oelprince/db2 repository overview

⁠Running the DB2 Docker Image

1. Pull the Docker image to local machine docker pull oelprince/db2:latest Pulls the docker image with DB2 Express-C installed by default.

2. Start the container in docker daemon The execution of the container should be in Privileged mode docker run -it -d -P --privileged=true -p 50000:50000 oelprince/db2:latest -p 50000:50000 exposes port 50000 to allow connections from the host

3. Attach the container and Start DB2 To access the console, attach to the docker container sudo docker attach <container ID / Name of the container> Switch to DB2 user to start the DB2 instance and start the DB2 NOTE : the db2inst1 default password is 'db2inst1' su - db2inst1 db2start Create a new database db2 create database MYDB

Once the container is configured you can exit the container and keep it running with:

CTRL + P + Q ########################

docker run -d -p 50000:50000 -e DB2INST1_PASSWORD=db2inst1-pwd -e LICENSE=accept oelprince/db2:latest if add -e DB2NAME= you create new database