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id: exasol-integration-test-docker-environment
version: "6.5.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# exasol-integration-test-docker-environment — Integration Test Docker Environment for Exasol

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 173.7K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package wraps Exasol's Docker-DB container to simplify integration testing. It offers both a command-line interface and a Python API layer, allowing you to spin up a test database environment without manually managing Docker commands. The CLI is straightforward for one-off test runs, while the API layer extends functionality to also manage associated test containers whose lifecycle you control.

The package depends on a substantial stack—docker, fabric, luigi, jinja2, click, and others—to handle container orchestration, templating, task workflows, and SSH-based operations. It's actively maintained and supports modern Python versions (3.10–3.14), with low installation friction via a pure wheel. No known security vulnerabilities are recorded.

Use it for:

- Automate spinning up ephemeral Exasol database containers in CI/CD pipelines for integration tests.
- Manage test database lifecycle programmatically within Python test suites using the API layer.
- Set up isolated test environments with both an Exasol database and a companion test container for complex test scenarios.
- Simplify local development workflows by scripting database container startup and teardown.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a CLI and Python API to start and manage Exasol Docker-DB test containers for integration testing, handling both the database container and optional associated test environments.

Yes, if you are testing against Exasol and need to automate Docker-DB container management. The package is actively maintained, has no security issues, and offers both CLI and programmatic access. Install friction is low and license is permissive. Only caveat: you must have Docker installed and running; the package is a wrapper, not a standalone tool.

## Install

pip install exasol-integration-test-docker-environment
uv add exasol-integration-test-docker-environment
poetry add exasol-integration-test-docker-environment

## Installing exasol-integration-test-docker-environment

Before you install: Low friction install with a pure-Python wheel. Active maintenance (last commit 2026-08-10, release 10 days old) and broad Python support (3.10–3.14). Depends on 17 runtime packages including docker, fabric, and luigi, which are stable and widely used.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package with minimal restrictions, provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install exasol-integration-test-docker-environment

from exasol_integration_test_docker_environment import ...
# Use the API to start an Exasol Docker-DB container for testing

Requires Docker to be installed and running on the host system; the package itself is a Python wrapper around Docker container orchestration.

Verify before relying:

- Specific API entry points and classes available for programmatic use beyond the CLI.
- Whether the package supports Docker Compose or only direct Docker daemon interaction.
- Minimum Docker version or feature requirements for compatibility.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 173.7K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

exasol docker test environment, integration testing exasol, docker-db container management, exasol test setup automation, database testing docker, exasol-specific, docker-orchestration, ci-cd-integration

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