Building a sample base IBM MQ queue manager image

In order to use IBM® MQ in your own container image, you need initially to build a base image with a clean IBM MQ installation. The following steps show you how to build a sample base image, using sample code hosted on GitHub.

• Use the make files supplied in the mq-container GitHub repository to build your production container image.

  Follow the instructions in Building a container image on GitHub.

• Optional: If you plan to configure secure access using the Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform restricted Security Context Constraint (SCC), use one of the IBM MQ non-install images.

  Links to download these images are available in the Containers section of IBM MQ downloads.

Results

You now have a base container image with IBM MQ installed.

You are now ready to build a sample configured IBM MQ queue manager image.