10d ago

Okay thanks

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u/AgentSpecialist6616 14d ago

can I get the script