diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_IP_reservation.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_IP_reservation.go
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+package classic
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+)
+
+type stepCreateIPReservation struct{}
+
+func (s *stepCreateIPReservation) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
+	ui.Say("Creating IP reservation...")
+	const endpoint_path = "/ip/reservation/" // POST
+
+	// $ opc compute ip-reservations add \
+	//     /Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip \
+	//     /oracle/public/ippool
+
+	// account /Compute-mydomain/default
+	// ip      129.144.27.172
+	// name    /Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip
+	// ...
+
+}
diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_create_instance.go
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+package classic
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+)
+
+type stepCreateIPReservation 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"
+	//         }
+	//       }
+	//   }]
+	// }
+	// command line call
+	// $ opc compute launch-plans add --request-body=./master-instance.json
+	// ...
+
+}
diff --git a/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go b/builder/oracle/classic/step_instance_info.go
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+package classic
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+)
+
+type stepCreateIPReservation 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
+
+	// account /Compute-mydomain/default
+	// ip      129.144.27.172
+	// name    /Compute-mydomain/user@example.com/master-instance-ip
+	// ...
+
+}