Initializing team configuration

You can use one of the following methods to initialize team configuration.

Tip: If API Mediation Layer is running on your site, Connecting profiles to API Mediation Layer is the recommended method to use to initialize team configuration.

Create team profile configuration files

1. Issue the following command:

   zowe config init

   Zowe CLI responds with prompts for a username and password.

2. Respond to the prompts with a username and password for a mainframe service such as z/OSMF.

   The zowe config init command ensures that your credentials are stored securely on your computer by default.

   After you respond, the zowe.config.json team configuration file is added to your local .zowe directory. You can then use a text editor or IDE, such as Visual Studio Code, to add the connection details for your mainframe services.

3. (Optional) Issue a Zowe CLI command to test that you can access z/OSMF.

   Example: List all data sets under your user ID:

   zowe zos-files list data-set "MY.DATASET.*"

   A list of data sets is returned. You successfully configured Zowe CLI to access a z/OSMF instance.

   If the CLI returns an error message, verify that you have access to the target system. Examine your configuration files in a text editor to verify that the information you entered is correct.

Important: After the configuration files are in place (either by using the zowe config init command or by manually creating the files), the now-deprecated zowe profiles commands no longer function. Zowe CLI returns errors when you attempt to use deprecated profile commands.

Connecting profiles to API Mediation Layer

If you are using the API Mediation Layer, you can set up your zowe.config.json file to automatically access the services that are registered to the API ML by issuing the following command:

zowe config auto-init

After you issue the command, Zowe CLI prompts you to specify the following information:

• The host name and port to your API ML instance
• Your username and password

Using Certificates:

If you are using certificates to authenticate, you can specify the details for the certificates by issuing the following command:

zowe auth login apiml --cert-file "/path/to/cert/file" --cert-key-file "/path/to/cert/key/file"