IBM MQ components for IBM i

The IBM MQ components that are available for IBM i.

Important: See IBM MQ license information for details of what each purchase of IBM MQ entitles you to install. The components are as follows:

    Server (Base)
    Support to enable you to create and support your own applications. This includes the runtime component that provides support for external applications. It also includes support for client connections from IBM MQ installations on other computers.

    Samples (Option 1)
    Sample application programs. The source is supplied in the QMQMSAMP library and executable files are supplied in the QMQM library.

    AMS (Option 2)
    The AMS component.

    Web Console and REST API (Option 3)
    Adds HTTP based administration for IBM MQ through the REST API and IBM MQ Console.
    To use this feature, we must install the following prerequisites:

    • 5724L26 IBM MQ Java Messaging and Web Services
    • 5770JV1 Java SE 8

    Managed File Transfer (MFT) components

      *BASE
      Support to enable you to create and support your own MFT applications. It also includes support for client connections from IBM MQ MFT installations on other computers.

      2
      Tools support

      3
      Agent

      4
      Services

    We must install *BASE first because the other three options depend on *BASE. Note that option 4 requires that option 3 is installed.

Parent topic: Install and uninstall IBM MQ on IBM i


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