Use an IBM Db2 database

WebSphere Commerce requires that we use IBM Db2 Version 11.1.2.x or later to serve as the database. We can either install Db2 directly through the installation package, or we can choose to run the database in a container. IBM provides a preconfigured Db2 Docker container to be used as the development and test database. IBM recommends that you do not use database containers in your production environment. To run the database in a container, only you use the containers for test and development environments.

If we are using using the preconfigured Db2 Docker container for our test database, we can skip this section, and move on to Configure database connections in Docker images.

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1. Use the preconfigured Db2 Docker image in a runtime environment
   

2. Install the IBM Db2 database
   

3. Prepare a Db2 database
   

4. Load the WebSphere Commerce database schema
   

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