Migrating Zowe server component from V1 to V2

This doc guides you through migrating an existing Zowe server component from version 1 to version 2.

To make Zowe server component compatible with Zowe version 2, you must update the following configurations.

• Component manifest
• Lifecycle scripts
• Environment variables
• Packaging one component deliverable for both Zowe v1 and v2

Component manifest

In Zowe v2, the component must define a manifest file and package it into the extension's root directory. This manifest file is used by Zowe to understand how this component should be installed, configured, and started. For detailed information of this file, see Server Component Manifest File Reference.

Lifecycle scripts

In Zowe v2, lifecycle scripts can be located anywhere in your component directory. However, you must explicitly define them in the commands section of the component manifest file.

Environment variables

Zowe v1 and v2 environment variables are not exact match. There are the following differences:

• Some variables in Zowe v1 are removed in v2.
• Some are separated into two or more variables.
• Zowe v2 defines more configuration options than v1.

Review the following table for a detailed mapping of Zowe v1 and v2 variables.

Zowe v1 Variable	Zowe v2 YAML Configuration	Zowe v2 Variable	Notes
APIML_ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASHES	components.gateway.apiml.service.allowEncodedSlashes	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_service_allowEncodedSlashes
APIML_CORS_ENABLED	components.gateway.apiml.service.corsEnabled	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_service_corsEnabled
APIML_DEBUG_MODE_ENABLED	components.gateway.debug, etc	ZWE_components_gateway_debug, etc	In v2, you can enable debug mode for APIML components separately. The gateway placeholder can be discovery, api-catalog, or metrics-service, and so on.
APIML_ENABLE_SSO	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
APIML_GATEWAY_EXTERNAL_MAPPER	components.gateway.apiml.security.x509.externalMapperUrl	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_security_x509_externalMapperUrl
APIML_GATEWAY_INTERNAL_HOST	Not configurable in v2	Not configurable in v2
APIML_GATEWAY_INTERNAL_PORT	components.gateway.server.internal.port	ZWE_components_gateway_server_internal_port
APIML_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT_MILLIS	components.gateway.apiml.gateway.timeoutMillis	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_gateway_timeoutMillis
APIML_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_ROUTE	components.gateway.server.maxConnectionsPerRoute	ZWE_components_gateway_server_maxConnectionsPerRoute
APIML_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS	components.gateway.server.maxTotalConnections	ZWE_components_gateway_server_maxTotalConnections
APIML_PREFER_IP_ADDRESS	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
APIML_SECURITY_AUTH_PROVIDER	components.gateway.apiml.security.auth.provider	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_security_auth_provider
APIML_SECURITY_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT_URL	components.gateway.apiml.security.authorization.endpoint.url	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_security_authorization_endpoint_url
APIML_SECURITY_X509_ENABLED	components.gateway.apiml.security.x509.enabled	ZWE_components_gateway_apiml_security_x509_enabled
APIML_SECURITY_ZOSMF_APPLID	zOSMF.applId	ZOSMF_APPLID
CATALOG_PORT	components.api-catalog.port	ZWE_components_api_catalog_port
DISCOVERY_PORT	components.discovery.port	ZWE_components_discovery_port
EXTERNAL_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITIES	zowe.certificate.pem.certificateAuthorities	ZWE_zowe_certificate_pem_certificateAuthorities
EXTERNAL_COMPONENTS	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	Zowe v2 configuration does not distinguish core components and extensions on how to enable them. They use the same components.<component>.enabled configuration.
FILES_API_PORT	components.files-api.port	ZWE_components_files_api_port
GATEWAY_PORT	components.gateway.port	ZWE_components_gateway_port
INSTANCE_DIR	Removed in v2	ZWE_zowe_workspaceDirectory or ZWE_zowe_logDirectory	The instance directory is split into workspace and logs directory in v2.
JAVA_HOME	java.home	JAVA_HOME
JES_EXPLORER_UI_PORT	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	In v2, explorer-jes reuses the web server provided by App Server. It does not start independent web server.
JOBS_API_PORT	components.jobs-api.port	ZWE_components_jobs_api_port
KEY_ALIAS	zowe.certificate.keystore.alias	ZWE_zowe_certificate_keystore_alias
KEYSTORE_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY	zowe.certificate.pem.certificateAuthorities	ZWE_zowe_certificate_pem_certificateAuthorities
KEYSTORE_CERTIFICATE	zowe.certificate.pem.certificate	ZWE_zowe_certificate_pem_certificate
KEYSTORE_DIRECTORY	zowe.setup.certificate.pkcs12.directory	ZWE_zowe_setup_certificate_pkcs12_directory	This is a setup variable in v2. It is optional and may not have a value if you manually prepare keystores by yourself.
