Redistributable clients
The IBM MQ redistributable client is a collection of runtime files that are provided in a .zip or .tar file that can be redistributed to third parties under redistributable license terms, which provides a simple way of distributing applications and the runtime files that they require in a single package.
What are the IBM MQ redistributable clients?
From IBM MQ Version 8.0.0, Fix Pack 4, native redistributable client runtime libraries are provided for Linux x86-64 and Windows 64-bit platforms to make it simple to distribute both applications and the required IBM MQ runtime libraries. A third package, which is not platform-specific, contains the runtime files that are required for the Java™/JMS applications, including the IBM MQ resource adapter for JMS applications that are running under an application server.
The redistributable client that is supplied with IBM MQ is also a non-installed and relocatable image. Maintenance of a redistributable, non-installed image, is achieved through replacement; that is, we download newer versions of the runtime components when they are shipped.
A redistributable client implies distributing the required run time with an application both inside and outside of your environment.
A relocatable client implies putting the files somewhere else other than a fixed default location. For example, instead of installing into /opt/ installing into /usr/local.
A non-installed client implies that you are not required to lay down client files, and that these files can be copied as required.
The IBM IPLA license agreement is extended for IBM MQ to enable you to download a number of additional runtime files from Fix Central.
From IBM MQ Version 9.0.5, XMS .NET is shipped as part of the redistributable
client. XMS .NET requires the IBM MQ .NET client (amqmdnet.dll). If
unmanaged mode is to be used, then the IBM MQ C client
libraries are also needed along with amqmdnet.dll.
Supported languages
We can use the files that are contained in the redistributable images to run the following client applications:- C
- C++
- COBOL
- Java
- Java JMS
- Both fully managed and unmanaged .NET
Limitations
- GSKit objects
- No new GSKit objects are being shipped. Only the runtime files are shipped, both in a regular installation and with the redistributable client.
- IBM JREs
- No IBM JREs are being provided with the
redistributable client.
If you want to run Java/JMS applications, you must provide your own runtime environment. Your JRE, that applications run under, must meet the current SOE requirements and are bound by any restrictions or limitations that apply.
- Developing applications
- All other files that support the development and distribution of applications (including
copybooks, header files, and sample source code) are not included in the redistributable client and
are not licensed for redistribution.
If you need to develop IBM MQ applications, you still need to perform a traditional installation so that you obtain the SDK files that are required to build client applications.
- Windows C runtime libraries
- You might have these libraries on your machine already, but if we do not, you need to download
and install the following Microsoft C/C++ runtime libraries:
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2008
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012
For more information about installing redistributable clients, see: