# Sybase SQL Anywhere © > Docker image to run an instance of SQL Anywhere database ### How to use this image Run the demo instance that comes with the default instalation: ```sh $ docker run -d jaschweder/sybase ``` This start a new instance, try connect to the `demo` database in the container and pass `dba` as user and `sql` as password ### Start your own instance To start your own instance of database file you need to create a volume and pass the file as parameter, see bellow: ```sh $ docker run -d -v /path/to/database/file/file.db:/srv/data -w /srv/data jaschweder/sybase /srv/data/file.db ``` ### Author This repository is maintained by Jonathan A. Schweder ### Bugs Found any bug ? please, open an issue [in this page](https://github.com/jaschweder/docker-image-sybase/issues)