COBOL running in a Docker Container on CentOS

This Docker image runs a PHP page in Apache HTTPD which calls COBOL code and prints it to the screen

Build Image

You can manually build image by below commands.

$ git clone https://github.com/johnfosborneiii/docker-cobol-example.git
$ cd docker-cobol-example
$ docker build -t johnfosborneiii/docker-cobol-example .

And you can also pull image from DockerHub.

Run PHP

Build and Run Application

$ docker-compose up -d

Access by Web browser

http://localhost:8080

Run in OpenShift

Build and Run Application

$ oc new-project cobolex
$ oc new-app johnfosborneiii/docker-cobol-example 

Create a route

$ oc expose service cobolex --hostname=mycobol.hostname.com

Note: You may have to allow root containers to be run in OpenShift

$ oc project cobolex
$ oadm policy add-scc-to-user anyuid -z default 

https://blog.openshift.com/getting-any-docker-image-running-in-your-own-openshift-cluster/