Docker for hosting Virtuoso.

The Virtuoso is built from a specific commit SHA in https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource. This image is currently build from commit 795af34a7287f064effd91ed251e6bb711f1f5ee, which corresponds to virtuoso 7.2.9. You can build this image from a different commit by providing the correct commit id as the VIRTUOSO_COMMIT build argument.

docker run --name my-virtuoso \
    -p 8890:8890 -p 1111:1111 \
    -e DBA_PASSWORD=myDbaPassword \
    -e SPARQL_UPDATE=true \
    -e DEFAULT_GRAPH=http://www.example.com/my-graph \
    -v /my/path/to/the/virtuoso/db:/data \
    -d redpencil/virtuoso

The Virtuoso database folder is mounted in /data.

The Docker image exposes port 8890 and 1111.

The image can also be configured and used via docker-compose.

db:
  image: redpencil/virtuoso:1.0.0
  environment:
    SPARQL_UPDATE: "true"
    DEFAULT_GRAPH: "http://www.example.com/my-graph"
  volumes:
    - ./data/virtuoso:/data
  ports:
    - "8890:8890"

The dba password can be set at container start up via the DBA_PASSWORD environment variable. If not set, the default dba password will be used.

The SPARQL_UPDATE permission on the SPARQL endpoint can be granted by setting the SPARQL_UPDATE environment variable to true.

You may want to enable basic CORS headers on the SPARQL endpoint, this can be done by setting the ENABLE_CORS environment variable to any value. If not set (the default), no cors headers are sent.

All properties defined in virtuoso.ini can be configured via the environment variables. The environment variable should be prefixed with VIRT_ and have a format like VIRT_$SECTION_$KEY. $SECTION and $KEY are case sensitive. They should be CamelCased as in virtuoso.ini. E.g. property ErrorLogFile in the Database section should be configured as VIRT_Database_ErrorLogFile=error.log.

Enter the Virtuoso docker, open ISQL and execute the dump_nquads procedure. The dump will be available in /my/path/to/the/virtuoso/db/dumps.

docker exec -it my-virtuoso bash
isql-v -U dba -P $DBA_PASSWORD
SQL> dump_nquads ('dumps', 1, 10000000, 1);

For more information, see http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/dataspace/doc/dav/wiki/Main/VirtRDFDumpNQuad

Make the quad .nq files available in /my/path/to/the/virtuoso/db/dumps. The quad files might be compressed. Enter the Virtuoso docker, open ISQL, register and run the load.

docker exec -it my-virtuoso bash
isql-v -U dba -P $DBA_PASSWORD
SQL> ld_dir('dumps', '*.nq', 'http://foo.bar');
SQL> rdf_loader_run();

Validate the ll_state of the load. If ll_state is 2, the load completed.

select * from DB.DBA.load_list;

For more information, see http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/dataspace/doc/dav/wiki/Main/VirtBulkRDFLoader

By default, any data that is put in the toLoad directory in the Virtuoso database folder (/my/path/to/the/virtuoso/db/toLoad) is automatically loaded into Virtuoso on the first startup of the Docker container. The default graph is set by the DEFAULT_GRAPH environment variable, which defaults to http://localhost:8890/DAV.

A virtuoso backup can be created by executing the appropriate commands via the ISQL interface.

docker exec -i virtuoso_container mkdir -p backups
docker exec -i virtuoso_container isql-v <<EOF
    exec('checkpoint');
    backup_context_clear();
    backup_online('backup_',30000,0,vector('backups'));
    exit;

To restore a backup, stop the running container and restore the database using a new container.

docker run --rm -it -v path-to-your-database:/data redpencil/virtuoso virtuoso-t +restore-backup backups/backup_ +configfile /data/virtuoso.ini

The new container will exit once the backup has been restored, you can then restart the original db container.

It is also possible to restore a backup placed in /data/backups using a environment variable. Using this approach the backup is loaded automatically on startup and it is not required to run a separate container.

docker run --name my-virtuoso \
            -p 8890:8890 \
            -p 1111:1111 \
            -e DBA_PASSWORD=dba \
            -e SPARQL_UPDATE=true \
            -e BACKUP_PREFIX=backup_ \_
            -v path-to-your-database:/data \
            -d redpencil/virtuoso

Contributions to this repository are welcome, please create a pull request on the master branch.

New features will be tested on redpencil/virtuoso:latest first. Once the image is verified, version branches will be rebased on master.