The IBM CICS TS resource builder is now available as container images from IBM Cloud Container Registry.

In fact – there are two:

1. cics-resource-builder-ubi8 for use with Podman on most operating systems for CICS application developers and CI-CD pipelines.

2. cics-resource-builder-zos for use with Podman supplied by z/OS Container Platform for CI-CD pipelines.

The CICS TS resource builder is a command line tool to facilitate configuration as code for CICS resources. It enables developers to easily define CICS resources in a readable source format (YAML) and store, build, and deploy together with the application in a pipeline.

The new container images provide a reliable and simplified experience to automate the lifecycle of obtaining, verifying, installing, and keeping the CICS TS resource builder up to date.

“That’s great – how do I get hold of it?”

Simply pull the images from the IBM Cloud Container Registry to your organisation’s private registry. From there you can control what images you want to make available to your teams and pipeline automation.

For further information on how to pull the images, license terms, and instructions on obtaining the entitlement key for the z/OS image please see the documentation:

• Planning for the CICS TS resource builder container images

In fact, you can find out a lot more about the CICS TS resource builder and the container images here:

• https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-resource-builder/1.0

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