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  <title>Preparing for <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> Integration</title>
  
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    <p>Perform the following configuration steps before using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> to integrate with your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> account.</p>
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        <p><b outputclass="bold">Install the Extension Pack.</b> Cloud integration features are only available when you install the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-ext"/>. See <xref href="install-ext-pack.dita"/>.</p>
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        <p><b outputclass="bold">Create a key pair.</b> Generate an API signing key pair that is used for API requests to <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. See <xref href="cloud-create-api-keypair.dita#cloud-create-api-keypair"/>.</p>
        <p>Upload the public key of the key pair from your client device to the cloud service. See <xref
            href="cloud-upload-public-key.dita#cloud-upload-public-key"/>. </p>
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        <p><b outputclass="bold">Create a cloud profile.</b> The cloud profile contains resource identifiers for your cloud account, such as your user OCID, and details of your key pair. See <xref href="cloud-create-cloud-profile.dita#cloud-create-cloud-profile"/>.</p>
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