diff --git a/oracle/compute.tf b/oracle/compute.tf
index e41f709..41e30c0 100644
--- a/oracle/compute.tf
+++ b/oracle/compute.tf
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ resource "oci_core_instance" "ClusterManagement" {
   display_name        = local.mgmt_hostname
   shape               = var.ManagementShape
 
+  # Optional parameters for Flex type management nodes
+  shape_config {
+    baseline_ocpu_utilization = var.ManagementOcpuBaselineUtilization
+    memory_in_gbs = var.ManagementMemory
+    nvmes = var.ManagementNvmes
+    ocpus = var.ManagementOcpus
+    vcpus = var.ManagementVcpus
+  }
+
   # Make sure that the management node depands on the filesystem so that when
   # destroying, the filesystem is still running in order to perform cleanup of
   # any compute nodes.
diff --git a/oracle/terraform.tfvars.example b/oracle/terraform.tfvars.example
index 5aef704..d0adc6d 100644
--- a/oracle/terraform.tfvars.example
+++ b/oracle/terraform.tfvars.example
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ ssh-rsa UmFuZG9tIGtleSBjb250ZW50cy4gUHV0IHlvdXIgb3duIGtleSBpbiBoZXJlIG9idmlvdXNs
 ssh-rsa QW5vdGhlciByYW5kb20ga2V5IGNvbnRlbnRzLiBQdXQgeW91ciBvd24ga2V5IGluIGhlcmUgb2J2aW91c2x5Lg== user@anothercomputer
 EOF
 
-ManagementShape = "VM.Standard2.1"
+ManagementShape = "VM.Standard3.Flex"
+ManagementOcpus = "4"
+ManagementVcpus = "8"
+ManagementMemory = "32"
+# ManagementOcpuBaselineUtilization = "BASELINE_1_1"
+# ManagementNvmes = 1
 ManagementAD = "1"
 FilesystemAD = "1"
diff --git a/oracle/variables.tf b/oracle/variables.tf
index 59dbfc6..19eabb0 100644
--- a/oracle/variables.tf
+++ b/oracle/variables.tf
@@ -34,6 +34,31 @@ variable "ManagementShape" {
   default     = "VM.Standard2.1"
 }
 
+variable "ManagementOcpus" {
+  description = "The number of OCPUs for the management node"
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "ManagementVcpus" {
+  description = "The number of VCPUs for the management node"
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "ManagementMemory" {
+  description = "The amount of memory for the management node"
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "ManagementOcpuBaselineUtilization" {
+  description = "The baseline OCPU utilization for the management node"
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "ManagementNvmes" {
+  description = "The number of NVMe drives for the management node"
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "ExportPathFS" {
   default = "/shared"
 }