Introduction to getting started with z/OS Provisioning Toolkit

Use this topic to see what z/OS PT provides to help you get started with different kinds of middleware such as CICS® or z/OS Connect EE.

Getting started with CICS

This diagram shows the progression between the different CICS scenarios that are available. These scenarios enable a system programmer to assess the technology before making z/OS PT available to application developers for self-service provisioning.

z/OS PT provides a simple getting started scenario that enables CICS system programmers to quickly evaluate the CICS workflows that are provided for provisioning and deprovisioning a CICS region before trying z/OS PT with Cloud Provisioning. By using the Getting started with CICS by using z/OSMF workflows scenario, you run a workflow to provision a CICS container. The CICS container is not registered with the Cloud Provisioning software services registry because Cloud Provisioning isn't enabled.

A CICS system programmer can then progress to Getting started with CICS by using IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS, which uses Cloud Provisioning, but with a pre-defined CICS region APPLID. This scenario uses the same CICS configuration as the previous scenario, which allows the system programmer to try Cloud Provisioning. The CICS container is registered with the Cloud Provisioning software services registry because Cloud Provisioning is enabled.

z/OS PT provides a set of sample templates that can be used with the full, dynamic, Cloud Provisioning CICS scenario, as described in Adding a CICS template by using IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS. This scenario allows an application developer to provision CICS containers in a self-service way, without requiring any z/OS-specific administration skills. The provisioning process runs under one or more automation user IDs, and APPLIDs and ports are allocated dynamically when required.

Getting started with z/OS Connect EE

z/OS PT provides a set of sample templates that can be used with the full, dynamic, Cloud Provisioning z/OS Connect EE scenario, as described in Adding a z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition template by using IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS. This scenario allows an application developer to provision instances of z/OS Connect EE in a self-service way, without requiring any z/OS-specific administration skills. The provisioning process runs under one or more automation user IDs, and ports are allocated dynamically when required.

Getting started with other middleware

z/OS PT supports workflows to provision the following products:

IBM MQ V9.0. The IBM MQ V9.0 workflow is supplied with IBM MQ V9.0. For more information, see Using IBM z/OSMF to automate IBM MQ.
WebSphere® Liberty. To download the WebSphere Liberty workflow, follow this link: WebSphere Liberty workflow in GitHub.
IMS DB/TM system. To download the IMS workflow, follow this link: IMS workflow in GitHub.
IBM Db2® 12 for z/OS. The Db2 sample template is supplied with Db2 12 for z/OS. For more information, see Creating services for provisioning Db2 for z/OS subsystems (DBaaS) in the Db2 12 for z/OS product documentation.

For more information about how to load these templates into z/OSMF, see Adding an IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS template for use with z/OS Provisioning Toolkit.