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title: "Deploying the NIOS Virtual Appliance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/vniosoci/35380340/Deploying%20the%20NIOS%20Virtual%20Appliance%20on%20Oracle%20Cloud%20Infrastructure"
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<span style="color: #000000">Before setting up a NIOS virtual appliance as a Grid member, you must install the virtual appliance in your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environment. Complete the prerequisites and see the following topics for steps on how to deploy a vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">*[Uploading the vNIOS Image on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosoci/pages/35443590)*</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">*[Creating a Custom Image from the Uploaded Image](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosoci/pages/35411278)*</span>
3. <span style="color: #000000">*[Deploying vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosoci/pages/1930067977)*</span>

If you want to deploy the vNIOS instance as a reporting appliance, a capability available from NIOS 9.0.6, follow the steps described in *[Deploying a vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Instance as a Reporting Appliance](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosoci/pages/1335788411)*.

> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ You can deploy a vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure appliance either using a custom image or a partner image that is published by Infoblox in Marketplace, in which case you can skip the steps to upload and create a custom image. For steps to deploy, see <span style="color: #000000">*[Deploying vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosoci/pages/1930067977)*</span>.


# <span style="color: #000000">Prerequisites</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Before deploying vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ensure that you complete the following:</span>

- <span style="color: #000000">Set up an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Set up a virtual cloud network (VCN) with two subnets on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Ensure that the virtual cloud network is configured with ports and firewall rules for DNS and DHCP services, HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH access, and for vNIOS Grid traffic.</span>