Zowe CLI Installation checklist

The following checklists summarize the required steps for a base installation (first-time installation) in the order you should perform them.

The checklist includes a brief description of the steps, with links to the comprehensive information required for the installation. The checklist also identifies the roles that are typically required to complete the step, which enables the pre-installation planning team (systems administrator, DevOps architect, application developer, and so on) to focus on the tasks for which they are responsible.

Use the Status column to track your progress.

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Addressing the prerequisites

To plan your Zowe CLI installation, review the following checklist.

Step	Description	Role	Time Estimate	Status
Review the Zowe CLI information roadmap	Learn about various Zowe CLI topics	Systems administrator, application developer, systems programmer, DevOps architect	.25 hrs
Review the release notes	Read about new features and enhancements included with this release of Zowe CLI	Systems administrator, DevOps architect	.25 hours
Address the requirements	Install the client-side and host-side software, and ensure that there is sufficient free disk space	Systems administrator	See Note-1
(Optional) Install API Mediation Layer	Install the Zowe Runtime, which includes API Mediation Layer	Systems administrator	8 hrs
Install z/OSMF	Follow the steps to install z/OSMF	Systems administrator	See Note-2
Determine the profile types that you want to use	Learn about configuration and how to use team profiles	Systems administrator, DevOps architect	.25 hrs

Note-1: Allow .25 hours to install the client-side software. The amount of time to install the host-side software depends upon your site's implementation. For example, do you require z/OSMF, REST APIs, or both, to support the Mediation Layer? See the information for the specific server-side software that you require to determine how much time to allow for complete server-side installation and configuration.

Note-2: Allow 15 to 25 hours to install and configure z/OSMF. The length of time varies depending on the External Security Manager (ESM) that you are running in your site.

You are now ready to install Zowe CLI!

Installing Zowe CLI

To install Zowe CLI, review the following checklist.

Step	Description	Role	Time Estimate	Status
Install Zowe CLI	Install Zowe CLI from an online registry or a local package	Systems administrator	.5 hrs
Install Zowe CLI (quick start)	Use the Quick Start method if you possess prerequisite knowledge of command line tools and writing scripts, and you want to get started with Zowe CLI quickly and easily.	Systems administrator	.25 hrs
(Optional) Install Zowe CLI plug-ins	Install Zowe CLI plug-ins from an online registry or a local package.	Systems administrator	.25 hrs

You are now ready to configure Zowe CLI!

Configuring Zowe CLI

To configure Zowe CLI, review the following checklist.

Step	Description	Role	Time Estimate	Status
Configure environment variables	Learn how to store configuration options that are common to your environment.	Systems administrator, DevOps architect, application developer	.25 hrs
Configure Zowe profiles	Learn how to configure Zowe team profiles and user profiles.	Systems administrator, DevOps architect, application developer	.25 hrs
Configure daemon mode	Learn how to configure Zowe CLI to run as persistent background process (daemon).	Systems administrator, DevOps architect, application developer	.25 hrs