The IBM® z/OS® CICS® collection, also represented as ibm_zos_cics in this document, is part of the broader initiative to bring Ansible Automation to IBM Z® through the offering Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z®. The IBM z/OS CICS collection supports management of CICS resources and definitions through the CMCI REST API provided by CICS as well as provisioning of standalone CICS regions.
This CICS collection works in conjunction with other Ansible collections for IBM Z, such as the IBM z/OS core collection. It is also possible to use it independently to perform automation tasks solely in CICS.
Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z provides the ability to connect IBM Z® to clients' wider enterprise automation strategy through the Ansible Automation Platform ecosystem. This enables development and operations automation on Z through a seamless, unified workflow orchestration with configuration management, provisioning, and application deployment in one easy-to-use platform.
The IBM z/OS CICS collection is following the Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z® method of distributing content. Collections will be developed in the open, and when content is ready for use it is released to Ansible Galaxy for community adoption. Once contributors review community usage, feedback, and are satisfied with the content published, the collection will then be released to Ansible Automation Hub as certified and IBM supported for Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform subscribers.
For guides and reference, please review the documentation.
The IBM CICS collection includes modules, sample playbooks, and ansible-doc to:
- Automate tasks in CICS.
- Provision or deprovision CICS regions.
- Start or stop a CICS region.
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This collection is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.