On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 10:51 AM Farley, Peter x23353 < peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote:
> John, > > I'm curious - what does "zCX" stand for? > z/OS Container Extensions. It lets you run z/Linux programs on z/OS if they are in a "Docker" container. https://www.ibm.com/support/z-content-solutions/container-extensions/ IBM® z/OS® Container Extensions (IBM zCX) makes it possible to run Linux on Z applications that are packaged as Docker Container images on z/OS. Application developers can develop and data centers can operate popular open source packages, Linux applications, IBM software, and third-party software together with z/OS applications and data. Docker is a way to package an application + infrastructure into a single "file" which is runnable. https://opensource.com/resources/what-docker Docker <https://github.com/docker/docker> is a tool designed to make it easier to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers. Containers allow a developer to package up an application with all of the parts it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, and ship it all out as one package. By doing so, thanks to the container, the developer can rest assured that the application will run on any other Linux machine regardless of any customized settings that machine might have that could differ from the machine used for writing and testing the code. > > Peter > > -- A sine curve goes off to infinity, or at least the end of the blackboard. -- Prof. Steiner Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
