Which two statements are true about using an Autonomous Database with Private Endpoints? (Choose two.)
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A. B. C. D.CD.
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Private Endpoints are a feature in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) that allows you to securely access your Autonomous Database from within your Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) without exposing it to the public internet. With Private Endpoints, traffic from your VCN to the Autonomous Database does not traverse the internet, providing an additional layer of security.
Now let's look at each of the answer options and determine which two are true:
A. Private Endpoints can be configured when you clone a Shared Autonomous Database that was initially created with public endpoints.
This statement is true. If you have a Shared Autonomous Database that was initially created with public endpoints, you can still configure Private Endpoints when you clone it. When you create a clone of a database, you can select whether to include Private Endpoints or not. If you choose to include Private Endpoints, the clone will have Private Endpoints enabled.
B. You can configure Private Endpoints for an Always Free Autonomous Database.
This statement is false. Always Free Autonomous Databases are a type of Shared Autonomous Database and do not support Private Endpoints. Private Endpoints are only available for Dedicated Autonomous Databases.
C. A Network Security Group is required within your Virtual Cloud Network before you can provision a Shared Autonomous Database to use Private Endpoints.
This statement is false. You do not need a Network Security Group (NSG) to provision a Shared Autonomous Database with Private Endpoints. However, you do need to configure a Service Gateway for the VCN where the Autonomous Database is located, and update the VCN's route table to route traffic to the Service Gateway.
D. An Autonomous Database with private endpoints can be accessed from the public internet by adding your ip address to an Access Control List.
This statement is false. Private Endpoints are designed to restrict access to your Autonomous Database from within your VCN only. Accessing a database with Private Endpoints from the public internet defeats the purpose of using Private Endpoints for enhanced security. Therefore, you cannot access an Autonomous Database with Private Endpoints from the public internet by adding your IP address to an Access Control List.