oracle-free - listener services don't start on apple containers

[andersnorgaard]

Hello, I just want to report my experience with the oracle-free images on the new apple-containers https://github.com/apple/container on MacOS.

As reported here https://medium.com/oracledevs/oracle-database-23ai-running-in-an-apple-container-first-look-d1d3584217f1 the images start fine and I can access them with local sqlplus.

However I have no listeners so I can't connect from the outside

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 23ai Free Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Develop, Learn, and Run for Free
Version 23.8.0.25.04
bash-4.4$ lsnrctl status

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 23.0.0.0.0 - Production on 29-JUN-2025 13:18:11

Copyright (c) 1991, 2025, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=0.0.0.0)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 23.0.0.0.0 - Production
Start Date                29-JUN-2025 12:56:39
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 21 min. 31 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Default Service           FREE
Listener Parameter File   /opt/oracle/product/23ai/dbhomeFree/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File         /opt/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/localoracle/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=0.0.0.0)(PORT=1521)))
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
bash-4.4$ 

I've tested with containers version 0.1 and 0.2 and on MacOS 15 and MacOS 26 beta