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Base profile that stores values shared by multiple service profiles

Usage

zowe profiles create base-profile <profileName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• profileName (string)

  • Specifies the name of the new base profile. You can load this profile by using the name on commands that support the "--base-profile" option.

Base Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • Host name of service on the mainframe.

• --port | -P (number)

  • Port number of service on the mainframe.

• --user | -u (string)

  • User name to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Password to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

• --cert-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

• --cert-key-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

Options

• --overwrite | --ow (boolean)

  • Overwrite the base profile when a profile of the same name exists.

• --disable-defaults | --dd (boolean)

  • Disable populating profile values of undefined properties with default values.

Examples

• Create a profile called 'base1' to connect to host example.com and port 443:

  • zowe profiles create base-profile base1 --host example.com --port 443 --user admin --password 123456 Copy

• Create a profile called 'base2' to connect to host example.com (default port - 443) and allow self-signed certificates:

  • zowe profiles create base-profile base2 --host example.com --user admin --password 123456 --reject-unauthorized false Copy

• Create a profile called 'base3' to connect to host example.com and port 1443, not specifying a username or password so they are not stored on disk; these will need to be specified on every command:

  • zowe profiles create base-profile base3 --host example.com --port 1443 Copy

• Create a zosmf profile called 'base4' to connect to default port 443 and allow self-signed certificates, not specifying a username, password, or host so they are not stored on disk; these will need to be specified on every command:

  • zowe profiles create base-profile base4 --reject-unauthorized false Copy