Build service archives and API archives for DevOps

In a DevOps environment, service projects and API projects that are created in the API toolkit are treated as source files and must be stored in a source control management (SCM) system. When the source files are updated, a script or an automated process is triggered to build the service archives and API archives from the source files in the SCM by using the build toolkit zconbt command.

About this task

Deploying services and APIs directly from the API toolkit allows you to develop and test in the development environment. However, you need a way to get the services and APIs promoted to production. You can automate the building, deployment, and promotion of services and APIs to production by using the build toolkit. The build toolkit understands the format of the service projects and API projects, and it can build the source project into the service archive or API archive that is required by the IBM® z/OS® Connect server.

For more information about a general enterprise DevOps workflow and sample DevOps technologies for building the archives and deploying the services and APIs, see DevOps with IBM z/OS Connect.

The following getting started tasks show you how to use the build toolkit zconbt command to build service archives and API archives so you can implement your DevOps solution.