System requirements

Before you install and configure Db2 DevOps Experience, make sure that your environment meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

System requirements

  • A DASD footprint of approximately 2GB
  • Physical memory heap of 1GB.
  • z/OS version 2.2 with PTF UI46658 or above
  • IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) version 2.2 or above
    • All Zowe and Db2 DevOps Experience users must be members of either the z/OSMF user or administrator security group. For more information about z/OSMF security configuration, see the IBM Knowledge Center.
    • For z/OS version 2.2 only, the z/OSMF parameter CSRF_SWITCH=OFF must be set in your IZUPRMxx PARMLIB member. For more information about displaying and modifying your z/OSMF server settings, see the IBM Knowledge Center.
  • IBM Db2 for z/OS version 11 or above. Participating Db2 databases must have the T4 Dataserver Driver bound, and DSNTEP2 bound as Plan Name “DSNTEP2." The Db2 instance must contain the Db2-supplied ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2 stored procedure.
  • IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) or Top Secret
  • Zowe version 1.5.x or above. If using Top Secret, you must install Zowe 1.7.1. For installation instructions, see the Zowe documentation.
  • The following open source tools on z/OS. You can download them from the Rocket Software Community web site with a Rocket Software Community account:
    • Git for z/OS version 2.14.4_b08.181016 or above, Gzip version 6.0 or above, and Bash version 4.3 or above. For more information and to download open source z/OS tools, see the Rocket Open Source Tools web site.
    • Perl version 5.24. For more information and to download Perl, see the Rocket Perl for z/OS web site.
    • Optional: OpenSSL for z/OS. Only required if you are using a self-signed certificate for z/OSMF. For more information and to download open source z/OS tools, see the Rocket Open Source Tools web site.
  • IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java Technology Edition Version 8.0. For information, see the IBM Java SDK downloads web site.
  • IBM SDK for Node.js - z/OS, version 6.14.4.0 and above. For information, see the IBM SDK for Node.js web site.
  • Curl, version 7.x or higher. To download, see the curl archive web site.
  • findutils 4.4.2. For information, see the Findutils web site.
  • Optional: Swagger. After you install Db2 DevOps Experience, the API documentation is available in OpenAPI format in the following file:
    <unpax_filepath>/doeserver/var/opt/doc/swagger.json

    Swagger is an open source specification for defining REST APIs. A Swagger document is the REST API equivalent of a WSDL document for a SOAP-based web service. You can use Swagger tools to visualize and test the API, and generate a Software Development Kit (SDK) in different code languages. To see an example of a Swagger document, see Swagger petstore. You can also download and install Swagger as a Node.js application on z/OS. For information about installing Swagger UI, see Installing Swagger UI on z/OS