How to create an Instance Custom Template in Oracle Cloud using VMware VMDK Files

Log in into your Oracle Cloud Account and go to Object Storage ->Object Storage  

Click on "Create Bucket":

Type a name for the Bucket and select the Default value for the other options and then click on "Create Bucket":

The new Bucket will be listed, click on it's name:

Click on the button "Upload Objects":

Click on "Select Files" and then upload the VMware File we exported with Ravello VM Import tool:

Wait until the files are uploaded completely :

Creating the Instance Custom Template


In the main menu, click on "Compute" -> "Custom Images"

Click on "Import Image":

Specify the details for the Instance Image:

Operating System: Linux

Object Name: The VMware file we uploaded previously. 

Image Type: VMDK

Launch Mode: EMULATED MODE. 

Then click on "Import Image":

This is because Linux 5 is not supported to select "Paravirtualized Mode" as per the Official Table in Oracle Documentation.

The Instance Custom Image will start to get created:

After some minutes, The Instance Template will be created 100%. Click in the button "Create Instance":