Docker, Oracle 12c and Persistent Storage

Introduction

If you have read my previous posts on Docker you may have already installed Docker and have an Oracle 12c database running in a Docker container, if not you may want to read my first post on Docker – Running Oracle 12.2.01 on Docker

However, since I wrote the above post Oracle have published Docker images for many of their products, these can be found at the Docker Store. The Oracle images on the Docker Store are not just a great resource and help accelerate adoption, but are also certified and supported by Oracle.

Before continuing with this post you need to check-out my posts on using the new Oracle 12c Docker images and the Pure Storage Docker plugin as this post can be considered the ‘Return of the Jedi’ in the series.

Oracle 12c with Persistent Storage

In this post I will create a Docker container running an Oracle 12c database called PSTG using 4 mount points /u01, /u02, /u03 & /u04 mounted from a Pure Storage FlashArray.

Database environment Layout

/u01 – OraInventory and Oracle 12c product directories
/u02 – Oracle Datafile
/u03 – Fast Recovery Area
/u04 – RedoLog files.

The 4 mount points will all be using persistent All Flash Storage providing low latency performance, space efficient crash consistent snapshots and requiring no local storage.

First, confirm that you have installed the Oracle 12c image using the the following:

$ docker images list

You should be able see the store/oracle/database-enterprise 12.1.0.2 Docker Image, if missing you need to read my previous post.

Ok, copy the db_env.dat file created in the previous post to a new environment file $ORACLE_SID_env.dat and update database name and password e.g.

####################################################################
## Copyright(c) Oracle Corporation 1998,2016. All rights reserved.##
##                                                                ##
##                   Docker OL7 db12c dat file                    ##
##                                                                ##
####################################################################
##------------------------------------------------------------------
## Specify the basic DB parameters
##------------------------------------------------------------------
## db sid (name)
## default : ORCL
## cannot be longer than 8 characters
DB_SID=PSTG
## db passwd
## default : Oracle
DB_PASSWD=Oracle
## db domain
## default : localdomain
DB_DOMAIN=localdomain
## db bundle
## default : basic
## valid : basic / high / extreme 
## (high and extreme are only available for enterprise edition)
DB_BUNDLE=basic
## end

We will now create the 4 volumes using the docker volume create command and Pure Storage Docker plug-in providing name, size and label.

 docker volume create --driver=pure --opt size=20GB --name=PSTG-u01 --label=product
 docker volume create --driver=pure --opt size=100GB --name=PSTG-u02 --label=oradata
 docker volume create --driver=pure --opt size=200GB --name=PSTG-u03 --label=fast_recovery_area
 docker volume create --driver=pure --opt size=10GB --name=PSTG-u04 --label=redo

We can use the docker volume ls command with a filter to list the 4 database volumes we are interested in using the following syntax

$ docker volume ls -f name=environment

The Pure Storage Docker Plugin also supports docker volume inspect, from here we can see the labels which we defined earlier, great way to see where and what the mount is being used for.

$ docker volume inspect volume name

Now that we have installed the Oracle 12c Docker image and created the 4 volumes we are ready to create our Oracle 12c container using the docker run command with -v to present our newly volumes to our container.

docker run -d –env-file ./PSTG_env.dat -p 1527:1521 -p 5507:5500 -it –name PSTG -v PSTG-u01:/u01 -v PSTG-u02:/u02 -v PSTG-u03:/u03 -v PSTG-u04:/u04 –shm-size=”8g” store/oracle/database-enterprise:12.1.0.2

Progress can be monitored using the docker logs command.

docker logs -f PSTG

Once the container has started we can now connect to it and check out our Oracle 12c environment using the docker exec command and container name

docker exec -it PSTG /bin/bash

From within our Oracle 12c ‘PSTG’ container we can see our Pure Storage volumes (/u01, /u02, /u03 & /u04) and the sizes we specified.

