Question 1
Q1A financial analytics firm is migrating its on-premises Oracle Database to an Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW) on shared infrastructure. To meet strict data residency and security policies, they must ensure all connections to the ADW originate from within their existing Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and never traverse the public internet. Which configuration is required to achieve this?
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Correct answer: B
A Private Endpoint creates a private IP address for the Autonomous Database within a private subnet of your VCN. This allows traffic to the database to stay entirely within the OCI network backbone, fulfilling the requirement of not traversing the public internet. An ACL only filters public IP addresses and does not prevent traffic from using the public endpoint. A Service Gateway is for accessing public OCI services from a private subnet, and a NAT Gateway provides outbound internet access, neither of which secures the inbound connection to the database.