Load a Docker image from a .tar file on the z/OS®UNIX System Services
file system by running the JCL job BIPXDLI.
About this task
You can load a Docker image from a .tar file on the z/OS
UNIX System Services file system by running the JCL
job BIPXDLI. For more information about building your own image, see Building your own Docker image.
Procedure
To load a Docker image from a .tar archive in the z/OS
UNIX System Services file system, complete the
following steps:
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Set the environment variables in the environment file, STDENV. For more
information, see Environment variables in STDENV and BIPENVS. You must set the zCX access environment variables and
the environment variables that are specific to Loading a Docker image from a
.tar file on the z/OS
UNIX System Services file system. Specify the name
and location of the .tar file that you want to load, by setting the environment variables
ACE_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAR_DIR, and ACE_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAR_NAME.
For
example:
ACE_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAR_DIR=/u/aceadmin
ACE_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAR_NAME=ace-s390x.tar
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Customize the JCL job
BIPXDLI
as advised in the job comments. For more
information, see Customizing the JCL.
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Submit the job
BIPXDLI
.
Results
The job BIPXDLI
runs and the Docker image is loaded from the z/OS
UNIX System Services file system into zCX, and is
ready to use.
What to do next
You can then use either JCL or z/OS console commands to manage your integration servers and
to run IBM App Connect Enterprise commands (with the naming convention
mqsi*), as described in Administering IBM App Connect Enterprise on IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) by using JCL and Administering IBM App Connect Enterprise on IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) by using IBM z/OS console commands.