Container Yourself
Running Oracle Database 23ai & ORDS Locally via Containers
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Containerized, Local Oracle 23ai Environment
This series will walk through the steps in order to install a local development environment that includes Oracle 23ai, ORDS & APEX.
Posts in this series
Upgrading APEX in a Container
💡 NOTE: this is a follow-up post from my last entry, Container Yourself. It’s best to start there if you’re going to follow along and perform the steps outlined here. I didn’t really notice this, but the version of APEX that I downloaded was 24.1....
Adding SSL to your ORDS Container
Something just doesn’t feel “right” about running a development environment on a non-standard port over just HTTP. Not only is it bothersome to see the “Not Secure” message, it’s not a best practice. Your development environment should be as close to...
Sending Email from an Oracle Container
You've Already Got Mail with OCI
Using Database Actions on the Oracle Container
The ORDS container that we are using not only exposes APEX, but it also provides a robust set of database-centric tools known as Database Actions (formerly SQL Developer Web). You can read a lot more about the specifics of Database Actions here or he...
Adding a Local LLM to the Oracle Container
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about AI & LLMs more than once. LLM stands for Large Language Model. It's a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that's designed to process and understand human language at a massive s...