Now we are in our Docker container we can use SQLPlus to see data file locations, instance name, docker assigned hostname etc…

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Docker Volume plugin for Pure Storage

You may have noticed that you can now download a Docker Volume Plugin for Pure Storage from the Docker Store. The Pure Storage Docker Volume plugin provides seamless integration with Docker containers, enabling persistent storage which is a must for many enterprise and database applications

Pure Docker Plug-in Installation

If you have not already installed docker you need to do this first, see my previous Blog Docker installation on Linux for details.

Ok, lest install the Pure Docker plug-in.

# docker plugin install store/purestorage/docker-plugin:2.0 –alias pure –grant-all-permissions
2.0: Pulling from store/purestorage/docker-plugin
313f5ed5ee16: Download complete
Digest: sha256:607837553036107dfccf14870e500fa3b3bdab343f111d0ac58af1b8351d7f31
Status: Downloaded newer image for store/purestorage/docker-plugin:2.0
Installed plugin store/purestorage/docker-plugin:2.0

Docker Plugin Management

We can manage Docker plugins with the docker plugin command e.g.

# docker plugin
Usage: docker plugin COMMAND
Manage plugins
Options:
Commands:
create Create a plugin from a rootfs and configuration. Plugin data directory must contain config.json and rootfs directory.
disable Disable a plugin
enable Enable a plugin
inspect Display detailed information on one or more plugins
install Install a plugin
ls List plugins
push Push a plugin to a registry
rm Remove one or more plugins
set Change settings for a plugin
upgrade Upgrade an existing plugin

Run ‘docker plugin COMMAND –help’ for more information on a command.

Let’s check out the status of our Pure Docker plugin with

# docker plugin ls
ID NAME DESCRIPTION ENABLED
0b4ab7efeb3f pure:latest Pure Storage plugin for Docker true

Once installed the first thing you must do is to let the Volume plugin know about your Pure FlashArray, update /etc/pure-docker-plugin/pure.json to use your FlashArray’s management (not iSCSI) IP address and API Token.

Example pure.json file for FlashArray

Substitute values for the MgmtEndPoint and APIToken fields with values specific to your FlashArray.

{
     "FlashArrays":[
         {
             "MgmtEndPoint":"1.2.3.4",
             "APIToken":"661f9687-0b1e-7b0d-e07d-1e776d50f9eb"
         }
     ]
 }

Create a Volume

You can create a Pure Storage FlashArray volume from your Linux server using the docker volume create command.

# docker volume create –driver=pure -o size=100GB –name=ron101 –label=ron
ron101

You should now be able to see the newly created volume within the Pure Storage FlashArray.

List a Volume

You can also use the docker volume ls command and filters to show available volumes.

# docker volume ls -f name=ron
DRIVER VOLUME NAME
pure ron100
pure ron101

Inspect a Volume

You can use the docker volume inspect command to get a bit more info and to also see where it’s being used.

[root@z-oracle pure-docker-plugin]#  docker volume inspect ron101
[
    {
        "Driver": "pure:latest",
        "Labels": {
            "ron": ""
        },
        "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/plugins/55d3765fafd49e915dc95f791c6f06a0d4207e50c453c4b175a6f18e9f23ed12/rootfs",
        "Name": "ron101",
        "Options": {
            "size": "100GB"
        },
        "Scope": "global"
    }
]

Delete a Volume

The Pure Storage Volume plugin also supports volume delete.

# docker volume rm ron101

ron101

# docker volume ls -f name=ron

DRIVER VOLUME NAME

In this Blog I have shared how we can create, inspect and delete Docker Volumes using the Pure Storage Docker Volume plug-in, in my next post I will share you you can use these volumes for persistent database storage.

Check-out the Pure Storage Developer Community for more examples.

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Oracle 12c on Docker

Getting the Image

Great news, during DockerCon 2017 Oracle announced support for Oracle 12.1 Database Docker images. Press release: Oracle Brings Oracle’s Flagship Databases and Developer Tools to the Docker Store

Previously to run an Oracle Database in a Docker container you needed to create your own Docker image, I actually Blogged on this earlier in the year, if you interested you can read about it here.

