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IBM Content Cortex 26.0.0 — General Availability

Release date: June 26, 2026  |  Tag: v26.0.0

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🎉 What's New

IBM Content Cortex 26.0.0 is the General Availability (GA) release of the next-generation IBM enterprise content management platform. This is a major version release that introduces Helm-first deployment, native AI services integration, and a redesigned CCx DevOps automation suite.

✨ Highlights

  • New product name: IBM Content Cortex (CCx) — the evolution of IBM FileNet Content Manager for cloud-native environments
  • Helm-first deployment: All four operators are published as versioned Helm charts via the public IBM Content Cortex Helm repository — no OLM required
  • AI Services Operator: New operator deploying the IBM AI Services platform, providing a Reasoning Service and a Core MCP Server for agentic AI connectivity, with multi-provider LLM integration (watsonx.ai, watsonx.ai LWE, Azure AI Foundry)
  • CCx DevOps Suite v1.0: A fully modernised CLI toolchain (prerequisites.py, deploy_operator.py, upgrade_deployment.py, clean_deployment.py, load_images.py, must_gather.py) with rich terminal UI, guided workflows, silent mode, and dry-run support
  • Upgrade path: Supported upgrade from IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.5.12.x and later

📦 Download Details

Helm Repository (Recommended)

helm repo add ibm-content-cortex https://ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers/charts
helm repo update
helm search repo ibm-content-cortex

Available Helm Charts

Chart Version App Version Description
ibm-content-operator 26.0.0 26.0.0 Content Cortex platform operator (CPE, ICN, GraphQL, CSS, CMIS, IER, ICCSAP)
ibm-ccx-ai-services-operator 26.0.0 26.0.0 AI Services operator — Reasoning Service, Core MCP Server, LLM integration
ibm-licensing-cluster-scoped 4.2.23 4.2.0 IBM License Service operator
ibm-usage-metering 1.0.6 1.0.0 IBM Usage Metering operator

Direct Chart URLs

Chart Download URL
ibm-content-operator-26.0.0.tgz https://ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers/charts/ibm-content-operator-26.0.0.tgz
ibm-ccx-ai-services-operator-26.0.0.tgz https://ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers/charts/ibm-ccx-ai-services-operator-26.0.0.tgz
ibm-licensing-cluster-scoped-4.2.23.tgz https://ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers/charts/ibm-licensing-cluster-scoped-4.2.23.tgz
ibm-usage-metering-1.0.6.tgz https://ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers/charts/ibm-usage-metering-1.0.6.tgz

🚀 Quick Start

The recommended way to deploy IBM Content Cortex is via the Python DevOps scripts, which provide a guided, validated workflow covering prerequisites, operator deployment, and lifecycle management.

For Helm CLI, air-gap, OpenShift, and GitOps installation methods, see the full installation guide on GitHub Pages.

Python DevOps Scripts (Recommended)

# 1. Navigate to scripts directory and create a virtual environment
cd scripts/
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 2. Deploy operators
python3 deploy_operator.py           # Interactive guided mode
python3 deploy_operator.py --silent  # Automation / CI mode

# 3. Gather deployment inputs and generate configuration artifacts
python3 prerequisites.py gather
python3 prerequisites.py generate
python3 prerequisites.py validate

📋 Prerequisites

Requirement Minimum Version
Kubernetes v1.24+
OpenShift Container Platform v4.12+
Helm v4.0+
Python (DevOps scripts) 3.12+
IBM Entitlement Key Get key

🧩 Component Overview

IBM Content Operator (ibm-content-operator)

Manages the full lifecycle of the IBM Content Cortex platform:

  • Content Platform Engine (CPE) — High-performance content repository and workflow engine
  • Content Navigator (ICN) — Modern web-based unified content interface
  • GraphQL API — Modern content access API
  • Content Search Services (CSS) — Full-text search
  • CMIS — Content Management Interoperability Services
  • Task Manager — Workflow task management
  • External Share — Secure external content sharing
  • IER — IBM Enterprise Records management
  • ICCSAP — SAP integration
  • CCxMO - Content Cortex for Microsoft Office

Architectures: amd64, ppc64le

IBM CCx AI Services Operator (ibm-ccx-ai-services-operator)

Deploys the IBM AI Services platform:

  • Reasoning Service — Intelligent document processing, analysis, and inference
  • Core MCP Server — Model Context Protocol server for AI agent connectivity

Architectures: amd64

IBM License Service Operator (ibm-licensing-cluster-scoped)

Cluster-scoped operator for IBM Software License tracking and compliance reporting.

