IBM z/OS Connect

Create truly RESTful APIs to and from your IBM Z mainframe
isometric illustration showing enterprise-wide API integration to access your z/OS applications and data stored in hybrid cloud

IBM z/OS® Connect is software that is used to design and run OpenAPI conformant APIs to interact with z/OS applications and data.

IBM z/OS Connect provides a simple, intuitive way to bring the power of APIs to your mainframe. You can create consumable OpenAPI 3.0 interfaces in minutes to unlock the value of your IBM Z® subsystems with truly RESTful APIs. Make IBM Z central to your hybrid cloud strategy by enhancing mainframe applications and data with the power of cloud-native functions.

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Benefits
Monitoring

Use a single, consistent approach to monitoring and auditing for all your z/OS APIs no matter where you choose to run.

Security

Implement secure enterprise-grade APIs that can handle the large volumes of API requests per day associated with core business services.

Scalability

Use flexibility to scale according to real-time demand without the need to change configuration or risk of outage.

zIIP-offloadable

As a Java-based product, over 99% of the product is eligible to be offloaded to zIIP.

Image availability

Use Red Hat® OpenShift® Dev Spaces, including Red Hat OpenShift Wazi Dev Space or make the z/OS Connect Designer image available in your image registries for self-service use with an OCI-compliant container run time. 

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z/OS Connect SI license (5655-CE3)

z/OS Connect Unlimited license (5655-CE5)

Supports OpenAPI 2

Supports OpenAPI 3

z/OS native deployment

Containerized deployment

Eclipse-based API development (for OpenAPI 2)

Web-based Designer API development (for OpenAPI 3)

Deploy Designer-created API projects

Pricing

Number of simultaneous instances

MSU-based reference pricing

Features
Drive rapid transformation

Accelerate innovation on IBM Z

  • Enable external applications to call into IBM z/OS applications and data
  • Call APIs from IBM z/OS apps 
  • Choose the deployment option that best fits your hybrid strategy, whether this is close to the data on z/OS or on the cloud

Increase agility

Create OpenAPI 3-defined APIs in minutes

  • Confidence that APIs being built meet company and industry standards
  • Rich functional mapping provides control over responses to the user

Simplify operations

Decentralized ownership of API integrations

  • Isolated API flows are deployed separately
  • API flows can be scaled independently
  • Automation that uses OCI containers and industry-standard platforms such as Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift

Standardize

Common cloud development experience across an enterprise

  • A consistent way to monitor, control and audit APIs on the platform
  • Secure APIs with modern OpenAPI based security schemes
  • Integrate seamlessly with your existing CI/CD pipelines
Technical details

Hardware requirements

IBM z/OS Connect runs on any hardware that supports the chosen operating system.

 

Software requirements

z/OS Connect server image: An OCI-compliant container platform of your choice, for example, Red Hat OpenShift V4.9 or later.

z/OS Connect native server:

  • z/OS V2.4 or later.
  • IBM z/OS Connect V3.0.55 or later.
  • IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS V8.
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