However, you can now obtain an official Oracle 12.1 Database Docker images from the Docker Store

Before you can ‘pull’ the new Docker image you will need to login to the Docker Store and click on the ‘Get Content’ button and then complete the form, providing your name, company, phone number and then accepting the Oracle license agreement.

The ‘Setup’ button provides details on how ‘pull’ the image and also how to set-up the your Oracle database within Docker.

docker pull store/oracle/database-enterprise:12.1.0.2

The Docker image includes all the required Oracle files so is pretty large coming in at ~4.87GB, so it may take a while to download.

Running the Container

The environment file allows for customisation of the Database name, password, domain and feature bundle.

The command for creating a database container is:

$ docker run -d –env-file -p :1521 -p :5500 -it –name –shm-size=”4g”

Parameters:
<path_to_env_file> is the path to the environment file you created using above example.
<listener_port> is the port on host machine to map the container’s 1521 port (listener port).
<http_port> is the port on host machine to map the container’s 5500 port (http service port).
<container_name> is the container name you want to create.
<shared_memory_size> is the memory size for the container to run. The minimum requirement is 4GB (–shm-size=”4g”).
<image_name> is the image that you use to create a container.

In this example our environment file is called db_env.dat and our container is going to be called dockerDB

docker run -d –env-file ./db_env.dat -p 1527:1521 -p 5507:5500 -it –name dockerDB –shm-size=”8g” store/oracle/database-enterprise:12.1.0.2

We should now be able to see our new Oracle 12.1 image and running container using:

docker image ls
docker container ls

From my MacBook Pro we check the progress of the build using the Docker logs option e.g.

docker logs -f dockerDB

We can also connect to the running container using the Docker exec command e.g.

docker exec -it dockerDB /bin/bash

From here we can see the Oracle Docker is using Oracle Linux 7.3 and the database is called ‘OraDoc’ as per our environment file.

As you can see from the above we are connected as root, if you want to use the oracle account then type ‘su – oracle’ and from there try out sqlplus inside your container.

Oracle 12c on an MBP Done!

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Running Oracle 12.2.0.1 on Docker

Docker Installation

Before you can consider creating an Oracle Database docker container you need to install Docker. If you yet to install Docker you can visit one of my previous posts Docker installation on Oracle Linux 7.2 to get started.

Oracle on Docker

Since last year Oracle have provided build files to assist in the creation of Oracle Database Docker images. Gerald Venzl produced an excellent Blog post Creating an Oracle Database Docker Image for Oracle 12.1.0.2, however now that Oracle 12.2.0.1 is available for on-premises I thought I would try and and create an Oracle 12.2.0.1 container.

Please note, before you start deploying Oracle on Docker it’s probably advisable to check the latest Oracle support position for running Oracle on Docker (see below)
Oracle Support Document 2216342.1 (Oracle Support for Database Running on Docker)

Applies To:
Oracle Database – Enterprise Edition – Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database – Standard Edition – Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Linux OS – Version Oracle Linux 7.3 to Oracle Linux 7.3 [Release OL7U3]
Linux x86-64
Details
Oracle will support customers running Oracle Database (single instance) in Docker containers. Oracle will only provide support when running the database in Docker containers running on Oracle Linux and Red Hat RHEL. Supported versions of these Linux distributions are

Oracle Linux 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL)

Oracle does not support Oracle Database running in a Real Application Clusters (RAC) configuration in Docker containers.

If your satisfied with your support position you will need the following:

The Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 zip file, which you can get from Oracle Technology Network and the Oracle Docker build files which you can download or clone from GitHub

For this Blog I am using my Vagrant managed Oracle Linux 7.3 Server

[vagrant@localhost ~]$ uname -r
4.1.12-61.1.28.el7uek.x86_64

[vagrant@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/oracle-release
Oracle Linux Server release 7.3

[vagrant@localhost ~]$ docker –version
Docker version 1.12.6, build ac13b2b

Preparation

If you plan to run the docker container out of an Oracle OS account you can use the oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall package to create your OS accounts and groups if missing.

