Oracle Linux base images
This repo stores the architecture-specific rootfs tarballs for the official Oracle Linux base images published on Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry.
Oracle Linux
Oracle Linux is an open-source operating system available under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). Suitable for general purpose or Oracle workloads, it benefits from rigorous testing of more than 128,000 hours per day with real-world workloads and includes unique innovations such as Ksplice for zero-downtime kernel patching, DTrace for real-time diagnostics, the powerful Btrfs file system, and more.
How to use these images
The Oracle Linux images are intended for use in the FROM field of a
downstream Dockerfile. For example, to use the latest optimized Oracle Linux
7 image, specify FROM oraclelinux:7-slim.
Changelog
Due to the fact that only the latest tarball for each tag is stored in the
dist-amd64 and dist-arm64v8 branches, it is not possible to use Git's
history to determine what has changed and when. Thus, we maintain a
CHANGELOG
in the master branch that documents the changes made to various images by date.
Differences between oraclelinux:7 and oraclelinux:7-slim
Oracle recommends using oraclelinux:7-slim as your base layer as it contains
just enough packages for yum to work to install more packages. Therefore, it
has the smallest size and the least amount of unneeded content.
The oraclelinux:7 images is based off the package set what would be installed
via a Minimal install of Oracle Linux.
Differences between oraclelinux:8 and oraclelinux:8-slim
As with Oracle Linux 7, the 8-slim variant contains just enough packages to
install more.
However, it also replaces the standard dnf client with the tiny
microdnf tool to further reduce space. If you need the functionality of the
full client, you can install it via RUN microdnf install dnf in your
downstream Dockerfile.
To provide yum compatibility, use RUN microdnf install yum.
Using modules with microdnf
An example of how to enable module support when using microdnf can be seen
in the oraclelinux:8
variants of the OracleLinuxDeveloper
images in the Oracle Docker Images repo.
Finding container images of Oracle products
We provide sample Dockerfiles for several Oracle products in the Oracle Docker Images repository on GitHub. Many of these images are also available for direct download from the Oracle Container Registry.
License
Oracle Linux is released under the GPLv2. See the LICENSE file in this
repository for more information.
Support
Oracle provides support to Oracle Linux subscription customers via the My Oracle Support portal. The Oracle Linux Docker images are covered by Oracle Linux Basic and Premier support subscriptions. Customers should follow existing support procedures to obtain support for Oracle Linux running in a Docker container.
For users without an Oracle Linux support subscription, the following resources are available: