The Host Connections view is the single place to manage all your system connections and login credentials. You can import or load shared connection definitions from an external file, and export definitions to a file.
To open the Host Connections view, click Window > Manage Connections from the workbench menu bar. The following example screen capture shows the Host Connections view in the z/OS® Explorer. In this example, no plug-ins are installed and so only the default connection types are shown: z/OS FTP and z/OSMF. The connection types that you see depend on the plug-ins that are installed in the z/OS Explorer.
Each connection that you define can be associated with a credential. The credential is indicated in parentheses after the connection name.
In the example, two credentials are defined and each credential is associated with one of the connections.
- The Expand All icon is used to expand the trees in the view and show all the connections.
- The Collapse All icon is used to collapse the trees in the view and show only the connection categories.
- The Create Connection icon is used to create a connection.
- The Show Links icon is used to show connections that are loaded from an external connections file.
- The Load Connections icon is used to load or import connections from an external connections file.
- The Export Connections icon is used to export connections from an external connections file.
For more information about working with connections, see the related links.