mq-container

README

Overview

Run IBM® MQ in a container. The supplied Helm chart can be used to run the container on a Kubernetes cluster, such as IBM Cloud private or the IBM Bluemix Container Service.

Current status

MQ Advanced for Developers image -

Build

After extracting the code from this repository, you can build an image with the latest version of MQ using the following command:

Building MQ Advanced

You can build an image for MQ Advanced, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository into the correct location in your GOPATH
2. Create a directory called downloads under the cloned directory tree
3. Download the MQ Advanced for Ubuntu (debs) installer package file CNJR7ML.tar.gz into the downloads directory
4. Run make build-advancedserver

Usage

In order to use the image, it is necessary to accept the terms of the IBM MQ license. This is achieved by specifying the environment variable LICENSE equal to accept when running the image. You can also view the license terms by setting this variable to view. Failure to set the variable will result in the termination of the container with a usage statement. You can view the license in a different language by also setting the LANG environment variable.

List of all Environment variables supported by this image

• LICENSE - Set this to accept to agree to the MQ Advanced for Developers license. If you wish to see the license you can set this to view.
• LANG - Set this to the language you would like the license to be printed in.
• MQ_QMGR_NAME - Set this to the name you want your Queue Manager to be created with.
• MQ_QMGR_CMDLEVEL - Set this to the CMDLEVEL you wish your Queue Manager to be started with.

Issues and contributions

For issues relating specifically to the container image or Helm chart, please use the GitHub issue tracker. If you do submit a Pull Request related to this Docker image, please indicate in the Pull Request that you accept and agree to be bound by the terms of the IBM Contributor License Agreement.

License

The Dockerfiles and associated code and scripts are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Licenses for the products installed within the images are as follows:

• IBM MQ Advanced for Developers (International License Agreement for Non-Warranted Programs). This license may be viewed from an image using the LICENSE=view environment variable as described above or by following the link above.
• IBM MQ Advanced (International Program License Agreement). This license may be viewed from an image using the LICENSE=view environment variable as described above or by following the link above.
• License information for Ubuntu packages may be found in /usr/share/doc/${package}/copyright

Note: The IBM MQ Advanced for Developers license does not permit further distribution and the terms restrict usage to a developer machine.

Copyright

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2015, 2017