Checking that IBM z/OS Connect EE is correctly set up

How you check that IBM® z/OS® Connect EE is correctly set up.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have carried out the procedure detailed in Enabling IBM z/OS Connect EE and the MQ Service Provider

About this task

IBM z/OS Connect EE provides a RESTful API that can be used to query the services that are installed and perform administrative actions such as stopping and starting them.

Procedure

Issue an HTTP GET against IBM z/OS Connect EE to query the list of currently installed services.
You do this with a web browser by entering a URL of the form
```
https://HOST_NAME:HTTPS_PORT/zosConnect/services
```
where HOST_NAME and HTTPS_PORT are the values you entered in step 1 of Installing IBM z/OS Connect EE.
For example,
```
https://yourdomainname:12342/zosConnect/services
```
Enter the user ID and password when prompted by the browser.
These are the values you entered in the user element in step 3 of Enabling IBM z/OS Connect EE and the MQ Service Provider.

Results

This results in the following JSON response, indicating that z/OS Connect is running, but has not got any services installed. Note, that if an existing IBM z/OS Connect EE server was used, which had services installed, then those services would be displayed.


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{ 
   "zosConnectServices":[    ]
}
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What to do next

Set up a simple one way IBM MQ service on z/OS Connect EE.