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# Overview

Run [IBM® MQ](http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibm-mq) in a container.

# Current status
MQ Advanced for Developers image - [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ibm-messaging/mq-container.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ibm-messaging/mq-container)

# Build
After extracting the code from this repository, you can build an image by following the instructions [here](docs/building.md)

# Usage
In order to use the image, it is necessary to accept the terms of the [IBM MQ license](#license).  This is achieved by specifying the environment variable `LICENSE` equal to `accept` when running the image.  You can also view the license terms by setting this variable to `view`. Failure to set the variable will result in the termination of the container with a usage statement.  You can view the license in a different language by also setting the `LANG` environment variable.


## List of all Environment variables supported by this image

* **LICENSE** - Set this to `accept` to agree to the MQ Advanced for Developers license. If you wish to see the license you can set this to `view`.
* **LANG** - Set this to the language you would like the license to be printed in.
* **MQ_QMGR_NAME** - Set this to the name you want your Queue Manager to be created with.
* **LOG_FORMAT** - Set this to change the format of the logs which are printed on the container's stdout.  Set to "json" to use JSON format (JSON object per line); set to "basic" to use a simple human-readable format.  Defaults to "basic".

## Kubernetes
If you want to use IBM MQ in [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io), you can find an example [Helm](https://helm.sh/) chart here: [IBM charts](https://github.com/IBM/charts).  This can be used to run the container on a cluster, such as [IBM Cloud Private](https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/products/ibm-cloud-private/) or the [IBM Cloud Container Service](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/container-service).

# Issues and contributions

For issues relating specifically to the container image or Helm chart, please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/issues). If you do submit a Pull Request related to this Docker image, please indicate in the Pull Request that you accept and agree to be bound by the terms of the [IBM Contributor License Agreement](CLA.md).


# License

The Dockerfiles and associated code and scripts are licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).
Licenses for the products installed within the images are as follows:

 - [IBM MQ Advanced for Developers](http://www14.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/weblap/lap.pl?la_formnum=Z125-3301-14&li_formnum=L-APIG-AKHJY4) (International License Agreement for Non-Warranted Programs). This license may be viewed from an image using the `LICENSE=view` environment variable as described above or by following the link above.
 - [IBM MQ Advanced](http://www14.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/weblap/lap.pl?la_formnum=Z125-3301-14&li_formnum=L-APIG-AKHJJP) (International Program License Agreement). This license may be viewed from an image using the `LICENSE=view` environment variable as described above or by following the link above.
 - License information for Ubuntu packages may be found in `/usr/share/doc/${package}/copyright`

Note: The IBM MQ Advanced for Developers license does not permit further distribution and the terms restrict usage to a developer machine.

# Copyright

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2015, 2018