Understanding core command groups

Zowe CLI contains command groups that focus on specific business processes.

Zowe CLI commands are organized in a hierarchical structure. Command groups contain actions that let you perform actions on specific objects. For each action that you perform on an object, you can specify options that affect the operation of the command.

For example, the zos-files command group can let you perform actions on data sets such as create, edit, rename, and more.

Review the following Zowe CLI command groups to understand the actions available to them.

auth

The auth command group lets you connect to the Zowe API Mediation Layer authentication service and obtain a token, or disconnect from the authentication service and revoke the token.

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For more information about auth syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe auth -h

config

The config command group lets you manage project and global team configurations, and JSON projects; and convert profiles (service profiles and base profiles) to team configs.

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For more information about config syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe config -h

daemon

The daemon command groups let you perform operations that control the daemon-mode functionality of the Zowe CLI. Daemon-mode runs the CLI command processor as a background process to improve performance.

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For more information about daemon syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe daemon -h

Important

Using daemon mode contains various limitations and configuration requirements, depending on the operating system where the daemon is running. For more information, see Preparing for installation in Using daemon mode.

plugins

The plugins command group lets you install and manage third-party plug-ins for the product. Plug-ins extend the functionality of Zowe CLI in the form of new commands.

With the plugins command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Install or uninstall third-party plug-ins.
• Display a list of installed plug-ins.
• Validate that a plug-in integrates with the base product properly.

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For more information about plugins syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe plugins -h

provisioning

The provisioning command group lets you perform IBM z/OSMF provisioning tasks with templates and provisioned instances from Zowe CLI.

With the provisioning command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Provision cloud instances using z/OSMF Software Services templates.
• List information about the available z/OSMF Service Catalog published templates and the templates that you used to publish cloud instances.
• List summary information about the templates that you used to provision cloud instances. You can filter the information by application (for example, DB2 and CICS) and by the external name of the provisioned instances.
• List detail information about the variables used (and their corresponding values) on named, published cloud instances.

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For more information about provisioning syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe provisioning -h

zos-console

The zos-console command group lets you issue commands to the z/OS console by establishing an extended Multiple Console Support (MCS) console.

With the zos-console command group, you can perform the following tasks:

Important

Before you issue z/OS console commands with Zowe CLI, security administrators should ensure that they provide access to commands that are appropriate for your organization.

• Issue commands to the z/OS console.
• Collect command responses and continue to collect solicited command responses on demand.

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For more information about zos-console syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-console -h

zos-files

The zos-files command group lets you interact with data sets on z/OS systems.

With the zos-files command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Create partitioned data sets (PDS) with members, physical sequential data sets (PS), and other types of data sets from templates. You can specify options to customize the data sets you create.
• Download mainframe data sets and edit them locally in your preferred Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
• Upload local files to mainframe data sets.
• List available mainframe data sets.
• Interact with VSAM data sets directly, or invoke Access Methods Services (IDCAMS) to work with VSAM data sets.

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For more information about zos-files syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-files -h

zos-jobs

The zos-jobs command group lets you submit jobs and interact with jobs on z/OS systems.

With the zos-jobs command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Submit jobs from JCL that reside on the mainframe or a local file.
• List jobs and spool files for a job.
• View the status of a job or view a spool file from a job.

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For more information about zos-jobs syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-jobs -h

zos-logs

The zos-logs command group retrieves the z/OS operations logs.

With the zos-logs command group, you can perform the following task:

• List z/OS operations logs within a specified time frame.

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For more information about zos-logs syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-logs -h

zos-ssh

The zos-ssh command group lets you issue Unix System Services shell commands by establishing an SSH connection to an SSH server. The zos-ssh command group was previously named zos-uss.

With the zos-ssh command group, you can perform the following task:

Important

Before you issue z/OS UNIX System Services commands with Zowe CLI, security administrators must provide access for your user ID to login via SSH.

• Issue z/OS UNIX System Services shell commands over an SSH connection and stream back the response.

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For more information about zos-ssh syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-ssh -h

zos-tso

The zos-tso command group lets you issue TSO commands and interact with TSO address spaces on z/OS systems.

With the zos-tso command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Execute REXX scripts
• Create a TSO address space and issue TSO commands to the address space.
• Review TSO command response data in Zowe CLI.

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For more information about zos-tso syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-tso -h

zos-workflows

The zos-workflows command group lets you create and manage z/OSMF workflows on a z/OS system.

With the zos-workflows command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Create or register a z/OSMF workflow based on the properties on a z/OS system.
• Start a z/OSMF workflow on a z/OS system.
• Delete or remove a z/OSMF workflow from a z/OS system.
• List the z/OSMF workflows for a system or sysplex.

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For more information about zos-workflows syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zos-workflows -h

zosmf

The zosmf command group lets you work with Zowe CLI profiles and get general information about z/OSMF.

With the zosmf command group, you can perform the following tasks:

• Verify that your profiles are set up correctly to communicate with z/OSMF on your system. For more information, see Testing connections to z/OSMF.
• Get information about the current z/OSMF version, host, port, and plug-ins installed on your system.

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For more information about zosmf syntax, actions, and options, open Zowe CLI and issue the following command:

zowe zosmf -h