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IBM z OS Container Extensions zCX ESX0G

  • CMDBID 113897
  • Course Code ESX0G
  • Duration 2 Days
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Overview

z/OS Container Extensions (zCX), a new entitled capability of z/OS 2.4, ushers in a new era of

hybrid computing supporting running Linux applications directly on z/OS.

IBM z/OS Container Extensions (IBM zCX) makes it possible to run Linux on IBM 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.

Audience

  • This class is intended for z/OS system programmers and IT specialists in
  • charge of configuring, implementing and deploying zCX under z/OS 2.4
  • - This class is also intended for Application developers who will deploy docker
  • containers in a zCX z/OS container extensions instance

Skills Gained

  • - Describe the components of z/OS Container Extensions (zCX)
  • - Plan the resources required to setup zCX
  • - Configure and implement a zCX instance with z/OSMF workflow
  • - Start and connect to your zCX instance
  • - Access your zCX CLI Container and issue Docker commands
  • - Provision and deploy application container using zCX docker CLI
  • - Create Docker volumes for data persistence
  • - Monitor and manage your zCX instance and your containers
  • - Deploy some use-case applications in zCX containers
  • - Understand the Security considerations for zCX and containers
  • - Setup zCX user management and authentication
  • - Implement clustering and orchestration of zCX instances and container
  • - Understand how to to Dockerize your Applications for z/OS Container Extensions
  • - Implement a zCX private secure registry to deploy your own containers
  • - Position zCX in the world of Hybrid Cloud
  • - Select workloads for zCX
  • - Determine which application is a good fit for zCX
  • - Describe some zCX use-cases

Prerequisites

  • - General z/OS knowledge, including basic UNIX System Services skills
  • - Basic knowledge of RACF
  • - Basic knowledge of z/OSMF and workflowsTBD

Outline

  • - In this course we will learn the capabilities and benefits of zCX.
  • - You will plan, configure and implement a zCX instance with z/OSMF workflows
  • - You will learn how to use z/OSMF to setup and configure zCX
  • - Create, provisioning, and deploying a zCX instance
  • - Use z/OSMF workflows to manage the lifecycle of a zCX instance, deprovision a zCX instance
  • - Use reconfiguration workflow to increase/decrease resources for zCX instance
  • - Using zCX Command Line Interface, you will
  • - Get familiar with the docker CLI
  • - Explore installing zCX containers within newly provisioned zCX instance
  • - provision and deploy application containers using zCX docker CLI commands
  • - Explore how to cluster zCX applications for higher availability and load balancing
  • - Operationally control zCX
  • - Dockerize your Applications for z/OS Container Extensions
  • - Create Docker volumes for data persistence, monitor and manage your zCX instance and containers
  • - Implement a zCX private secure registry to deploy your own containers
  • - Exercises and recorded demos reinforce the concepts and technologies being covered in the lectures.

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