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Getting started with IBM Wazi as a Service

In this tutorial, you can learn how to develop and test your applications with your virtual server instance by using IBM's development tools portfolio.

You can learn how to use tools such as VS Code and Eclipse, understand Cloud concepts and tools and how they add value to z/OS DevOps.

You can also learn new technologies such as Ansible for automation, DBB and Groovy for build, GitLab and Tekton for serverless pipelines.

The tutorial contains the following topics:

  • Checklist for the prerequisites
  • How to configure access to the available services in the VSI
  • How to develop and test with IBM Wazi for VS Code
  • How to develop and test with IBM Wazi for Eclipse or IBM Developer for z/OS
  • How to deploy and use IBM Wazi for Dev Spaces from a Red Hat OpenShift cluster in IBM Cloud VPC

To use the tools, such as IBM Z Open Editor, Open Debug, or IBM Wazi for Dev Spaces, IBM Wazi for Eclipse, you need to agree to different license agreements or make a purchase before you install.

Intended audience

This tutorial is for developers who want to develop and test their z/OS applications from a cloud environment.

This tutorial distinguishes the following types of user roles:

  • Cloud admin
  • System admin
  • System programmer
  • z/OS App developer

The different tasks that are described here are associated to one of these user roles. A user can have one or multiple roles.