WMS ID: 11382 (#915)

* WMS ID: 11382,

Links updated, clarification & minor updates.

Signed-off-by: [email protected]

* WMS ID: 11382,
Added my name & date to last updated.

Signed-off-by: [email protected]

* WMS ID: 11382

Updated free tenancy to workload: JSON.  Updated manifest.json file title to 26ai.

Signed-off-by: eileen beck [email protected]

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Signed-off-by: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: eileen beck [email protected]

Author: bigstitches

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+# Create an Autonomous AI Database Free instance for JSON workloads
+
+## Introduction
+
+Now that you have an Oracle Cloud account, you will learn how to create an Autonomous AI Database instance. This lab walks you through the necessary steps.
+
+
+Estimated Time: 15 minutes
+
+
+### Objectives
+
+In this lab, you will:
+
+- Create an ADB instance
+- Configure an ADB instance
+
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- An Oracle Free Tier or Paid Cloud account
+
+
+## Task 1: Choose Autonomous AI Database from the Services Menu
+
+1. Login to the Oracle Cloud. If you are using a Free Trial or Always Free account, and you want to use Always Free Resources, you need to be in the home region of the tenancy.
+
+2. Open the **Navigation** menu in the upper left and click **Oracle AI Database**. Then select **Autonomous AI Database**.
+
+    ![Oracle Database](images/create-adb1.png)
+
+## Task 2: Create the ADB instance
+
+1. Click on **Create Autonomous AI Database** button to start the instance creation process
+
+     ![Oracle Database](images/create-adb2.png)
+
+2. This brings up the Create Autonomous AI Database screen where you will specify the configuration of the instance
+
+3. Provide basic information for the autonomous database:
+
+    - **Choose a compartment** - It will be prepopulated, but you have the option to select a compartment for the database from the drop-down list
+    - **Display Name** - You can leave the prepopulated name.
+    - **Database Name** - You can leave the prepopulated name. If you want to change it, use letters and numbers only, starting with a letter. Maximum length is 14 characters. (Underscores not
+    initially supported.)
+    - **Workload** - For this lab, choose *JSON*.
+
+    ![Config database1](images/create-adb3-1-json.png)
+
+4. Configure the database:
+
+    - **Always Free** - If your Cloud Account is an Always Free account, you can select this option to create an always free autonomous database.
+    - Select **26ai** as the database release
+
+    ![Config database2](images/create-adb3-2.png)
+
+5. Create administrator credentials:
+    - **Password and Confirm Password** - Specify the password for ADMIN user of the service instance and confirm the password.
+
+     ![Config admin credentials](images/create-adb-credentials.png)
+
+6. Set network access:
+
+    In order to use the Database API for MongoDB, you must set the database up with an access control rule. So choose **Secure access from allowed IPs and VCNs only**.
+
+    You can then set the CIDR block access to 0.0.0.0/0, which allows access from everywhere. This is not recommended for systems used in any production configuration, but sufficient for a workshop.
+
+    ![Config network](images/create-adb-network.png)
+
+7. Click **Create**
+
+    ![Create](images/create-adb-7.png)
+
+8. Your instance will begin provisioning. In a few minutes, the state will turn from Provisioning to Available. At this point, your Autonomous JSON database is ready to use!
+
+    ![Provisioning](images/create-adb5-json.png)
+
+9. Once the ATP is available, check the *Tool configuration* tab. The MongoDB API is enabled and you can copy the connect string.
+
+    ![Tool Config](images/create-adb6.png)
+
+    > **_NOTE:_**  More information about this can be found in the **Learn More** section.
+
+## Learn More
+
+* [Using Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/autonomous-database-serverless/doc/mongo-using-oracle-database-api-mongodb.html)
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+* **Author** - Carmen Berdant, Technical Program Manager, Product Management
+* **Contributors** -  Kevin Lazarz, Senior Manager, Product Management
+* **Last Updated By/Date** - Eileen Beck, November 2025

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             "filename": "https://oracle-livelabs.github.io/common/labs/cloud-login/pre-register-free-tier-account.md"
         },
         {
-            "title": "Lab 1: Create your Autonomous Database 23ai Free Instance",
-            "description": "Create an Autonomous Database 23ai for this workshop",
+            "title": "Lab 1: Create your Autonomous Database 26ai Free Instance",
+            "description": "Create an Autonomous Database 26ai for this workshop",
             "type": "livelabs",
-            "filename": "../../../23aifree/login-to-abd3/login-to-adb3.md"
+            "filename": "../../../23aifree/login-to-abd3/login-to-adb3-json.md"
         },
         {
             "title": "Lab 2: Schema flexibility for relational tables - the JSON datatype",