I then edited the /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage file adding the following entry to increase the storage space available to my container.

DOCKER_STORAGE_OPTIONS=–storage-opt dm.basesize=20G

As my Vagrant VirtualBox OL73 server had a small root file system I added another 40G disk via VirtualBox for my Docker image via the loopback storage mounting at /var/lib/docker as this is where Docker will create the container file systems.

e.g.
service docker stop
fdisk /dev/sdb
mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1
cd /var/lib
rm -Rf docker
mkdir docker
mount /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/docker
service docker start

To allow to Oracle to sudo and run docker commands I then added oracle to the /etc/sudoers file.

e.g.
visudo
oracle ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

You can now switch user to oracle (su – oracle) and download the Oracle build files and database zip file if you have not already obtained them

[oracle@localhost ~]$ wget https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/archive/master.zip
[oracle@localhost ~]$ unzip master.zip
[oracle@localhost ~]$ cd docker-images-master/OracleDatabase/dockerfiles/12.2.0.1/

Now copy linuxx64_12201_database.zip from its download location to the 12.2.0.1 directory.

Oracle Docker image creation

Usage: buildDockerImage.sh -v [version] [-e | -s | -x] [-i]
Builds a Docker Image for Oracle Database.

Parameters:
-v: version to build
Choose one of: 11.2.0.2 12.1.0.2 12.2.0.1
-e: creates image based on ‘Enterprise Edition’
-s: creates image based on ‘Standard Edition 2’
-x: creates image based on ‘Express Edition’
-i: ignores the MD5 checksums

* select one edition only: -e, -s, or -x

[oracle@localhost 12.2.0.1]$ cd ..
[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo ./buildDockerImage.sh -v 12.2.0.1 -e
Checking if required packages are present and valid…
linuxx64_12201_database.zip: OK
==========================
DOCKER info:
Containers: 1
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 1
Images: 6
Server Version: 1.12.6
Storage Driver: devicemapper
Pool Name: docker-8:17-134299776-pool
Pool Blocksize: 65.54 kB
Base Device Size: 21.47 GB
Backing Filesystem: xfs
Data file: /dev/loop0
Metadata file: /dev/loop1
Data Space Used: 3.62 GB
Data Space Total: 107.4 GB
Data Space Available: 35.81 GB
Metadata Space Used: 2.535 MB
Metadata Space Total: 2.147 GB
Metadata Space Available: 2.145 GB
Thin Pool Minimum Free Space: 10.74 GB
Udev Sync Supported: true
Deferred Removal Enabled: false
Deferred Deletion Enabled: false
Deferred Deleted Device Count: 0
Data loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/data
WARNING: Usage of loopback devices is strongly discouraged for production use. Use `–storage-opt dm.thinpooldev` to specify a custom block storage device.
Metadata loop file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
Library Version: 1.02.135-RHEL7 (2016-09-28)
Logging Driver: json-file
…
==========================
Building image ‘oracle/database:12.2.0.1-ee’ …
Sending build context to Docker daemon 3.454 GB
Step 1 : FROM oraclelinux:7-slim
7-slim: Pulling from library/oraclelinux
33a3a5e469a8: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:f3a78afd456061bb897b9f2b54b568dec3973efccf2b086d602fabb94069fb6d
Status: Downloaded newer image for oraclelinux:7-slim
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Step 2 : MAINTAINER Gerald Venzl <gerald.venzl@oracle.com>
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Step 3 : ENV ORACLE_BASE /opt/oracle ORACLE_HOME /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1 INSTALL_FILE_1 “linuxx64_12201_database.zip” INSTALL_RSP “db_inst.rsp” CONFIG_RSP “dbca.rsp.tmpl” PWD_FILE “setPassword.sh” PERL_INSTALL_FILE “installPerl.sh” RUN_FILE “runOracle.sh” START_FILE “startDB.sh” CREATE_DB_FILE “createDB.sh” SETUP_LINUX_FILE “setupLinuxEnv.sh” CHECK_SPACE_FILE “checkSpace.sh” INSTALL_DB_BINARIES_FILE “installDBBinaries.sh”
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Step 4 : ENV INSTALL_DIR $ORACLE_BASE/install PATH $ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/:/usr/sbin:$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/lib CLASSPATH $ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib
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Step 5 : COPY $INSTALL_FILE_1 $INSTALL_RSP $PERL_INSTALL_FILE $SETUP_LINUX_FILE $CHECK_SPACE_FILE $INSTALL_DB_BINARIES_FILE $INSTALL_DIR/
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Step 6 : COPY $RUN_FILE $START_FILE $CREATE_DB_FILE $CONFIG_RSP $PWD_FILE $ORACLE_BASE/
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Step 7 : RUN chmod ug+x $INSTALL_DIR/*.sh && sync && $INSTALL_DIR/$CHECK_SPACE_FILE && $INSTALL_DIR/$SETUP_LINUX_FILE
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Loaded plugins: ovl
Resolving Dependencies
…
Complete!
Loaded plugins: ovl
Cleaning repos: ol7_UEKR4 ol7_latest
Cleaning up everything
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Step 8 : USER oracle
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Step 9 : RUN $INSTALL_DIR/$INSTALL_DB_BINARIES_FILE EE
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Archive: linuxx64_12201_database.zip
creating: database/
…
inflating: database/runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer…

