Warning: This document is for an old version of IBM z/OS core collection. The latest version is v1.2.0-beta.1.

IBM z/OS core collection

The IBM z/OS core collection, also represented as ibm_zos_core in this document, is part of the broader offering Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z. IBM z/OS core collection supports tasks such as creating data sets, submitting jobs, querying jobs, and retrieving job output.

Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z

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.

IBM z/OS core collection, as part of the broader offering Red Hat® Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z, will be available on both, Galaxy as community supported and Automation Hub with enterprise support.

Features

The IBM z/OS core collection includes connection plugins, action plugins, modules, sample playbooks, action plugins and ansible-doc to automate tasks on z/OS.