mq-container/incubating/mq-explorer

Docker for Mac

Steps to build a Docker image containing IBM MQ Explorer:

1. Download and extract the code from GitHub, or run the following command: git clone https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container
2. Open a Terminal window in the mq-container directory
3. Run docker build -t mq-explorer -f ./incubating/mq-explorer/Dockerfile .

Steps to prepare your Mac with XQuartz:

1. Install XQuartz. Version 2.7.10 works, but V2.7.11 doesn't seem to (see this thread)
2. Run XQuartz
3. Open the XQuartz "Preferences" menu, go to the "Security" tab and enable "Allow connections from network clients"

Steps to run IBM MQ Explorer:

1. Add your IP address to the list of allowed hosts: xhost + $(ipconfig getifaddr en0)
2. Run MQ Explorer: docker run -e DISPLAY=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0):0 -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -u 0 -ti mq-explorer