Configuring App Connect Enterprise to run in Docker

You can use Docker to package an integration server into a standardized unit for software development. Changes to your IBM App Connect Enterprise environment can then be deployed to test and staging systems quickly and easily, which can be a major benefit to continuous delivery in your enterprise. You can choose to build specific configurations into your IBM App Connect Enterprise Docker images, such as integration servers where particular applications are deployed. Or you can choose to start a Docker container from the image, then deploy changes to the running integration server.

You can create your own Docker images by using the supplied files on ot4i (at https://github.com/ot4i/ace-docker). Alternatively, you can download a pre-built image of the IBM App Connect Enterprise for Developers edition (on selected platforms) to run in a Docker container. For more information, see Obtaining the IBM App Connect Enterprise server image from the IBM Cloud Container Registry. A pre-built image is not currently available for download for IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX).