Installing IBM IoT MessageSight in Docker containers

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Install IBM® IoT MessageSight in Docker containers by building and deploying the Docker images that you need to run IBM IoT MessageSight.

Before you begin

Before you build and deploy the Docker images that you need to run IBM IoT MessageSight, you must provision your operating system and install Docker. For more information, see Provisioning your operating system and Installing Docker on your operating system. You must also prepare the IBM IoT MessageSight .tz files. For more information, see Preparing the IBM IoT MessageSight .tz packages for installation.

About this task

To run IBM IoT MessageSight services on the Docker platform, you need to build and run the IBM IoT MessageSight Docker images as Docker containers on a supported host environment. After successful deployment, you must set and accept the license. For more information about setting and accepting the license, see Configuring the licensed usage for IBM IoT MessageSight and accepting the license by using REST Administration APIs. Once you have accepted the license, you can start to use IBM IoT MessageSight to handle connected clients and devices and also to process messages. You can use the IBM IoT MessageSight Web UI to administer one or more IBM IoT MessageSight messaging servers.