KEYSTORE_KEY	zowe.certificate.pem.key	ZWE_zowe_certificate_pem_key
KEYSTORE_PASSWORD	zowe.certificate.keystore.password and zowe.certificate.truststore.password	ZWE_zowe_certificate_keystore_password and ZWE_zowe_certificate_truststore_password
KEYSTORE_TYPE	zowe.certificate.keystore.type and zowe.certificate.truststore.type	ZWE_zowe_certificate_keystore_type and ZWE_zowe_certificate_truststore_type
KEYSTORE	zowe.certificate.keystore.file	ZWE_zowe_certificate_keystore_file
LAUNCH_COMPONENT_GROUPS	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	Zowe v2 doesn't group several components together. It us suggested that you enable or disable component individually.
MVS_EXPLORER_UI_PORT	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	In v2, explorer-mvs reuses web server provided by App Server. It will not start independent web server.
PKCS11_TOKEN_LABEL	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
PKCS11_TOKEN_NAME	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
ROOT_DIR	zowe.runtimeDirectory	ZWE_zowe_runtimeDirectory
SKIP_NODE	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
STATIC_DEF_CONFIG_DIR	-	ZWE_STATIC_DEFINITIONS_DIR	Value is always ${ZWE_zowe_workspaceDirectory}/api-mediation/api-defs.
TRUSTSTORE	zowe.certificate.truststore.file	ZWE_zowe_certificate_truststore_file
USS_EXPLORER_UI_PORT	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	In v2, explorer-uss reuses web server provided by App Server. It does not start independent web server.
ZOSMF_HOST	zOSMF.host	ZOSMF_HOST
ZOSMF_PORT	zOSMF.port	ZOSMF_PORT
ZOWE_APIM_NONSTRICT_VERIFY_CERTIFICATES	zowe.verifyCertificates	ZWE_zowe_verifyCertificates	zowe.verifyCertificates has 3 options: STRICT, NONSTRICT, and DISABLED.
ZOWE_APIM_VERIFY_CERTIFICATES	zowe.verifyCertificates	ZWE_zowe_verifyCertificates	zowe.verifyCertificates has 3 options: STRICT, NONSTRICT, and DISABLED.
ZOWE_EXPLORER_FRAME_ANCESTORS	Removed in v2	Removed in v2
ZOWE_EXPLORER_HOST	zowe.externalDomains or haInstances.<ha-instance>.hostname	ZWE_zowe_externalDomains, ZWE_zowe_externalDomains_0, ZWE_haInstance_hostname or ZWE_haInstances_<ha-instance>_hostname	Zowe v2 separates external domain name from internal host name. Choose the appropriate variable by northbound or southbound facing.
ZOWE_INSTANCE	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	Use ZWE_zowe_job_prefix or ZWE_zowe_job_name instead.
ZOWE_IP_ADDRESS	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	If you don't have a hostname but use IP to access Zowe, you can put IP into zowe.externalDomains
ZOWE_PREFIX	zowe.job.prefix	ZWE_zowe_job_prefix	The meaning of this variable is changed in v2. In v1, this combines with ZOWE_INSTANCE as the job prefix. In v2, ZOWE_INSTANCE is removed and this affects only the address space names under Zowe job. V2 variable ZWE_zowe_job_name defines the full job name for Zowe.
ZOWE_ZLUX_SECURITY_TYPE	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZLUX_SERVER_HTTPS_PORT	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZLUX_SSH_PORT	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZLUX_TELNET_PORT	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZSS_SERVER_PORT	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZSS_SERVER_TLS	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZOWE_ZSS_XMEM_SERVER_NAME	-	-	(Coming soon)
ZWE_CACHING_EVICTION_STRATEGY	components.caching-service.storage.evictionStrategy	ZWE_components_caching_service_storage_evictionStrategy
ZWE_CACHING_SERVICE_PERSISTENT	components.caching-service.storage.mode	ZWE_components_caching_service_storage_mode
ZWE_CACHING_SERVICE_PORT	components.caching-service.port	ZWE_components_caching_service_port
ZWE_CACHING_SERVICE_VSAM_DATASET	components.caching-service.storage.vsam.name	ZWE_components_caching_service_storage_vsam_name
ZWE_CACHING_STORAGE_SIZE	components.caching-service.storage.size	ZWE_components_caching_service_storage_size
ZWE_DISCOVERY_SERVICES_LIST	-	ZWE_DISCOVERY_SERVICES_LIST
ZWE_DISCOVERY_SERVICES_REPLICAS	components.discovery.replicas	ZWE_components_discovery_replicas	This is only available for Zowe Kubernetes deployment.
ZWE_EXTENSION_DIR	zowe.extensionDirectory	ZWE_zowe_extensionDirectory
ZWE_EXTERNAL_HOSTS	zowe.externalDomains	ZWE_zowe_externalDomains
ZWE_EXTERNAL_PORT	zowe.externalPort	ZWE_zowe_externalPort
ZWE_LAUNCH_COMPONENTS	Combined information of components.<component>.enabled with value of true	ZWE_ENABLED_COMPONENTS or ZWE_LAUNCH_COMPONENTS	Depends on the purpose, in v2, ZWE_ENABLED_COMPONENTS are list of components with enabled status true. ZWE_LAUNCH_COMPONENTS in v2 is a subset of ZWE_ENABLED_COMPONENTS which components also have commands.start lifecycle script.
ZWE_LOG_LEVEL_ZWELS	zowe.launchScript.logLevel	ZWE_zowe_launchScript_logLevel
ZWEAD_EXTERNAL_STATIC_DEF_DIRECTORIES	Removed in v2	Removed in v2	Use ZWE_STATIC_DEFINITIONS_DIR instead.
ZWES_ZIS_LOADLIB	zowe.setup.dataset.authLoadlib	ZWE_zowe_setup_dataset_authLoadlib
ZWES_ZIS_PARMLIB_MEMBER	-	-
ZWES_ZIS_PARMLIB	zowe.setup.dataset.parmlib	ZWE_zowe_setup_dataset_parmlib
ZWES_ZIS_PLUGINLIB	zowe.setup.dataset.authPluginLib	ZWE_zowe_setup_dataset_authPluginLib