Chart version: 4.2.23 | App version: 4.2.0

Architectures: amd64, ppc64le, s390x

IBM Usage Metering Operator (ibm-usage-metering)

Tracks and reports product usage metrics for IBM Content Cortex deployments.

Chart version: 1.0.6 | App version: 1.0.0

Architectures: amd64, ppc64le, s390x

🔧 Operator Image Reference

Operator Images

Component Image Repository Tag Digest
Content Operator icr.io/cpopen/icp4a-content-operator 26.0.0 sha256:a03619f20f2b49857d362aa1e9d31a6349a78d09eebea862fafa9e1b9ffa05c1
AI Services Operator icr.io/cpopen/ibm-ccx-ai-services-operator 26.0.0 sha256:90d4fd3a5e70e01577fb1d5c7283d7a222cb4d63464f4970565e00490a74f9a7
License Service Operator icr.io/cpopen/ibm-licensing-operator 4.2.23 sha256:852eb16e7706d5618b2a12f8e54c50803ccca63903e6629227cebc1524455d16
Usage Metering Operator icr.io/cpopen/ibm-usage-metering-operator 1.0.6 sha256:1318d9e4ebc22ea48fc1c8182e59d09fd121889a37b11b68b979cd55c0ab75c0

Note

By default the Helm charts deploy using the image digest for immutability. To override to a tag-based reference, set --set image.tag=26.0.0 during helm install.

Content Operator Component Images

All component images are pulled from the IBM Entitled Registry: cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/

Component Image Repository Tag Build Version
CPE cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/cpe 26.0.0 26.0.0-0-1262
CPE SSO cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/cpe-sso 26.0.0 26.0.0-0-1262
CSS cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/css 26.0.0 26.0.0-0-42
GraphQL cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/graphql 26.0.0 26.0.0-942
CMIS cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/cmis 26.0.0 307.014.0340
External Share cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/extshare 26.0.0 26.0.0-0-159
Task Manager cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/taskmgr 26.0.0 2600.000.384
Navigator (ICN) cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/ban/navigator 26.0.0 2600.000.0609
Navigator SSO cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/ban/navigator-sso 26.0.0 2600.000.0609
IER cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/ier/ier 26.0.0 521.009.000
ICCSAP cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/iccsap/iccsap 26.0.0 4.0.0.4-565
Keytool Init cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/common/dba-keytool-initcontainer 26.0.0 26.0.0

AI Services Component Images

Component Image Repository Tag Build Version
Reasoning Service cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/reasoning-services 26.0.0 26.0.0.0-73
Core MCP Server cp.icr.io/cp/cp4a/fncm/core-mcp-server 26.0.0 26.0.0.0-45

🧱 Base Image Details

Liberty-based Images (Content Components)

Component Version
Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) 9.8-1780900431
IBM Java Semeru 25.0.3
IBM Liberty 25.0.0.12

Python-based Images (AI Services Components)

Component Version
Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) 9.8-1780900431
Python 3.13.3

📚 Installation Documentation

Scenario Link
New installation Deploying a new Content Cortex environment
Upgrade from FileNet 5.5.12.x+ Performing a major version upgrade
Air-gapped environments DevOps scripts — load_images.py
Helm charts guide Helm Repository Guide
Silent / automation mode DevOps scripts — silent configuration

Important

This is a major version release. Upgrade is supported from IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.5.12.x onwards. Review the full upgrade procedures in the IBM Documentation before proceeding.

🐍 DevOps Scripts

The scripts/ directory contains a comprehensive Python CLI automation suite. See scripts/README.rst for full documentation.

Script Purpose
prerequisites.py Gather inputs, generate artifacts, validate environment
deploy_operator.py Deploy operators via Helm (interactive or silent)
upgrade_deployment.py Upgrade CR and operator with validation
clean_deployment.py Safely remove deployments and operators
load_images.py Push images to private registries (air-gap)
must_gather.py Collect diagnostic logs and data

🔗 Resources

Resource Link
📖 IBM Documentation IBM Content Cortex Docs
🌍 GitHub Pages Site ibm-ecm.github.io/ibm-content-cortex-containers
⎈ Helm Repository Helm Charts
📚 Wiki GitHub Wiki
🐙 GitHub Repository ibm-ecm/ibm-content-cortex-containers
🛒 IBM Entitled Registry myibm.ibm.com/products-services/containerlibrary
🐛 Report an Issue GitHub Issues
💬 IBM Support Portal ibm.com/mysupport
🌐 IBM ECM Community Community Forum
📧 Email Support ecm-container-service@ibm.com

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