
Setting up a Liberty server for use with z/OS Connect
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Setting up z/OS Connect
The z/OS® Connect feature runs in a WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS Liberty environment and is installed from the Liberty Repository.Defining z/OS Connect services
z/OS® Connect service definitions provide the mechanism for reaching z/OS application assets using REST calls. To enable z/OS Connect services, you must add a z/OS Connect service definition to the Liberty server.xml file with the element name zosConnectService along with a name and service provider reference element name.Setting up the z/OS Connect REST client service
The z/OS Connect REST Client support enables z/OS Connect users to route requests to remote REST applications through z/OS Connect; therefore, taking advantage of the existing interceptor infrastructure.Defining z/OS Connect interceptors
z/OS® Connect provides a framework that enables interceptors, or methods, to work with operations such as service invoke, status, start, or stop. Interceptors are OSGi services that implement the com.ibm.wsspi.zos.connect.Interceptor Service Provider Interface (SPI) that is provided by z/OS Connect.Setting up the z/OS Connect file system logger interceptor
The file system logger interceptor enables z/OS Connect users to log request information in a file system file.Defining z/OS Connect message payload transformations
IBM® z/OS® Connect provides the ability to optionally transform request and response payloads that are used for calling a business asset on z/OS operating systems. You can create message payload transformers can be created to satisfy specific needs by implementing the com.ibm.wsspi.zos.connect.DataXform Service Provider Interface (SPI), which is included with z/OS Connect.Auditing and tracking with z/OS Connect
Audit and track requests with z/OS® Connect, which includes an interceptor that records data to the z/OS SMF data store.z/OS Connect high availability
Configuring security for z/OS Connect
The z/OS connect application can be accessed by authenticated users that are also authorized under the zosConnectAccess role. You can configure group authorization at the service definition level. Group authorization is supported for SAF and LDAP group types.
Parent topic: Setting up Liberty

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