Docker-images: No space left on device when running buildDockerImage.sh for OracleDatabase

[lukaseder]

I'm running this on Windows 10 with still plenty of disk space:

I git cloned this repository into a local directory and then copied Oracle 12.1.0.2 Enterprise Edition for Linux into /c/Users/lukas/docker/oracle/docker-images/OracleDatabase/dockerfiles/12.1.0.2 and then ran buildDockerImage.sh only to get a "no space left on device" error

What might be the cause of this?

[brunoborges]

You will have to dig configuration of Docker Toolbox for Windows. It uses a VirtualBox VM behind the scenes. That is where I believe disk space is not sufficient, not your host (Windows).

[gvenzl]

Also make sure that your base image size is big enough. For Oracle Database EE the default 10G aren't enough:

On Linux I had to set --storage-opt dm.basesize to a higher value in /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage:

[brunoborges]

@lukaseder, I don't think there is anything we can do in the Dockerfiles to fix this. It is up to the user to adjust its Docker installation and host environment

[lukaseder]

Thanks for your help. I was afraid I had to dig into how these things work in detail :) (first time docker user here, believe it or not)

[lukaseder]

OK, for the record (i.e. for other docker newbies like myself), this is the command to increase the default disk (and memory) size:

$ docker-machine create --driver virtualbox --virtualbox-disk-size "40000" --virtualbox-memory 2048 default

That did the trick for my particular issue. Might be a useful addition to the setup instructions here: https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/blob/master/OracleDatabase/README.md

The default machine created by Docker Toolbox for first time dummies like me has much less disk space and memory. Might be a nice time saver for others

[lukaseder]

Folks: Just wanted to say that this is _really excellent_. Thanks a lot for doing this. Will definitely advertise this to everyone, also on the jOOQ blog :)

[gvenzl]

We are glad to hear @lukaseder and appreciate the valuable feedback! Have fun dockering around :)