Running the IBM MQ Bridge to blockchain

Run the IBM® MQ Bridge to blockchain to connect to IBM Blockchain and IBM MQ. When connected, the bridge is ready to process query messages, to send them to your blockchain network, and to receive and process the replies.

1. Start the z/OS® queue manager that you want to use with the bridge.
2. Start the IBM MQ Bridge to blockchain to connect to your blockchain network and your z/OS queue manager.
   Run the bridge script from the bin directory of the location where you unpacked the bridge when you moved it from your z/OS environment in task Configuring IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS VUE for use with blockchain.

   
   ./runmqbcb -f /config_file_location/config_file_name.cfg -r /log_file_location/logFile.log
   

   When the bridge is connected, output similar to the following is returned:

   
   Fri Oct 06 06:32:11 PDT 2017 IBM MQ Bridge to Blockchain 
   5724-H72 (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2024.
   
   Fri Oct 06 06:32:17 PDT 2017 Ready to process input messages.
   

3. Optional: Troubleshoot connections to your z/OS queue manager and to your blockchain network, if the messages that are returned after you run the bridge indicate that a connection was not successful.
   1. Issue the command in debug mode with the debug option 1.

      ./runmqbcb -f /config_file_location/config_file_name.cfg -r /log_file_location/logFile.log -d 1

      The bridge steps through the connection set up and shows the processing messages in terse mode.
   2. Issue the command in debug mode with the debug option 2.

      ./runmqbcb -f /config_file_location/config_file_name.cfg -r /log_file_location/logFile.log -d 2

      The bridge steps through the connection set up and shows the processing messages in verbose mode. Full output is written to your log file.