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 16493 MB Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 4095 MB Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2017-03-27_03-55-03PM. Please wait …[WARNING] [INS-32055] The Central Inventory is located in the Oracle base.
ACTION: Oracle recommends placing this Central Inventory in a location outside the Oracle base directory.
You can find the log of this install session at:
/opt/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2017-03-27_03-55-03PM.log
The installation of Oracle Database 12c was successful.
Please check ‘/opt/oracle/oraInventory/logs/silentInstall2017-03-27_03-55-03PM.log’ for more details.

As a root user, execute the following script(s):
1. /opt/oracle/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
2. /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/root.sh

Successfully Setup Software.

This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 0 (v5.22.0) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using “man perl” or “perldoc perl”. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

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Step 10 : USER root
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Step 11 : RUN $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh && $ORACLE_HOME/root.sh && rm -rf $INSTALL_DIR
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Changing permissions of /opt/oracle/oraInventory.
Adding read,write permissions for group.
Removing read,write,execute permissions for world.

Changing groupname of /opt/oracle/oraInventory to dba.
The execution of the script is complete.
Check /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/install/root_d301de87c50a_2017-03-27_16-01-04-445406140.log for the output of root script
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Step 12 : USER oracle
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Step 13 : WORKDIR /home/oracle
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Step 14 : VOLUME $ORACLE_BASE/oradata
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Step 15 : EXPOSE 1521 5500
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Step 16 : CMD exec $ORACLE_BASE/$RUN_FILE
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Successfully built efa2e9d7cc87

Oracle Database Docker Image for ‘ee’ version 12.2.0.1 is ready to be extended:

–> oracle/database:12.2.0.1-ee

Build completed in 840 seconds.

Starting Oracle Docker instance

We are now ready to start the Oracle databases inside a Docker container. To do this we use the docker run command passing the required parameters.

e.g.
-p Port
–name Docker container name, note this is not the database name.

