Earlier this week, Oracle quietly released the RPM packages for Oracle 23ai Free Edition for ARM64 systems. This release is very interesting for developers using Macs with ARM processors as it allows them to create Oracle 23ai containers for their development and engineering environments. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the steps of […]
Running an Oracle Database (DB) Container on your laptop, regardless of your device, is a common practice for professionals in lab and engineering environments. These containers offer a convenient solution for setting up and managing Oracle databases for various purposes. However, there are scenarios where you need to interact with the Oracle DB Container using […]
Oracle Database 23c Free – Developer Release is all over since Oracle released it yesterday. See the Official Oracle pages Oracle Database Free or the blog post by Gerald Venzl Introducing Oracle Database 23c Free – Developer Release. Connor McDonald even got a special delivery from Oracle. A few important web pages related to Oracle […]
Today I did have the opportunity to give a presentation on Oracle Database in Docker at the SOUG day in Olten. It was a great opportunity to discuss how Oracle database engineering can be simplified using Docker. Besides the demo the following topics were discussed: Docker images, container and volumes Requirements to setup Oracle database […]
A couple of days ago I did had the opportunity to give a presentation on Oracle Unified Directory on Docker at the DOAG SIG Security day in Stuttgart. It was a great opportunity to discuss how OUD engineering can be simplified using Docker. As proof how easy this can be, I set up and configured […]
One of the important challenges with Docker is to get used to the image layers and the layered file system. It quickly happens that you unintentionally have too much data in an intermediate layer. Either log files, installation software or login credentials. Whereby the first two “only” blow up the Docker image unnecessarily, while the […]
A bit a while ago I’ve started to use Docker for miscellaneous purposes. Not really an early adopter, but I still hope I caught the train just in time. 🙂 In one of my customer project, I did have to set up a couple of OUD instance to develop and test the transition from Oracle […]