Set CONTAINER variables for Zowe

Products

• Brightside

Issue/Introduction

Some CONTAINER variables are displayed in the sysout ZOWE log.

ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_COMPONENT_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY=/component
ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY=/home/zowe/runtime
ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY=/home/zowe/instance/workspace
ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_LOG_DIRECTORY=/home/zowe/instance/logs
ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_HOME_DIRECTORY=/home/zowe
ZWE_PRIVATE_CONTAINER_KEYSTORE_DIRECTORY=/home/zowe/keystore

Where and why these variables are setting ?

Environment

Brighside
Zowe

Resolution

These variables are sourced from the YAML file and are used for configuring the ZOWE runtime environment. 
Please refer to the zowe example.yaml file (Available from <instance-dir>/bin/example-zowe.yaml) and attempt to configure it before executing any ZWE commands.

Other parms also need to be configured in YAML are 

• host names
• zosmf details
• certificate details
• MVS datasets
• system ports
• java and node home 

Additional Information

See "Creating the zowe.yaml file"