Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Access Oracle APEX Administration Services

Each Autonomous AI Database instance includes a dedicated instance of Oracle APEX; you can use this instance to create multiple workspaces. A workspace is a shared work area where you can build applications. You create workspaces in Oracle APEX Administration Services.

Note

If your Autonomous AI Database is configured to use a Private Endpoint, then you can only access Oracle APEX from clients in the same Virtual Cloud Network (VCN).

See Configure Network Access with Private Endpoints for more information.

Perform the following prerequisite steps as necessary:

  • Open the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console by clicking the navigation icon next to Cloud.

  • From the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure left navigation menu click Oracle Database and then click Autonomous AI Database.

  • On the Autonomous AI Databases page select an Autonomous AI Database from the links under the Display name column.

To access Oracle APEX Administration Services you can use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, Database Actions, or bookmark a direct link.

To access APEX Administration Services from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console:

  1. Open the Autonomous AI Database Instance details page.
  2. Scroll down to APEX Instance.
  3. Click on the APEX Instance name.
  4. Click Launch APEX.

    The Oracle Cloud sign-in page appears.

    Note

    By default, Administration Services and the Oracle APEX development environment on Autonomous AI Database use Autonomous AI DatabaseSingle Sign-On authentication. This authentication method uses the database account user name and password to authenticate users.

    For more information, see Access Built-in Tools with Single Sign-on.

    You can switch to a different authentication method on the Administration Services, Manage Instance, Security page.

    See Set the ADMIN Password in Autonomous AI Database to change the password.

  5. Enter your ADMIN user credentials.
  6. Click Sign in.

    The Select a Workspace page appears.

  7. Click Administration Services from the list of workspaces.

    The APEX Administration Services page appears.

To access APEX Administration Services from Database Actions:

  1. On the Autonomous AI Database details page select Database Actions and in the list click View all database actions.

  2. From the Database Actions Launchpad, under Development, click APEX.

    The Oracle Cloud sign-in page appears.

  3. Enter your ADMIN user credentials.
  4. Click Sign in.

    The Select a Workspace page appears.

  5. Click Administration Services from the list of workspaces.

    The APEX Administration Services page appears.

You can also use Administration Services to manage your APEX instance. See Oracle APEX Administration Services in Oracle APEX Administration Guide for more information.

If your Autonomous AI Database instance was created before February 15, 2026.

By default, Oracle APEX Administration Services and Oracle APEX development environment on databases created before February 15, 2026 use Database Accounts authentication. This authentication method uses the database account username and password to authenticate users. You can switch to a different authentication method on Administration Services, Manage Instance, Security page.

To access APEX Administration Services from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console:

  1. Open the Autonomous AI Database Instance details page.

  2. Scroll down to APEX Instance.
  3. Click on the APEX Instance name.
  4. Click Launch APEX.

    The APEX Administration Services sign-in page appears.

    If you already created a workspace, the APEX workspace sign-in page appears instead. In this case, to open Administration Services, click Administration Services link.

  5. In the Password field, enter the password for the ADMIN user.
  6. Click Sign In to Administration.

    The APEX Administration Services page appears.

To access APEX Administration Services from Database Actions:
  1. On the Autonomous AI Database details page select Database Actions and in the list click View all database actions.
  2. From the Database Actions Launchpad, under Development, click APEX.

    The APEX Administration Services sign-in page appears.

  3. In the Password field, enter the password for the ADMIN user.
  4. Click Sign In to Administration.

    The APEX Administration Services page appears.