Db2 11.5Installing Db2 Community Edition with Docker
Db2® Community Edition is a free, entry-level edition of the Db2 data server for the developer and partner community. While you can install Db2 Community Edition directly to your Linux or Windows operating system, IBM offers a Docker run-time solution to get you up and running with Db2 quickly and easily.
Docker Containers and your Db2 Community Edition image
Docker containers provide you with a virtualized run-time environment from which to run Db2, without impacting your existing operating system.
A container is a runtime instance of a docker image, which is an ordered collection of root file system changes and related execution code.
An image typically contains a union of layered file systems stacked on top of each other, but it
has no state and it never changes. So, a Docker container consists of:
- A Docker image (e.g., Db2 Community Edition)
- An execution environment
- A standard set of instructions