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Zowe Documentation Version 1.21.0 LTS Zowe Documentation Version 1.21.0 LTS | Contents | iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started......................................................................................7 Zowe fundamentals...............................................................................................................................................8 Zowe overview......................................................................................................................................... 8 Zowe architecture....................................................................................................................................13 Frequently Asked Questions...................................................................................................................20 Release notes.......................................................................................................................................................25 Version 1.21.0 LTS (April 2021)...........................................................................................................25 Version 1.20.1 LTS (March 2021).........................................................................................................28 Version 1.20.0 LTS (March 2021).........................................................................................................28 Version 1.19.1 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................29 Version 1.19.0 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................30 Version 1.18.0 LTS (January 2021).......................................................................................................32 Version 1.17.0 LTS (November 2020).................................................................................................. 34 Version 1.16.0 LTS (October 2020)...................................................................................................... 36 Version 1.15.0 LTS (September 2020).................................................................................................. 39 Version 1.14.0 LTS (August 2020)........................................................................................................41 Version 1.13.0 LTS (July 2020)............................................................................................................ 44 Version 1.12.0 LTS (June 2020)............................................................................................................47 Version 1.11.0 LTS (May 2020)............................................................................................................49 Version 1.10.0 LTS (April 2020)...........................................................................................................51 Version 1.9.0 LTS (February 2020).......................................................................................................53 Version 1.8.1 (February 2020)............................................................................................................... 55 Version 1.8.0 (February 2020)............................................................................................................... 55 Version 1.7.1 (December 2019)............................................................................................................. 57 Version 1.7.0 (November 2019).............................................................................................................58 Version 1.6.0 (October 2019).................................................................................................................59 Version 1.5.0 (September 2019)............................................................................................................ 60 Zowe SMP/E Alpha (August 2019).......................................................................................................61 Version 1.4.0 (August 2019)..................................................................................................................61 Version 1.3.0 (June 2019)...................................................................................................................... 63 Version 1.2.0 (May 2019)...................................................................................................................... 65 Version 1.1.0 (April 2019).....................................................................................................................66 Version 1.0.1 (March 2019)................................................................................................................... 67 Version 1.0.0 (February 2019)............................................................................................................... 68 Zowe quick start................................................................................................................................................. 70 Getting started with Zowe......................................................................................................................70 Zowe CLI quick start............................................................................................................................. 71 Learning paths.....................................................................................................................................................73 Information roadmap for Zowe API Mediation Layer.......................................................................... 73 Information roadmap for Zowe Application Framework.......................................................................76 Information roadmap for Zowe CLI...................................................................................................... 78 Information Roadmap for Zowe Explorer..............................................................................................80 Information roadmap for Zowe Client SDKs........................................................................................ 82 Information roadmap for Zowe Mobile................................................................................................. 83 Zowe learning resources.....................................................................................................................................84 Blogs........................................................................................................................................................84 Videos......................................................................................................................................................84 Webinars..................................................................................................................................................84 Community..............................................................................................................................................85 | Contents | iv Training................................................................................................................................................... 85 Chapter 2: User Guide...........................................................................................87 Planning and preparing the installation..............................................................................................................88 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 88 System requirements...............................................................................................................................90 Installing Node.js on z/OS..................................................................................................................... 94 Configuring z/OSMF.............................................................................................................................. 95 Configuring z/OSMF Lite (for non-production use)..............................................................................98 UNIX System Services considerations for Zowe................................................................................ 117 Installing Zowe z/OS components................................................................................................................... 119 z/OS Installation Roadmap...................................................................................................................119 Installing Zowe runtime from a convenience build............................................................................. 122 Installing Zowe SMP/E........................................................................................................................ 128 Installing Zowe SMP/E build with z/OSMF workflow....................................................................... 145 API Mediation Layer as a standalone component............................................................................... 146 Configuring the z/OS system for Zowe............................................................................................... 146 Configuring Zowe certificates..............................................................................................................156 Configuring Zowe certificates in UNIX files.....................................................................................
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