This repo stores the official Oracle Linux base images in the form of tarballs containing a rootfs in two architecture-specific branches. These images are automatically consumed by the Docker Hub and are not intended for direct use by end-users.
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
.
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.
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.
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 -y install dnf
in your downstream Dockerfile
.
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.
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.
Oracle Linux is released under the GPLv2. See the LICENSE
file in this repository for more information.
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:
- The Oracle Technology Network Community
- The Oracle Linux Space on OTN.
- The Containers and Orchestration Space on OTN.
- The
#oracle-linux
IRC channel on Freenode.