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Using IBM MQ CCDT file in JSON format

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Summary

Using IBM MQ CCDT file in JSON format.
The purpose of this document is to provide practical advice on how to create an IBM MQ CCDT file in JSON format.
This feature was introduced in MQ 9.1.2 CD and it is available in MQ 9.2 and later.
There are several examples and the complete JSON file for each of the examples is included.

Table of Contents:

- Configuration

- Example 1: Very simple CCDT file: 1 channel, 1 queue manager, no SSL/TLS
- Suggestion to use MQSERVER in host-2 to validate basic connectivity
- Unset MQSERVER and MQCLNTCF
- Creating a CCDT JSON file
- Specifying the MQ environment variables for the CCDT file

- Example 2: CCDT file for 1 channel, 1 queue manager using SSL/TLS.

- Example 3: CCDT for 1 multi-instance queue manager (2 nodes), no SSL/TLS

- Example 4: CCDT for 1 NativeHA queue manager (3 nodes), no SSL/TLS

- Using “runmqsc -n” to view the clients defined in the CCDT file
- Troubleshooting Scenario
- Using ccdt_schema.json provided with MQ to validate the CCDT file.
- How to unset MQ environment variables regarding Connectivity
- References

Document Location

Worldwide

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Modified date:
28 April 2025

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