erlang

Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability. Some of its uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance.

See the official website for more information

This image is built by IBM to run on the IBM Z architecture and is not affiliated with any other community that provides a version of this image.

License

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Versions

Use the pull string below for the version of this image you require.

28.3.1 docker pull icr.io/ibmz/erlang@sha256:d6d2a7ec7a78f9d96dbf807e512b7e1d9ca939fbc67bbf373f2aed7b2a698746 Vulnerability Report 01-21-2026

Version Pull String Security (IBM Cloud) Created

Version	Pull String	Security (IBM Cloud)	Created
28.3.1	docker pull icr.io/ibmz/erlang@sha256:d6d2a7ec7a78f9d96dbf807e512b7e1d9ca939fbc67bbf373f2aed7b2a698746	Vulnerability Report	01-21-2026

Usage Notes

Run it as the REPL:

docker run -it --rm icr.io/ibmz/erlang:[version]

Run an Erlang escript:

Create a Dockerfile that includes the Erlang escript that you want to run.

FROM icr.io/ibmz/erlang:[version]

WORKDIR /home

COPY script.erl .

CMD [ "escript", "script.erl" ]

Build the image:

docker build -t script-image  .

Run a container using the image that you just built:

docker run --name script-container script-image