Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE use the s390x hardware architecture, so for some applications a little work sometimes has to be done so they compile and run as expected. This work is often done as a collaboration between the open source projects themselves and a team at IBM that helps with validation that the software is working as expected. This effort is an on going collaboration with every release of the software needing to be validated.
For the month of August 2024, the team worked to also validate the latest versions of the following:
- Ansible
- Apache ActiveMQ
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Storm
- Apache Tomcat
- Beats
- Consul
- Erlang
- Grafana
- HAProxy
- InfluxDB
- Jenkins
- Kafka Exporter
- Kibana
- Logstash
- MariaDB
- MongoDB Driver - C
- MongoDB Driver - Java
- MySQL 8.0.x
- MySQL 9.0.1
- NGINX Ingress Controller
- OPA
- RabbitMQ
- Rails
- ScyllaDB
- WildFly
The full list of validated software to date is available here: https://www.ibm.com/community/z/open-source-software/
Looking out to the broader open source community, R-hub containers are now being published for s390x following addition to their CI system. We also onboarded the praat project to the IBM LinuxONE Open Source Software Cloud and they've not only including s390x binaries in their v6.4.18 release, but now have s390x development set up on LinuxONE instructions in their documentation. Finally, the Elvish community is also one of the latest recipients of a LinuxONE virtual machine, and they've added s390x to their CI, with on-going discussions of potentially releasing a binary.
Looking for open source software that's not maintained by this team? Visit the Open Mainframe Project Software Discovery Tool to search for what you're looking for across a number Linux distributions.
Are you a developer for an open source project interested in seeing your application made available to users on Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE? Your first stop should be the IBM LinuxONE Community Cloud where you can sign up for a free virtual machine for 120 days where you can see how your application runs, and discover for yourself what you may need to change to get it to run well on Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE.
If you wish to have permanent virtual machines for development, testing, or to add to your CI system, you can fill out this form to apply for resources for your project.