[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo docker run -p 1521:1521 –name pure oracle/database:12.2.0.1-ee
ORACLE AUTO GENERATED PASSWORD FOR SYS, SYSTEM AND PDBAMIN: FH0EoJP7dYo=1

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 – Production on 27-MAR-2017 16:10:45

Starting /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 – Production
System parameter file is /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /opt/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/f4c614207382/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=0.0.0.0)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
————————
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 – Production
Start Date 27-MAR-2017 16:10:45
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /opt/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/f4c614207382/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary…
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=0.0.0.0)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
[WARNING] [DBT-10102] The listener configuration is not selected for the database. EM DB Express URL will not be accessible.
CAUSE: The database should be registered with a listener in order to access the EM DB Express URL.
ACTION: Select a listener to be registered or created with the database.
Copying database files
1% complete
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Creating and starting Oracle instance
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Completing Database Creation
42% complete
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Creating Pluggable Databases
55% complete
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Executing Post Configuration Actions
100% complete
Look at the log file “/opt/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/ORCLCDB/ORCLCDB.log” for further details.

SQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Mar 27 16:17:18 2017

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production

SQL>
System altered.

SQL>
Pluggable database altered.

SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production
#########################
DATABASE IS READY TO USE!
#########################
Completed: alter pluggable database ORCLPDB1 open
2017-03-27T16:17:17.923085+00:00
ORCLPDB1(3):CREATE SMALLFILE TABLESPACE “USERS” LOGGING DATAFILE ‘/opt/oracle/oradata/ORCLCDB/ORCLPDB1/users01.dbf’ SIZE 5M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 1280K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO
ORCLPDB1(3):Completed: CREATE SMALLFILE TABLESPACE “USERS” LOGGING DATAFILE ‘/opt/oracle/oradata/ORCLCDB/ORCLPDB1/users01.dbf’ SIZE 5M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 1280K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO
ORCLPDB1(3):ALTER DATABASE DEFAULT TABLESPACE “USERS”
ORCLPDB1(3):Completed: ALTER DATABASE DEFAULT TABLESPACE “USERS”
2017-03-27T16:17:18.753847+00:00
ALTER SYSTEM SET control_files=’/opt/oracle/oradata/ORCLCDB/control01.ctl’ SCOPE=SPFILE;
ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE ORCLPDB1 SAVE STATE
Completed: ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE ORCLPDB1 SAVE STATE
2017-03-27T16:27:02.711804+00:00
ORCLPDB1(3):Resize operation completed for file# 10, old size 337920K, new size 358400K

Resetting the Oracle Database passwords

During the build a default password was allocated, however it’s a good idea to update the passwords now, fortunately the build includes a utility to update the Oracle SYS, SYSYEM & PDBADMIN.

[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo docker exec pure ./setPassword.sh Docker
The Oracle base remains unchanged with value /opt/oracle

SQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Tue Mar 28 14:56:13 2017

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production

SQL>
User altered.

SQL>
Session altered.

SQL>
User altered.

SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production

Stopping the Oracle Database Docker

[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo docker stop pure
pure

[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES

Restarting the Oracle Database Docker

[oracle@localhost dockerfiles]$ sudo docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES

f4c614207382 oracle/database:12.2.0.1-ee “/bin/sh -c ‘exec $OR” 22 hours ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:1521->1521/tcp, 5500/tcp pure

[oracle@localhost bin]$ ./sql system/Docker@//localhost:1521/ORCLPDB1

SQLcl: Release 4.2.0 Production on Tue Mar 28 15:20:02 2017

Last Successful login time: Tue Mar 28 2017 15:20:03 +00:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production

SQL> select name from v$database;

NAME
———
ORCLCDB

SQL>

Using the Docker Log

The docker logs command will perform a tail -f of /opt/oracle/diag/rdbms/orclcdb/ORCLCDB/trace/alert_ORCLCDB.log which can be useful to diagnose problems or just to review status.

