The IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit, a simple command line utility for the rapid provisioning of z/OS development environments, now supports the latest CICS TS V5.4 and z/OS Connect EE V3.0.

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IBM z/OS
Provisioning Toolkit
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The IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit is a simple command line utility for the
rapid provisioning of z/OS development environments.
System programmers can easily manage the provisioning process by
preconfiguring the environments using z/OSMF workflows
Application developers can provision and deprovision z/OS applications in
minutes, without requiring any z/OS specific administration skills.
Uses IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS to control
developer access and set appropriate provisioning limits.
The toolkit is fully supported and available now to all z/OS V2 clients at no
additional charge.
Overview

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Customise the included z/OSMF workflows to dynamically provision a CICS
region (workflows for provisioning an MQ queue manager are included with
the product).
Use the zospt command line utility to build, run, and manage applications,
driving the workflows to provision the required middleware environment.
Follow example scripts for building applications including traditional CICS,
CICS Liberty and embedded z/OS Connect EE.
Description

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V1.0.2 was released on 11th July. It includes the following enhancements:
• Support for provisioned CICS regions to share an existing CSD
• Support for provisioning across a sysplex
• Support for CICS TS 5.4. CICS TS 5.4
• Support for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3
• Support for setting IPIC ports in CICS regions
V1.0.1 was released on 11th April. It includes the following enhancements:
• Support for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V2
• Support for WebSphere Liberty
What’s new in z/OS PT ?

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Architecture
Workflow
Images
CICS
MQ
zospt
REST
API
z/OSMF
z/OS
IBM z/OS
Provisioning
Toolkit
IBM Cloud
Provisioning and
Management for z/OS

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Enables system programmers to grant application developers access to a
finite pool of software instances.
Allows self-service provisioning for application developers without
requiring elevated RACF authority.
Dynamically allocates all required networking resources including APPLIDs
and TCP/IP ports.
IBM Cloud Provisioning and
Management for z/OS

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The toolkit adds a simple command line interface to drive the automatic
provisioning process: run, start, stop, rm (remove).
Create portable application images allowing developers and testers to
provision and run in a single action.
Write zosptfile build scripts to help build a DevOps pipeline from version
control to running application.
Provisioning toolkit & Cloud provisioning

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zospt build -t <imageName> PATH
zospt run <imageName>
zospt ps
zospt inspect
zospt start <containerName>
zospt stop <containerName>
zospt rm <containerName>
zospt utility
Build an application image from a zosptfile.
Runs an image to create a container. Returns
dynamically allocated APPLID and ports.
List containers both running and stopped.
Inspect an image or a container
Start a container.
Stop a container.
Remove a container.

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Demo: CICS Liberty

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1. Where did you first hear about the IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit (zospt)?
2. Is your company looking to provide more dynamic provisioning of
development or test environments?
3. Which of the following options best describes your engagement with the
z/OS Provisioning Toolkit (Interested, Downloaded, …)?
4. Which z/OS middleware products would you like to provision with the z/
OS Provisioning Toolkit (CICS, DB2, …)?
5. What inhibitors (if any) are there to using the toolkit in your company?
6. What is your role (Application Developer, Systems Programmer, …)?
http://ibm.biz/zospt-survey
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z/OS Provisioning Toolkit
• z/OS Provisioning Toolkit V1.0.2 is now available: https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/2017/07/12/zospt102/
• Provisioning a CICS development environment with the IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit: https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/
2017/01/10/provisioning-a-cics-development-environment-with-the-ibm-zos-provisioning-toolkit/
• Provisioning a MQ development environment with the IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit: https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/
2017/01/10/provisioning-a-mq-development-environment-with-the-ibm-zos-provisioning-toolkit/
CICS, MQ, WebSphere Liberty, and z/OS Connect EE
• Provisioning z/OS Connect EE connected to CICS using the IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit: https://developer.ibm.com/
mainframe/2017/07/17/provisioning-zos-connect-ee-connected-cics-using-ibm-zos-provisioning-toolkit/
• Using the IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit to provision MQ and CICS: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/
messaging/entry/Using_the_IBM_z_OS_Provisioning_Toolkit_V1_0_to_provision_MQ_and_CICS?lang=en
• Sample workflows to dynamically provision Liberty servers in a z/OSMF cloud environment: https://github.com/WASdev/
sample.zos.provision.wlp
IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS
• IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/zosmf/cloud/
More Information

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