A Docker image for Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 based on an Oracle Linux 7.1 image.
Due to legal restrictions this image is not available on the Docker Hub. However, with some time and patience you may build it yourself.
Be sure you've read the prerequisites, then download the following zip files from Oracle Tech Net and put them in the build's root folder:
linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.ziplinuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip
Finally, simply run:
$ docker build -t arpagaus/oracle-12c .
Due to Docker limitations this image cannot be built using the stock binary. Within containers the amount of available memory on /dev/shm is limited to 64MB (see #2606). This is not sufficient to meet Oracle's MEMORY_TARGET minimum requirements. If you are not comfortable building and using a modified docker binary let me assure you that the steps are well documented and straight-forward. If you're still not convinced I'd recommend https://github.com/wscherphof/oracle-12c instead which relies on some manual steps and the use of --privileged as a workaround.
You may refer to https://github.com/arpagaus/docker for a modified Docker v1.5.0 repository which increases /dev/shm to 2GB
Create a new container running an Oracle 12c database:
$ docker run -dP arpagaus/oracle-12c
You can connect as SYSDBA with the following statement:
$ docker exec -ti evil_blackwell sudo -u oracle -i bash -c "sqlplus / AS SYSDBA"
This is particularly useful, if you don't want to expose any ports and solely rely on linking containers with each other directly.
This image is largely based on the work of Wouter Scherphof
When installing packages on the Oracle Linux container using yum an error might occur. As a workaround I've published an updated version of the Oracle Linux 7.1 image arpagaus/oraclelinux.
GNU General Public License (GPL) for the contents of this GitHub repo; for Oracle's database software, see their Licensing Information