Oracle Cloud Server still running?
Hi, I'm trying to setup the free minecraft server with Oracle cloud at the moment and I'm having a bit of trouble making an account but thats fine. I was wondering if the service they offer is still available to always free accounts?
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Requested by sharkdudefin#0
yeah, they're still doing the free tier
they're just really picky about the card you use
Yes, they don’t offer specifically “Minecraft servers”
They offer a vps, where u will have to go in and setup everything urself. There’s plenty of people asking about this, feel free to use the search bar.
I can’t remember off the top of my head, but I and others have posted a very helpful guide on how to set one up
Im pretty sure they have a whitelist of approved banks/card providers.
If they're not accepting your card, it probably isnt approved
I tried NatWest, barclays, lloyds
it needs to be a debit card, provided by your bank.
Prepaid cards will not work either
Yeah they r all debit
never heard of any of these three, except for barclays, which im pretty sure is a convention center in new york lol.
What card does everyone else use
Try using your bank card (i.e. chase, wells fargo, regions, etc)
I'm British, they are all banks
Visa, Mastercard, etc
I had to use my wells fargo card
Yeah all of them are visa 🤣
My visa works, so idk
If you dont have one, try opening an account with whatever the largest national bank near to you is
then use that
Even tho it is free, make sure u have money in the account
^
They will pend a charge
It’s like a dollar or two
They put a hold on like 1usd to make sure that the account is legit
And what did you use for your region/city/ address? Like did u use the exact one on card?
Yes
Hmm
whatever is linked with the card, yeah
All of that info is specific to ur card info
And they validate it with ur bank
I see 2 of them are optional
What if my title is MR? Do I have to put MR %name%
Oh that shouldn’t matter
Lol sorry I'm trash at this
It’s usually just first/last name
Yeahh
Unless ur like a 2nd or 3rd etc
I have 4 names 💀
Make sure ur address is correct as well… the address u have for ur card
K
Well do u have the physical card
Yes
Use whatever name is on the card
I dont think the name/address is the issue
I think the card provider is ^^
You could try this and see if it works
K, I'll try a mastercard
no, not the vendor, the provider
It's just super annoying having to do the rest of sign up again and again
i.e. the bank that you get it from
K thanks guys I'll try now
Does oracle give u an error when signing up?
Unfortunately from what I’ve heard their support is very slow unless ur a paid customer
Yeah "ERROR WHILE COMPLETING TRANSACTION"
no, their support doesnt respond unless youre a paid customer
wat a scam
xd
^ even better 🙂
Well… it makes sense.
Costs money to have a support team
if you dont pay them, why would they put in the man hours for you
yeah
this is wat i got before
Yeah, I’d just double check ur using the right address/info relative to the card.
Use another card if u got. Otherwise idk
Sucks they don’t give a more specific error. Do you happen to see a declined in ur bank?
Ur bank could also be declining it
Which, if they are, just call ur bank tell em it’s not fraud and try again
usually your bank would notify you if they block charges
at least, all of the banks ive ever used have
Yeah there are no notifications in my banking app/no transactions pending
Yeah my card has MR FIN WOODS
Address line 1 is typically what? Since its different on all my cards of how they set it out
U should be able to find all the info I need on ur account for ur bank
But once again, as Kotlin enthuse said… could just be that card isn’t accepted
Ensure your name and billing address match what your bank have stored about you.
It may be because I'm on holiday and using a VPN to connect to my home country. Idk how they can detect that tho.
Your IP and its ASN is recorded every time you attempt a purchase
idk but my nationwide card worked just fine
Sign up not on a VPN using a national debit card
ive used a natwest card before and after a couple tries it works
tysm for the help everyone, ill try again when im home and not using a vpn! 🙂