Packaging one component deliverable for both Zowe v1 and v2

It is recommended that you create a dedicated package of extensions for Zowe v2, which is the most straight-forward way to address all of the breaking changes introduced in v2. We understand that this method presents the challenge of maintaining two sets of packages. If you prefer not to maintain two sets of packages, it's still possible to maintain one version of an extension which works for both Zowe v1 and v2. However, the lifecycle code will be complicated and in this case, comprehensive testing should be performed.

caution

The Zowe v2 App Framework desktop is upgraded from Angular version 6 to angular version 12 for support and security - websites have a "1 version of a library" limitation. This means that plug-ins dependent upon Angular must be coded for either v6 or v12 [not both] thus the single version approach is not applicable.

If the lifecycle scripts are the main concern, the following steps outline requirements and recommendations for the single version approach:

• Packaging manifest.yaml is required. This is a hard requirement for Zowe v2. If you define lifecycle scripts with default names, for example, use bin/start.sh as commands.start, it should work for v1.
• Revisit all environment variables used in the lifecycle scripts and apply fallback variables. For example, if you use $ROOT_DIR in Zowe v1, this should be changed to ${ZWE_zowe_runtimeDirectory:-${ROOT_DIR}} to make it compatible with both versions. Other variables like $EXPLORER_HOST should be changed to ${ZWE_haInstance_hostname:-${EXPLORER_HOST}} or ${ZWE_externalDomains_0:-${EXPLORER_HOST}} based on purpose.
• In Zowe v2, we recommend you to define extension configurations in the manifest.yaml configs section and use ${ZWE_configs_*} variables to access them. This feature does not exist in Zowe v1. So if you use ${ZWE_configs_*} variables, it should fall back to the matching environment variable used in v1.
• In Zowe v2, we recommend you to define a commands.install lifecycle script to handle extension installation. This lifecycle script will be executed by zwe components install. In v1, this also exists if you use the zowe-install-components.sh utility to install a Zowe extension. So if you want one extension package to work for both Zowe v1 and v2, this install lifecycle script should also be compatible with both v1 and v2.
• A new v2 variable ${ZWE_VERSION} may help you determine the Zowe version number. This variable does not exist in Zowe v1. By knowing the Zowe version, the lifecycle scripts can implement logic to source v1 or v2 dedicated scripts to avoid handling fallbacks in the same script. This could help avoid complicated compatibility version checks, and it could be easier in the future if you decide to drop Zowe v1.