• kdb+

  how to dockerize kdb+

  Posted by mario on March 20, 2024 at 4:16 pm

  I have kdb+ installed inside folder q

  inside q folder I have db folder which data I usually load \l db, there m64 folder, k4.lic, q.k.
  how to dockerize this q folder

  mario replied 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  megan_mcp

  Administrator

  March 20, 2024 at 4:44 pm

  Hi @mario

  This article should prove to be useful – Containerizing kdb+ with Docker. Making kdb+ portable and scalable | by Aidan O’Gorman | Medium

  If you have any issues, please let me know!

  Thanks,

  Megan

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  mario

  Member

  March 20, 2024 at 4:57 pm

  I got error exec /kdb/q: exec format error

  my path /Users/mario/kdb

  FROM debian:latest AS base
  # do not clean here, its cleaned later!
  RUN apt-get update \
          && apt-get -yy --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io upgrade
  # Set env variables for q
  ENV QHOME /kdb
  ENV PATH ${PATH}:${QHOME}
  # This should point to the license file location
  ENV QLIC /kdb
  # Refresh / Update the base image using alpine's package manager "apk", and binutils to allow use of e.g. tar/ar while building
  RUN apt-get -yy --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io --no-install-recommends install \
                  ca-certificates \
                  curl \
                  rlwrap \
                  runit \
                  unzip \
          && apt-get clean \
          && find /var/lib/apt/lists -type f -delete
  COPY . /kdb
  WORKDIR /kdb
  CMD ["q", "load.q", "-p","5000"]

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