[oracle@localhost ~]$ sudo docker logs -f pure
ORACLE AUTO GENERATED PASSWORD FOR SYS, SYSTEM AND PDBAMIN: FH0EoJP7dYo=1

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 – Production on 27-MAR-2017 16:10:45

Starting /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
————————
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 – Production
Start Date 27-MAR-2017 16:10:45
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /opt/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /opt/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/f4c614207382/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary…
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=0.0.0.0)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
The docker start command runs the container automatically into the background.
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Docker installation on Oracle Linux 7.2

Oracle Linux 7.2 Installation

To get ready for this Blog I performed a standard Linux 7.2 installation, during the ‘Software Selection’ part of the wizard selected ‘Base Environent’ of ‘Server with GUI’ and the following ‘Add-Ons for Selected Evironment’

Compatibility Libraries
Development Tools

If you need further install details, I have a seperate Blog posting on performing an Oracle Linux 7.2 installation.

Kernel Upgrade

The Oracle Linux R7 Update 2 ships with a 3.8.13 Kernel however Docker requires a Kernel of 4.1.12 or higher on Oracle Linux, this kernel supports the Docker btrfs storage engine on both Oracle Linux 6 and 7.

Oracle Linux Docker Prerequisites

With yum this is easliy fixed, by telling yum to use the release 4 Kernel repository.

[root@oel7 ~]# uname -r
3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek.x86_64

[root@oel7 ~]# yum list kernel-uek*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Installed Packages
kernel-uek.x86_64 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
kernel-uek-devel.x86_64 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
kernel-uek-firmware.noarch 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
Available Packages
kernel-uek.x86_64 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3
kernel-uek-debug.x86_64 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3
kernel-uek-debug-devel.x86_64 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3
kernel-uek-devel.x86_64 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3
kernel-uek-doc.noarch 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3
kernel-uek-firmware.noarch 3.8.13-118.10.2.el7uek ol7_UEKR3

OK, lets tell yum to use our new repository

[root@oel7 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol7.repo

[ol7_UEKR3]
name=Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/UEKR3/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0

[ol7_UEKR4]
name=Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/UEKR4/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

[ol7_addons]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Add ons ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/addons/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

As you can see from above I have disabled ol7_UEKR3, enabled the ol7_addons and added a new section form ol7_UEKR4, we can now use yum to pick up the new 4.1.12 Kernel.

[root@oel7 ~]# yum list kernel-uek*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Installed Packages
kernel-uek.x86_64 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
kernel-uek-devel.x86_64 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
kernel-uek-firmware.noarch 3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek @anaconda/7.2
Available Packages
kernel-uek.x86_64 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4
kernel-uek-debug.x86_64 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4
kernel-uek-debug-devel.x86_64 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4
kernel-uek-devel.x86_64 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4
kernel-uek-doc.noarch 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4
kernel-uek-firmware.noarch 4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek ol7_UEKR4

Ok lets let yum do it’s thing.
[root@oel7 ~]# yum update

Time for a coffee…

SELinux support on Oracle Linux 7

Docker requires SElinux to be set to Permissive or Disabled in /etc/sysconfig/selinux to use the btrfs storage engine on Oracle Linux 7, so lets change it now if not already set before we reboot.

[root@oel7 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

SELINUX=permissive

[root@oel7 ~]# setenforce Permissive

Reboot to pick up the new 4.1.12 Kernel

[root@oel7 ~]# uname -r
4.1.12-37.6.3.el7uek.x86_64

Docker 1.10

As we have updated the yum repository to use ol7_addons we can now install the docker engine.

[root@oel7 ~]# yum list docker-engine
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Available Packages
docker-engine.x86_64 1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 ol7_addons

[root@oel7 ~]# yum install docker-engine
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package docker-engine.x86_64 0:1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: docker-engine-selinux >= %{epoch}:1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 for package: docker-engine-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package docker-engine-selinux.noarch 0:1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
docker-engine x86_64 1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 ol7_addons 9.6 M
Installing for dependencies:
docker-engine-selinux noarch 1.10.3-1.0.3.el7 ol7_addons 28 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package (+1 Dependent package)

