IBM® z/OS® Container Extensions (IBM zCX) is a new feature of the next version of the IBM z/OS Operating System (z/OS V2.4). It 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.

This IBM Redbooks® publication helps you to understand the concepts, business perspectives and reference architecture for installing, tailoring, and configuring zCX in your own environment.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. z/OS Container Extensions planning

Chapter 3. Security - Overview

Chapter 4. Provisioning and managing your first z/OS Container

Chapter 5. Your first running Docker container in zCX

Chapter 6. Private registry implementation

Chapter 7. Operation

Chapter 8. Integrating container applications with other processes on z/OS

Chapter 9. zCX user administration

Chapter 10. Persistent data

Chapter 11. Swarm on zCX