Skip to main content
Skip table of contents

Bridge Installation Using Docker

Bridge 7.5.0 The Bridge software is available as a docker image that can directly been used for installation.

You can choose between two images

  • bridge, an image that uses HTTPS as incoming protocol

  • bridge_http, an image that uses HTTP as incoming protocol

The bridge_http image is to use with a proxy where the communication between proxy and Bridge does not need to be encrypted.

Each docker container needs a separate Bridge license.

Prerequisites

Please consider the following prerequisites regarding Docker installation of the Bridge.

The software uses Docker to run.

  • The Docker Community Editon (CE) (version 18.06 or newer) is sufficient to run the software. The provided Docker containers are Linux containers.
    Refer to the Docker documentation pages for more information on supported platforms and how to install Docker.

  • As Docker host, we support Linux, namely the following Linux distributions:

    • RedHat/CentOS

    • Ubuntu

  • The Docker tool docker-compose (version 1.23 or newer) must be installed.

Preferences of the Bridge Docker Image

The Docker image of the Bridge has the following internal preferences. These preferences (with except for the passwords) cannot be changed.

Name

Value

hostname

localhost

Bridge port

8080

admin user

admin/admin

Bridge user group

bridge

Bridge user

bridge

Bridge program directory

/opt/bridge_prog

Bridge data directory

/opt/bridge_data

The following packages are already installed:

Package

Description

sudo

The Bridge proxy uses sudo to be able to open ports below 1024.

procps

Used to kill processes.

curl
net-tools
vim

Support tools.

gnupg
apt-transport-https

Used to install the MS SQL Server client library.

mysql-client

MySQL database client.

mssql-tools

Microsoft SQL Server database client.

instantclient-basiclite-<version>

Oracle database client.

db2_odbc_cli

DB2 database client.

JavaScript errors detected

Please note, these errors can depend on your browser setup.

If this problem persists, please contact our support.