Running Oracle XE in Docker (local testing)

oracle-container-notes.md

References:

• Docker Hub Image
• Oracle Instant Clinet - Required for DB connections from third party libs
• Connecting Python to Oracle

My current docker command to start a new container:

docker run -d \
-p 127.0.0.1:49161:1521 \
-p 8085:8080 \
-e ORACLE_ALLOW_REMOTE=true \
-e ORACLE_DISABLE_ASYNCH_IO=true \
-e ORACLE_ENABLE_XDB=true \
oracleinanutshell/oracle-xe-11g

Takes a bit of time to fully start up, so be patient...