Total download size: 9.6 M
Installed size: 41 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/2): docker-engine-selinux-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.noarch.rpm | 28 kB 00:00:05
(2/2): docker-engine-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.x86_64.rpm | 9.6 MB 00:00:13
————————————————————————————————————————————————
Total 710 kB/s | 9.6 MB 00:00:13
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : docker-engine-selinux-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.noarch 1/2
Installing : docker-engine-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : docker-engine-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : docker-engine-selinux-1.10.3-1.0.3.el7.noarch 2/2

Installed:
docker-engine.x86_64 0:1.10.3-1.0.3.el7

Dependency Installed:
docker-engine-selinux.noarch 0:1.10.3-1.0.3.el7

Complete!

[root@oel7 ~]# docker –version
Docker version 1.10.3, build 57bf6fd

Docker Installation Check

First let’s start the service

[root@oel7 ~]# systemctl start docker.service

Now we can check the docker with the ‘Hello World’ container.
[root@oel7 ~]# docker run hello-world
Unable to find image ‘hello-world:latest’ locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
c04b14da8d14: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:0256e8a36e2070f7bf2d0b0763dbabdd67798512411de4cdcf9431a1feb60fd9
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest

Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.

To generate this message, Docker took the following steps:
1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon.
2. The Docker daemon pulled the “hello-world” image from the Docker Hub.
3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the
executable that produces the output you are currently reading.
4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it
to your terminal.

To try something more ambitious, you can run an Ubuntu container with:
$ docker run -it ubuntu bash

Share images, automate workflows, and more with a free Docker Hub account:
https://hub.docker.com

For more examples and ideas, visit:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/

Docker 1.12

If you want to use a slighty new version of docker you can go directly to the docker projects own yum repository, the Docker install check step is the same.

[root@oel7 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@oel7 yum.repos.d]# vi docker.repo
[dockerrepo]
name=Docker Repository
baseurl=https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/oraclelinux/7
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg

[root@oel7 yum.repos.d]# yum list docker-engine
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Available Packages
docker-engine.x86_64 1.12.0-1.el7 dockerrepo

[root@oel7 ~]# yum install docker-engine
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package docker-engine.x86_64 0:1.12.0-1.el7 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: docker-engine-selinux >= 1.12.0-1.el7 for package: docker-engine-1.12.0-1.el7.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package docker-engine-selinux.noarch 0:1.12.0-1.el7 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
docker-engine x86_64 1.12.0-1.el7 dockerrepo 19 M
Installing for dependencies:
docker-engine-selinux noarch 1.12.0-1.el7 dockerrepo 28 k

Total download size: 19 M
Installed size: 79 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/dockerrepo/packages/docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID 2c52609d: NOKEY00:00:34 ETA
Public key for docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm is not installed
(1/2): docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm | 28 kB 00:00:06
(2/2): docker-engine-1.12.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 19 MB 00:00:22
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
Total 851 kB/s | 19 MB 00:00:22
Retrieving key from https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg
Importing GPG key 0x2C52609D:
Userid : “Docker Release Tool (releasedocker) <docker@docker.com>”
Fingerprint: 5811 8e89 f3a9 1289 7c07 0adb f762 2157 2c52 609d
From : https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch 1/2
restorecon: lstat(/var/lib/docker) failed: No such file or directory
warning: %post(docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch
Installing : docker-engine-1.12.0-1.el7.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : docker-engine-selinux-1.12.0-1.el7.noarch 1/2
Verifying : docker-engine-1.12.0-1.el7.x86_64 2/2

Installed:
docker-engine.x86_64 0:1.12.0-1.el7

Dependency Installed:
docker-engine-selinux.noarch 0:1.12.0-1.el7

Complete!

[root@oel7 ~]# docker –version
Docker version 1.12.0, build 8eab29e

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Introduction

Oracle 12c with Persistent Storage

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Pure Docker Plug-in Installation

Docker Plugin Management

Example pure.json file for FlashArray

Create a Volume

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Inspect a Volume

Delete a Volume

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