Which two are NOT an image source when launching a new compute instance? (Choose two.)

Yusuf A.Apr 17, 2026

The answers are C and D. When my senior walked me through the OCI console last week, he pointed out that the valid image sources are platform images, custom images, boot volumes, and image OCIDs, so Object Storage is not a direct source you can pick from that list, and a bare metal instance is a shape or type of compute, not something you select as an image.

Orla P.May 13, 2026

Honest moment, I flagged A on first pass because boot volume felt too basic to count, but once I pulled up the actual launch instance workflow in my head, boot volume and custom image are both right there in the image source dropdown, so they are valid. Object Storage is where you upload an image file to import it, not where you point the instance at launch, and bare metal is a shape choice, not an image source at all, so C and D are your two.

Imani T.Apr 29, 2026

The "bare metal instance" distractor is sneaky because bare metal is a shape choice, not an image source, so D is clearly out, but C trips people up because you might think "I can upload images from Object Storage" which is true during the import process, yet Object Storage itself is not a selectable image source when you click Launch Instance. The correct picks are C and D, boot volume, platform image, custom image, and partner image are your four valid sources in that dialog.