diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
index 6678979bf..4b9d33c0a 100644
--- a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
@@ -1,34 +1,48 @@
 package classic
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 )
 
-type stepCreateIPReservation struct{}
+type stepCreateInstance struct{}
 
 func (s *stepCreateIPReservation) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	ui.Say("Creating Instance...")
 	const endpoint_path = "/launchplan/" // POST
 	// master-instance.json
-
-	// {
-	//   "instances": [{
-	//       "shape": "oc3",
-	//       "sshkeys": ["/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/my_sshkey"],
-	//       "name": "Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance",
-	//       "label": "master-instance",
-	//       "imagelist": "/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/Ubuntu.16.04-LTS.amd64.20170330",
-	//       "networking": {
-	//         "eth0": {
-	//           "nat": "ipreservation:/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip"
-	//         }
-	//       }
-	//   }]
-	// }
+	`
+	{
+	  "instances": [{
+	      "shape": "oc3",
+	      "sshkeys": ["/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/my_sshkey"],
+	      "name": "Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance",
+	      "label": "master-instance",
+	      "imagelist": "/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/Ubuntu.16.04-LTS.amd64.20170330",
+	      "networking": {
+	        "eth0": {
+	          "nat": "ipreservation:/Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip"
+	        }
+	      }
+	  }]
+	}
+	`
 	// command line call
 	// $ opc compute launch-plans add --request-body=./master-instance.json
 	// ...
 
+	instanceID, err := client.CreateInstance(publicKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Problem creating instance: %s", err)
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		state.Put("error", err)
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	state.Put("instance_id", instanceID)
+
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Created instance (%s).", instanceID))
 }
diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go
index a2f935a99..9ec01cdbc 100644
--- a/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go
+++ b/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go
@@ -5,20 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 )
 
-type stepCreateIPReservation struct{}
+type stepInstanceInfo struct{}
 
 func (s *stepInstanceInfo) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
-	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	ui.Say("Getting Instance Info...")
-	endpoint_path := "/instance/%s", instanceName // GET
-
-	// $ opc compute ip-reservations add \
-	//     /Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip \
-	//     /oracle/public/ippool
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	instanceID := state.Get("instance_id").(string)
+	endpoint_path := "/instance/%s", instanceID // GET
 
-	// account /Compute-mydomain/default
-	// ip      129.144.27.172
-	// name    /Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip
-	// ...
+	// https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/iaas/compute-iaas-cloud/stcsa/op-instance-%7Bname%7D-get.html
 
 }