Effortless Oracle AI Database 26ai Management with Apple’s New Container Solution

Background I have written many blog posts detailing how to run containerised Oracle database workloads using Docker, Podman and Kubernetes on a Mac. But we now have another new exciting, simpler and potentially faster option. At WWDC 2025, Apple announced its containerisation framework platform. Apple’s Containerisation framework runs each Linux container inside its own lightweight virtual machine... Continue Reading →

Learn Kubernetes on your ARM MacBook with Podman and Minikube

I recently had the pleasure of delivering a presentation on Kubernetes and the Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) to the All India Oracle User Group (AIOUG). A question which was raised by an attendee was 'Can I learn Kubernetes without using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) OKE or other Cloud service?' Well the answer is yes,... Continue Reading →

Run Oracle Database 23ai Free on ARM based MacBooks with Podman

In this short post I will share how to run the latest Oracle 23ai (23.7.0.25.01) ARM container image on a MacBook with Podman. In this Blog post I will walkthrough the following steps: Configure Podman Download the Oracle Database 23ai Free image Create Podman data volume Create Podman secret Start Oracle 23ai database using Podman. Check Oracle... Continue Reading →

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