import oci
config = oci.config.from_file()
compute_client = oci.core.ComputeClient(config)
compartment_id = "ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
launch_details = oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceDetails(
availability_domain="EU-FRANKFURT-1-AD-3",
compartment_id=compartment_id,
shape="VM.Standard.A1.Flex",
display_name="Server",
source_details=oci.core.models.InstanceSourceViaImageDetails(
source_type="image",
image_id="ocid1.image.oc1.eu-frankfurt-1.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
),
create_vnic_details=oci.core.models.CreateVnicDetails(
subnet_id="ocid1.subnet.oc1.eu-frankfurt-1.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
assign_public_ip=True,
assign_private_dns_record=True
),
shape_config=oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceShapeConfigDetails(
memory_in_gbs=24,
ocpus=4
),
metadata={
"ssh_authorized_keys": open(r"/path/to/ssh-key.pub").read().strip()
},
agent_config=oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceAgentConfigDetails(
is_management_disabled=False,
is_monitoring_disabled=False,
plugins_config=[
{"name": "Vulnerability Scanning", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Management Agent", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Custom Logs Monitoring", "desired_state": "ENABLED"},
{"name": "Compute RDMA GPU Monitoring", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Compute Instance Monitoring", "desired_state": "ENABLED"},
{"name": "Compute HPC RDMA Auto-Configuration", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Compute HPC RDMA Authentication", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Cloud Guard Workload Protection", "desired_state": "ENABLED"},
{"name": "Block Volume Management", "desired_state": "DISABLED"},
{"name": "Bastion", "desired_state": "DISABLED"}
]
),
instance_options=oci.core.models.InstanceOptions(
are_legacy_imds_endpoints_disabled=False
),
availability_config=oci.core.models.LaunchInstanceAvailabilityConfigDetails(
recovery_action="RESTORE_INSTANCE"
)
)
response = compute_client.launch_instance(launch_details)
print("Launch initiated. Instance ID:", response.data.id)
oci.wait_until(
compute_client,
compute_client.get_instance(response.data.id),
'lifecycle_state',
'RUNNING',
max_wait_seconds=600
)
print("Instance is now RUNNING")
input()oci.exceptions.ServiceError: {
'target_service': 'compute',
'status': 400,
'code': 'CannotParseRequest',
'opc-request-id': 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
'message': 'Incorrectly formatted request. Please refer to our documentation for help.',
'operation_name': 'launch_instance',
'timestamp': '2025-08-13T15:29:34.585459+00:00',
'client_version': 'Oracle-PythonSDK/2.157.1',
'request_endpoint': 'POST https://iaas.eu-frankfurt-1.oraclecloud.com/20160918/instances',
'logging_tips': 'Refer to https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/tools/python/latest/logging.html for ways to log request/response details.',
'troubleshooting_tips': 'See https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/Content/API/References/apierrors.htm#apierrors_400__400_cannotparserequest and https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/api/#/en/iaas/20160918/Instance/LaunchInstance for more info.'
}
