Thanks. On Mon, May 20, 2019, 14:16 Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can run z/Linux on Hercules or Z mainframe. Go to > https://hub.docker.com/search?q=&type=image&architecture=s390x . > Select IBM Z as the hardware and there are 2001 images ready to download. > Pick one with the combination of database and language support you want. > > On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 12:00 PM John McKown > <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 7:56 AM Anthony Giorgio < > niteh...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > wrote: > > > > > If you have specific questions about zCX, feel free to post them here. > > > I'll do my best to answer them, or find someone else who can. > > > > > > As far as the technical setup of zCX, it's essentially a z/OS > hypervisor > > > (like z/VM) that is only configured to run Linux. The Linux guest OS > is > > > running Docker, and is a turnkey appliance. You only have to configure > > > the appliance to run in your z/OS environment (network, DASD, CPUs, > etc.) > > > > > > Once zCX is configured and the address space (or spaces!) is started, > > > the Docker service will be available to you in the appliance. You can > > > use this service to pull containers from Docker registries. A > container > > > is essentially a packaged application+OS+libraries, which rather neatly > > > solves the "dependency hell" problem. You can create your own > > > containers or use commercially published ones, and these can be > deployed > > > to a "Docker registry" for use, either internally or externally. > > > -- > > > Anthony Giorgio > > > Advisory Software Engineer, z/OS Container Extensions > > > > > > > > I know nothing about Docker at present. Would it be possible for me to > use > > a Linux/Intel system and the s390x cross-build tools to make a Docker > > "image" which I could then deploy on z/OS? > > > > -- > > This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough > > hunchbacks. > > > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
