Connecting IBM MQ for z/OS to Kafka as a client

Audience level

Knowledge of IBM MQ for z/OS or Linux

Skillset

Kafka, IBM MQ for z/OS, SSL/TLS

Background

If you are looking to gain familiarity with connecting IBM MQ for z/OS to Kafka for event-streaming, this lab is a great place to start. In this lab, we will walk through configuring the open-source Kafka Connector to demonstrate how to capture z/OS events with a standalone Kafka instance. Businesses are looking to capture the valuable insights on z/OS with events, using Kafka. As an MQ administrator, this lab will help you become comfortable with the Kafka architecture. This lab is for development and test purposes only.

High-level architecture

Pre-requisities

1. Java running on Windows Subsystem for Linux

   openjdk version "21.0.6" 2025-01-21
   OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.6+7-Ubuntu-122.04.1)
   OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.6+7-Ubuntu-122.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)
   

2. Apache Maven running on Windows Subsystem for Linux

   Apache Maven 3.6.3
   Maven home: /usr/share/maven
   Java version: 21.0.6, vendor: Ubuntu, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64
   Default locale: en, platform encoding: UTF-8
   OS name: "linux", version: "5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-wsl2", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
   

3. Apache Kafka downloaded from here in binary format from (I am using kafka_2.13-3.9.0)

4. IBM MQ for z/OS. I am using IBM MQ version 9.4. You must use a version of MQ beyond v.8.

5. A SVRCONN channel on a z/OS queue manager running using SSL/TLS. Mine is called USER1.SSL.SVRCONN.

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