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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd on Docker Hub<\/a> provided by Gerald Venzl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes it very easy to use the Oracle Database on a Mac with an Apple silicon chip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I got my MacBook Pro 16″ with an Apple M1 Max chip with 10 cores, 64 GB RAM and 4 TB disk in November 2021. At that time, the M1 chip had already been on the market for a year and I knew that there were problems when running virtual machines or Docker containers with the Intel x86_64 architecture. Most of my colleagues decided to go with a database instance in the cloud. However, I like the ability to develop offline and I often need an Oracle Database. And disk space is not an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My solution was to run Windows on ARM in Parallels Desktop and install the Oracle Database<\/a> there. Microsoft did a tremendous job running Intel-based software under Windows on ARM. As far as I remember I did not experience a single crash. And the performance was similar to the Oracle Databases that ran in a Docker container on my Mac mini Server with a 2.3 GHz Intel Quad-Core i7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I tried other solutions based on QEMU<\/a> like UTM<\/a>, but the performance was unbearable slow. So, I lived with my Oracle Database under Windows. Happily until 4th April 2023. The release date of Oracle Database 23c Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Oracle Database 23c Free is available as Linux RPM, VirtualBox VM or Docker image. There are two distributions for the Docker image:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gerald and the team at Oracle managed to allow us to download Oracle software without forcing us to log in and accept some license agreements. This is super cool, especially in CI environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gerald mentions also the limitation regarding the Oracle Database Free on Apple M chips<\/a> and points to Colima<\/a>. I have not used Colima before, however, it sounds like the way to go until Oracle releases their flagship database system for ARM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colima provides an alternative context for Docker containers. Docker containers do not run natively on macOS. Instead, the context provides a virtual machine and the containers run there. The idea is that we do not need to know that there is a VM behind the scenes. Mostly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Docker Desktop provides already a VM. Why do we need an alternative or an additional VM? Well, I see the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s important to note, that Colima can run side-by-side with Docker Desktop. You can change the current context via the For the next steps, you will need the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, let’s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Run the following command in a terminal window, if you have not installed homebrew<\/a> already:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1.png\")
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