[OpenShift Container Platform]

[Amazon EKS]

[IBM Cloud Pak for Integration]

Reference information for IBM MQ in containers

IBM® MQ provides a Kubernetes Operator, which you can deploy on Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform and, from IBM MQ Operator 3.9.0, Amazon EKS.

Licensing and API references for the IBM MQ Operator
IBM MQ provides a Kubernetes Operator, which you can deploy on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and, from IBM MQ Operator 3.9.0, Amazon EKS. The v1beta1 API can be used to create and manage queue manager resources.
IBM MQ container license annotations
In Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environments, the IBM License Service uses Pod annotations to track usage based on the limits defined on the container, rather than on the underlying machine. The IBM MQ Operator sets these Pod annotations for you, but when you deploy using other means, you must set them yourself.
IBM MQ container license annotations that are applied by the IBM MQ Operator
In Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environments, the IBM License Service uses Pod annotations to track usage based on the limits defined on the container, rather than on the underlying machine. The IBM MQ Operator sets these Pod annotations for you, but when you deploy using other means, you must set them yourself.
IBM MQ Advanced container image
A prebuilt container image is available from the IBM Container Registry. You can use this image with either an IBM MQ Advanced or an IBM MQ license. You can also use this image with the IBM MQ Native HA and Cross-Region Replication Add-on for container deployments.
IBM MQ Advanced for Developers container image
A prebuilt container image is available for IBM MQ Advanced for Developers. This image is available from the IBM Container Registry. This image is suitable for use with Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and other container environments.
IBM MQ MFT Agent for Developers container image
A prebuilt container image is available for IBM MQ MFT Agent for Developers. The image published on IBM Container Registry (irc.io) can be used with Podman, Docker, and OpenShift Container Platform environments.
IBM MQ CASE for air-gap install and upgrade
When installing the IBM MQ Operator and IBM MQ queue managers into an air-gapped cluster, the IBM MQ CASE is used. The IBM MQ CASE contains details of all the images and metadata that make up a particular release of the IBM MQ CASE.
IBM MQ Operator Helm chart values
These default values for configuration properties are provided by the IBM MQ Operator when you deploy or upgrade the operator by using Helm. You can override these values when you run the helm install or helm upgrade commands.

Parent topic: IBM MQ in containers and IBM Cloud Pak for Integration