David - deploying into the z/OSMF Liberty instance is a no-no as it is part of the z/OS operating system and IBM wants to control what runs there for support reasons/security, etc. (I think there maybe be T&Cs that limit what runs there. I have not dug into the specifics to know if there is any signing of the code or technical limits.)
We are looking at how we can provide extensibility of the Zowe Explorer instance. Explorer code is running on Liberty for z/OS. There is nothing technically preventing things from running there that I am aware. The nuances of that is better asked in the slack channel. I don't want to play lawyer too much here. We want to provide extensibility of that Liberty but we need to ensure what runs there is Zowe-related processing. Bruce Armstrong IBM System Z Offering Manager- zowe.org 4205 S MIAMI BLVD, DURHAM NC 27703-9141 Email: armst...@us.ibm.com Tel: 919-254-8773 Cell: 919-931-3132 From: David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 08/17/2018 06:12 AM Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Zowe install woes Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On 17/08/2018 4:27 AM, Kirk Wolf wrote: > You can use the files, data sets, and jobs services in Zowe without z/OSMF > ? I don't think so. There's nothing wrong the the z/OSMF APIs it's the UI that people don't like. We've got a new product with a REST API that's basically a JAX-RS Java servlet calling JNI code. Doe's this new open mainframe initiative mean we can deploy our servlet into z/OSMF or the explorer server shipped with Zowe? I suppose that's a question better asked on the Slack channel. > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:43 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think it is worthwhile. I can understand why you are dubious WRT >> previous experiences with z/OSMF but Zowe looks different. It's using >> cutting edge JavaScript frameworks like Angular for the UI which comes from >> Google. They have >> embraced open source and I've checked out the github repo and it looks >> good. Let's face it, recreating ISPF using HTML was a bad idea! But this is >> hopefully a new direction. I'm still confused what is >> free and what you have to pay for. the zLUX UI has a 3270 emulator but it >> appears that you need a library from Rocket which I assume comes from their >> 3270 emulation suite (commerical). >> Vendors don't want to give away money spinning products do they? Most of >> us will stick to our emulator of choice anyway. >> >> >> >> On 16/08/2018 7:32 PM, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote: >> >>> Tried to look at it from the office and our firewall blocks it ☹ >>> >>> I did read up on it and my 1st impressions are that it is yet another >>> attempt to create a new system management interface utilizing z/OSMF and >>> provide the tools/parts for anyone to build them. Is this worthwhile - I'm >>> not sure yet. Replacing a sub-second response interface using TN3270 with a >>> multi-second web interface (based on experience using z/OSMF ISPF option) >>> does not seem like a step in the right direction. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> -------------- >>> Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) <sdg>< >>> Mainframe Systems Programmer – RavenTek Solution Partners >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >>> Behalf Of David Crayford >>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:27 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Zowe install woes >>> >>> Lots of buzz about Zowe [1] at SHARE this week and first impressions are >>> overwhelmingly positive. It looks like a great initiative to modernize the >>> mainframe without tubby Eclipse. We downloaded the beta but it was missing >>> parts, most importantly installation scripts so it's a bit of a anti-climax. >>> Has anybody >>> managed to install Zowe successfully? >>> >>> [1] https://zowe.org >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >>> email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
