IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition (EE) extends the value of applications that run on z/OS by allowing efficient and scalable APIs for contemporary mobile and cloud applications to be easily created. The loopback-connector-zosconnectee module is the LoopBack connector for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
Note: loopback-connector-zosconnectee leverages loopback-connector-rest LoopBack connector for performing RESTful invocations to z/OS Connect EE server.
Run the command lb datasource and follow the prompts, selecting the z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition connector.
Run the command lb zosconnectee which will connect to the z/OS Connect EE server and present a list of APIs that are installed in the server allowing you to select the one to configure this datasource for.
"zcon": {
"password": "fredpwd",
"name": "zcon",
"baseURL": "http://example:10112",
"user": "fred",
"connector": "zosconnectee"
}The following table describes the connector properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| baseURL | String | z/OS Connect EE server location |
| username | String | Username |
| password | String | password associated with the username above |
You may further edit the generated template file located in your LoopBack application under server/<datasource_name>_template.json for customizing the function names, parameters, etc,.
- Cannot view/edit the z/OS Connect datasource through apic edit graphical console
- timeout functionality (attribute in the connectors settings) is not yet implemented
This module adopts the Module Long Term Support (LTS) policy, with the following End Of Life (EOL) dates:
| Module Version | Release Date | Minimum EOL | EOL With | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2.0.0 | May 2020 | Apr 2023 | Node 14 | Current |
| V1.0.0 | Nov 2017 | Dec 2019 | Node 8 | End of life |