CICS Provisioning ToolkitCICS TS V5.4 open beta 3Q16 Education

Matthew Webster

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CICS provisioning toolkit• A simple command line utility for rapidly provisioning

and de-provisioning CICS environments• Build an application image that can be moved

between the various stages of the CICS application lifecycle without change

• Run an image to automatically provision the required environment in minutes using z/OSMF workflows

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What’s new in Version 2?• Build and run images• Liberty and web services sample scenarios• Improved customization of provisioning

workflows

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Download cicspt_v2.zipcicspt_v2

cicspt_doc_beta.pdfcicspt_readme.txtcicspt_v2.pax/licenses

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cicspt_v2.paxcicspt

/bin /configworkflow_variables.propertieszosmf.properties/images/lib/logs/samples/workflows

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New: build and run imagescicspt build -t <image tag> PATH Build an image from a Cicsptfile

cicspt images Displays the built images

cicspt inspect <image tag> Displays details of a built image

cicspt run <image tag> <applid> <port1> <port2> <port3> Provision a CICS environment

cicspt start <applid> Start a provisioned CICS region

cicspt stop <applid> Stop a provisioned CICS region

cicspt rm [-f,--force] <applid> Remove a CICS environment

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New: Liberty & web services scenarios

Sample Cicspt files and images are included with the toolkit:• z/OS Connect based RESTful microservices• XML-based SOAP web services• CICS Liberty applications

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cicspt/samplescicspt/samples

/cics_json /cics_json_microservice /cics_liberty CicsptfileimageApps.xmlimageSecurity.xml/...

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New: comma-separated values# Optional STEPLIB properties. Set additional data sets# that can be added to the STEPLIB of the region (for example if# you have vendor products to include in the region)# (comma separated list).DFH_REGION_STEPLIB=

# Optional RPL properties. Set additional data sets# that can be added to the RPL of the region# (comma separated list).DFH_REGION_RPL=

# Optional SIT properties. Set values system# initialization parameters (comma separated list).DFH_REGION_SIT=STNTRSJ=ALL,AUXTR=ON,STNTRAP=ALL

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Demo

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Conclusion• Build and run application images that can be

moved between the various stages of the CICS application lifecycle without change

• Use in conjunction with other tools like the CICS TS build toolkit to build an automated deployment pipeline

• Compatible with CICS TS V5.2 and CICS TS V5.3

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More InformationCICS DeveloperCenter: “Provisioning a CICS & Liberty test environment with the CICS provisioning toolkit”

https://developer.ibm.com/cics/2016/10/04/provisioning-a-cics-liberty-test-environment-with-the-cics-provisioning-toolkit/

CICS TS V5.4 open beta statement of directionhttp://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS216-354#sodx

CICS TS V5.4 Open Betahttps://www-01.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/openbeta/