Deploying a queue manager using the Red Hat OpenShift CLI

Use the QueueManager custom resource to deploy a queue manager onto a Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform cluster using the command line interface (CLI). This task should be completed by a project administrator

1. Deploy a queue manager.
   The following example deploys a "quick start" queue manager, which uses ephemeral (non-persistent) storage, and turns off MQ security. Messages will not be persisted across restarts of the queue manager. You can adjust the contents of the YAML to change many queue manager settings.
   1. Create a QueueManager YAML file
      For example, to install a basic queue manager in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, create the file "mq-quickstart.yaml" with the following contents:

      apiVersion: mq.ibm.com/v1beta1
      kind: QueueManager
      metadata:
        name: quickstart-cp4i
      spec:
        version: 9.2.5.0-r3
        license:
          accept: false
          license: L-RJON-C7QG3S
          use: NonProduction
        web:
          enabled: true
        queueManager:
          name: "QUICKSTART"
          storage:
            queueManager:
              type: ephemeral
        template:
          pod:
            containers:
             - name: qmgr
               env:
               - name: MQSNOAUT
                 value: "yes"

      Important: If you accept the IBM Cloud Pak for Integration license agreement, change accept: false to accept: true. See Licensing reference for mq.ibm.com/v1beta1 for details on the license.

      This example also includes a web server deployed with the queue manager, with the web console enabled with Single Sign-On with the IBM Cloud Pak Identity and Access Manager.

      To install a basic queue manager independently of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, create the file "mq-quickstart.yaml" with the following contents:

      apiVersion: mq.ibm.com/v1beta1
      kind: QueueManager
      metadata:
        name: quickstart
      spec:
        version: 9.2.5.0-r3
        license:
          accept: false
          license: L-APIG-BZDDDY
        web:
          enabled: true
        queueManager:
          name: "QUICKSTART"
          storage:
            queueManager:
              type: ephemeral
        template:
          pod:
            containers:
             - name: qmgr
               env:
               - name: MQSNOAUT
                 value: "yes"

      Important:If you accept the MQ license agreement, change accept: false to accept: true. See Licensing reference for mq.ibm.com/v1beta1 for details on the license.
   2. Create the QueueManager object

      oc apply -f mq-quickstart.yaml

2. Check the queue manager is running
   You can validate the deployment by running

   oc describe queuemanager <QueueManagerResourceName>

   , and then checking the status.
   For example, run

   oc describe queuemanager quickstart

   , and check that the status.Phase field indicates Running