LoopBack connector for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition
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.
Create a datasource
Run the command lb datasource
and follow the prompts, selecting the z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition connector.
Configure the datasource
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.
Configuration elements
"zcon":
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 |
Customization
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,.
Known Caveats
- Cannot view/edit the z/OS Connect datasource through apic edit graphical console
- timeout functionality (attribute in the connectors settings) is not yet implemented
Module Long Term Support Policy
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 2022 | Node 12 | Current |
V1.0.0 | Nov 2017 | Dec 2019 | Node 8 | End of life |