z/OS Connect Wildfire Workshop – Columbus – June 13 – 14, 2023

IBM will host an in-person z/OS Connect Introduction Wildfire Workshop on June 13, 2023.

This event will be both presentation and hands-on labs.
Please bring your own laptop/personal computer

Introduction:

Cloud and mobile applications have reshaped the way enterprises and systems interact. The dominate standard for new application development for these new environments use RESTful APIs for sending and receiving JSON formatted messages to backend services. IBM z/OS Connect (OpenAPI 2 and OpenAPI 3) provides a framework that enables the use of RESTful APIs and JSON messages for accessing z/OS based applications, services and data when developing new cloud and mobile applications for the enterprise integrating z/OS into the Cloud infrastructure.

This workshop provides an overview of RESTful APIs and instructions on how to develop RESTful APIs using z/OS Connect to access z/OS resources.   Details of the development process for each type of z/OS resource will be covered in a morning and early afternoon session on the first day. In the afternoon of the first day and optionally on the second day, attendees will be given the opportunity to perform exercises using z/OS Connect tooling to develop RESTful APIs for accessing z/OS resources. The exercises are a series of hands-on exercises that go through a step-by-step process that provides the detail and explanation of the steps required to access applications and resources in CICS, IBM MQ, IBM Db2 and IMS TM. Additional exercises are provided that describes the process for enabling access from a COBOL application executing on z/OS for accessing APIs on other platforms from MVS Batch, CICS and IMS TM.

Remote access to a remote workstation with all the development tooling already installed and configured and a dedicated z/OS system will be provided to each attendee so the exercises can be performed from on the attendee’s own device during the workshop, and for a limited time after the onsite portion of the workshop. No software is required to be installed on an attendee’s device. A limited number of workstations will be provided for those unable to bring their own devices to the event. IBM proctors will be available to provide guidance and assistance on both days to help attendees get started with performing the exercises. The exercises are intended to be self-paced.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this workshop, an attendee should have the basis for:

• Developing new APIs using z/OS Connect tooling that can be consumed by the new cloud and mobile applications for accessing z/OS resources.
• Understanding connectivity options between z/OS Connect servers and z/OS backend systems like CICS, IMS DC, IBM MQ and IBM Db2.
• Developing new or updating existing COBOL application to access remote APIs using the API requester features of z/OS Connect.

Audience:
This workshop is designed for developers, administrators, and enterprise architects.

Day 1 Agenda:

8:30: Light Breakfast

9:00: Welcome and Introductions

9:15: Presentation – IBM z/OS Connect Introduction

11:00: Lab Exercise Time

12:00: Lunch

1:00: Presentation – Introduction to z/OS Connect Security

1:30: Lab Exercise Time

Optional Day 2 Agenda (ends at 11:30):

8:30: Light Breakfast

9:00: Lab Exercise Time

11:30: End of Workshop

For any questions or additional information, please contact Brian Birdsong at [email protected].