Drop into the command line and type the following command. It’ll take a couple of minutes to complete.
docker pull container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest
Now, with the image downloaded, we are ready to run Docker. You can do this by using the following command.
docker run -d --name ora23c -p 1521:1521 -e ORACLE_PWD=Password123 container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest
Please note, you can change any ports to avoid conflicts with your other docker images.
If you want to make it a little bit complicated you can use the following command.
docker run -d --name ora23c -p 1521:1521 -e ORACLE_PWD=Password123 -e ORACLE_CHARACTERSET=AL32UTF8 -v ${PWD}/oradata:/opt/oracle/oradata container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest
In the above command these are the parameters.
container name = ora23c
Port mapping = 1521:1521
env. variable = ORACLE_CHARACTERSET=AL32UTF8
volume = ${PWD}/opt/oracle/oradata:/opt/oracle/oradata
image= container-registry.oracle.com/database/free:latest
Now you can check docker log with following command
docker logs -f ora23c
Verify running docker container
docker ps
As you can see, status is still starting because installation is not complete yet.
checking log file again…
and finally “DATABASE IS READY TO USE!”
check container status again…
status up and healty now.
Test sqlplus connection with the following command
docker exec -it ora23c bash -c "sqlplus / as sysdba"
if you want to connect with any tool or java code your jdbc url is jdbc:oracle:thin:@<YOUR IP>:1521/FREE
You can find Oracle Container Registery link below to browse other database versions and products.
https://container-registry.oracle.com/
Ok, that’s it!