Building a sample IBM MQ queue manager image using Docker

Building a sample IBM MQ queue manager image using Docker

Use this information to build a sample Docker image for running an IBM MQ queue manager in a Docker container.

About this task

Firstly, you build a base image containing an Ubuntu Linux file system and a clean installation of IBM MQ.

Secondly, you build another Docker image layer on top of the base, which adds some IBM MQ configuration to allow basic user ID and password security.

Finally, you run a Docker container using this image as its file system, with the contents of /var/mqm provided by a container-specific Docker volume on the host file system of Docker.

Building a sample base IBM MQ queue manager image
In order to use IBM MQ in Docker, you need initially to build a base image with a clean IBM MQ installation. The following steps show you how to build a sample base image, using code hosted on GitHub.
Building a sample configured IBM MQ queue manager image
Once we have built your generic base IBM MQ Docker image, you need to apply your own configuration to allow secure access. To do this, create your own Docker image, using the generic image as a parent. The following steps show you how to build a sample image, with a minimal security configuration.
Parent topic: Configure IBM MQ using Docker