mq-rest-admin-dev-environment

Shared dockerized IBM MQ test environment for use across multiple repositories. Provides container lifecycle scripts, seed data, and a reusable GitHub Actions composite action for integration testing against a real MQ queue manager.

Language libraries

This environment is used by the language-specific libraries in the mq-rest-admin project:

• mq-rest-admin-python
• mq-rest-admin-java
• mq-rest-admin-go
• mq-rest-admin-ruby
• mq-rest-admin-rust

What this repo provides

• Two queue managers (QM1 and QM2) running in Docker containers with REST API access enabled
• Seed data covering all major MQ object types (queues, channels, topics, namelists, processes, listeners)
• Cross-QM routing with bidirectional sender/receiver channel pairs and gateway QM aliases for REST API command routing
• Lifecycle scripts for starting, seeding, verifying, resetting, and stopping the environment
• CI composite action for use in GitHub Actions workflows

Quick links

• Getting Started — prerequisites and quick start
• New Repository Onboarding — add a new language library to the project
• Environment Contract — stable ports, credentials, and URLs
• CI Integration — composite action usage
• Lifecycle Scripts — script reference