wmq-cookbook

The was cookbook installs and configures the WebSphere MQ. Current version of cookbook installs MQ binaries, creates queue manager and creates a listener.

Supported Platforms

CentOS

RedHat

Note: This cookbook was tested only on CentOS release 6.4

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['wmq']['version']	int	default wmq version	7.5
['wmq'][:package][:location]	string	default wmq package location	/opt/software/wmq
['wmq'][:package][:name][:runtime]	string	default wmq runtime package name	MQSeriesRuntime-7.5.0-2.x86_64
['wmq'][:package][:name][:jre]	string	default wmq jre package name	MQSeriesJRE-7.5.0-2.x86_64
['wmq'][:package][:name][:java]	string	default wmq java package name	MQSeriesJava-7.5.0-2.x86_64
['wmq'][:package][:name][:gskit]	string	default wmq gskit package name	MQSeriesGSKit-7.5.0-2.x86_64
['wmq'][:package][:name][:man]	string	default wmq man package name	MQSeriesMan-7.5.0-2.x86_64
['wmq'][:package][:name][:samples]	string	default wmq samples package name	MQSeriesSamples-7.5.0-2.x86_64
[:wmq][:installation][:root]	string	default installation location	/opt/mqm
[:wmq][:log][:primary]	int	default primary log files	3
[:wmq][:log][:secondary]	int	default secondary log files	2
[:wmq][:log][:filesize]	int	default primary log filesize	1024
[:wmq][:log][:type]	string	default primary log type	lc
[:wmq][:user]	string	default wmq user	mqm
[:wmq][:group]	string	default wmq group	mqm
[:wmq][:group]	string	default wmq group	mqm
[:wmq][:qmgr][:name]	string	default qmgr name	TECHISH.QUEUE.MANAGER
[:wmq][:qmgr][:listener][:name]	string	default qmgr listener name	TECHISH.LISTENER
[:wmq][:qmgr][:listener][:port]	int	default qmgr listener port	1414

Resources/Providers

This cookbook contains the queue custom resorce and provider.

Actions

• :create: create a local queue

Attribute Parameters

• type: Type of the queue, only 'local' is supported at the moment. Default is local
• maxdepth: Maximum depth of queue. Default is 5000.
• descr: Description of of queue. Default is empty
• installation_root: MQ installation location. Default is value of node attribute default[:wmq][:installation][:root]
• qmgr_name: Queue manager name. Default is value of node attribute default[:wmq][:qmgr][:name]
• user: User under which queue manager is running. Default is value of node attribute default[:wmq][:user]

Examples

#Creates queue named TEST.LOCAL.QUEUE
queue "TEST.LOCAL.QUEUE" do
	action :create
end

Usage

wmq::default

Include wmq in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[wmq::default]"
  ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (i.e. add-new-recipe)
3. Write you change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request

License and Authors

Author:: Ishtiaq Ahmed (ishtiaq@techish.com)