Getting started checklist

IBM z/OS Connect (OpenAPI 3) getting started checklist for.

z/OS Connect Designer getting started checklist

z/OS Connect Designer
Download the z/OS Connect Designer image
Verify a z/OS Connect Designer image signature
Preparing a z/OS Connect Designer workspace
Starting and stopping z/OS Connect Designer
Importing an OpenAPI 3 document in the z/OS Connect Designer
Creating and using z/OS Assets
Defining responses
Mapping your API and z/OS Assets
Testing an API with z/OS Connect Designer
Checking your z/OS Connect API project into source control

Developing API-First getting started checklist

Note: From z/OS Connect v3.0.69 API-First generates the API provider project, war file, and copybooks that are required to implement a CICS COBOL application.
API provider
Generating the artifacts for an API provider
Developing z/OS applications to implement an API
Configuring connections to subsystems
Checking your API WAR file into source control

z/OS Connect server getting started checklist

z/OS Connect server
Download z/OS Connect server image
Verify a z/OS Connect server image signature
Build IBM z/OS Connect API image
Authorizing users for z/OS Connect by using role-based access control (RBAC)
Online installation Installing the IBM Operator Catalog in Red Hat OpenShift

Or Offline (air gapped) installation Installing the z/OS Connect Catalog in Red Hat OpenShift with bastion host
Installing the z/OS Connect Operator
Configuring an image pull secret in the Container Platform
Optional: Configuring environment variables
Optional: Configuring Transport Layer Security (TLS) in a Container Platform
Creating a ZosConnect Custom Resource (CR) instance
Invoking z/OS Connect APIs