Local Oracle XE instance for development

create-local-oracle.sh

# create volume container - doesn't run, just holds the data.
docker create \
  -v /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area \
  -v /u01/app/oracle/oradata \
  --name oracle_data \
  wnameless/oracle-xe-11g

# run Oracle using the above shared container - you can destroy and recreate this and they
# will share the above data area.
docker run -d \
  -p 49160:22 \
  -p 49161:1521 \
  --name oracle \
  --volumes-from oracle_data \
  wnameless/oracle-xe-11g
  
# Connect to localhost:49161 (SID=xe) as system:oracle
# Create additional users as desired
# (see wnameless/oracle-xe-11g docs for more info and how to set up some init SQL)