Zowe Documentation Version 1.19.1 LTS | Contents | iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started......................................................................................7 Zowe overview..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Zowe Demo Video................................................................................................................................... 8 Component Overview............................................................................................................................... 8 Zowe Third-Party Software Requirements and Bill of Materials..........................................................13 Zowe architecture................................................................................................................................................13 Zowe architecture when using Docker image........................................................................................14 Release notes.......................................................................................................................................................20 Version 1.19.1 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................21 Version 1.19.0 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................22 Version 1.18.0 LTS (January 2021).......................................................................................................24 Version 1.17.0 LTS (November 2020).................................................................................................. 25 Version 1.16.0 LTS (October 2020)...................................................................................................... 27 Version 1.15.0 LTS (September 2020).................................................................................................. 30 Version 1.14.0 LTS (August 2020)........................................................................................................33 Version 1.13.0 LTS (July 2020)............................................................................................................ 36 Version 1.12.0 LTS (June 2020)............................................................................................................38 Version 1.11.0 LTS (May 2020)............................................................................................................41 Version 1.10.0 LTS (April 2020)...........................................................................................................43 Version 1.9.0 LTS (February 2020).......................................................................................................44 Version 1.8.1 (February 2020)............................................................................................................... 47 Version 1.8.0 (February 2020)............................................................................................................... 47 Version 1.7.1 (December 2019)............................................................................................................. 49 Version 1.7.0 (November 2019).............................................................................................................49 Version 1.6.0 (October 2019).................................................................................................................51 Version 1.5.0 (September 2019)............................................................................................................ 51 Zowe SMP/E Alpha (August 2019).......................................................................................................53 Version 1.4.0 (August 2019)..................................................................................................................53 Version 1.3.0 (June 2019)...................................................................................................................... 55 Version 1.2.0 (May 2019)...................................................................................................................... 56 Version 1.1.0 (April 2019).....................................................................................................................58 Version 1.0.1 (March 2019)................................................................................................................... 59 Version 1.0.0 (February 2019)............................................................................................................... 60 Zowe CLI quick start......................................................................................................................................... 61 Installing..................................................................................................................................................62 Issuing your first commands.................................................................................................................. 62 Using profiles..........................................................................................................................................62 Writing scripts.........................................................................................................................................63 Next Steps............................................................................................................................................... 63 Frequently Asked Questions...............................................................................................................................64 Zowe FAQ.............................................................................................................................................. 64 Zowe CLI FAQ.......................................................................................................................................66 Zowe Explorer FAQ...............................................................................................................................67 Zowe resources................................................................................................................................................... 68 Blogs........................................................................................................................................................68 Videos, webinars.....................................................................................................................................68 Community..............................................................................................................................................68 | Contents | iv Chapter 2: User Guide...........................................................................................69 Planning and preparing the installation..............................................................................................................70 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 70 System requirements...............................................................................................................................72 Installing Node.js on z/OS..................................................................................................................... 76 Configuring z/OSMF.............................................................................................................................. 77 Configuring z/OSMF Lite (for non-production use)..............................................................................80 UNIX System Services considerations for Zowe.................................................................................. 97 Installing Zowe z/OS components..................................................................................................................... 99 z/OS Installation Roadmap.....................................................................................................................99 Installing Zowe runtime from a convenience build............................................................................. 102 Installing Zowe SMP/E........................................................................................................................ 108 Installing Zowe SMP/E build with z/OSMF workflow....................................................................... 125 API Mediation Layer as a standalone component............................................................................... 126 Configuring the z/OS system for Zowe............................................................................................... 126 Configuring Zowe certificates..............................................................................................................136 Configuring Zowe certificates in UNIX files...................................................................................... 139 Configuring Zowe certificates in a key ring........................................................................................144 Installing and configuring the Zowe cross memory server (ZWESISTC)...........................................146 Creating and configuring the Zowe instance