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IBM MQ Managed File Transfer (MFT) Agent in container 9.4.0.0

By Shashikanth Rao Thambrahalli posted Thu June 20, 2024 09:59 AM

  
With the recent release of IBM MQ 9.4.0.0 LTS, a new version of IBM MQ MFT Agent in Container image has also been published to IBM Container Repository at icr.io/ibm-messaging/mqmft.
 
What's new in this version, 9.4.0.0?
 
This version of the container image has a number of enhancements with key ones as below:
1) Contains MQ 9.4.0.0 Managed File Transfer Redistributable binaries.
2) Based on Ubi9 minimal RedHat Linux image.
3) Provides enhanced security when connecting from Bridge Agents to SFTP servers. See the description for more details.
4) The container image now supports usage of SSH Private Keys for connecting to SFTP Servers. See the details here on how to supply SSH private key.
5) Contains fixes for the issues found in internal testing and field.
Review the readme for more details. Please note that this is a Developer Only image, hence must not be used production purposes. Issues/queries/suggestions can be posted via a GitHub issue here.
 
The source for the Managed File Transfer Agent container image has also been published to GitHub here. You can refer the source to build your own container image.
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