Zowe Explorer System Requirements

Before installing Zowe Explorer, make sure that you meet the following requirements.

Client side requirements

Operating systems

• MacOS 10.15 (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey)
• Unix-like:
  • CentOS 8+
  • RHEL 8+
  • Ubuntu 20.04+
• Windows 10+

Integrated development environments:

• VS Code 1.53.2+

• Eclipse Che

• Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces

• Theia 1.18+

  • Zowe Explorer is compatible with Theia 1.18.0 or higher. However, we recommend using a Theia community release as Zowe Explorer could experience possible unexpected behaviors with the latest Theia releases.

Server side requirements

• IBM z/OSMF is configured and running.

  • Minimally, an instance of IBM z/OSMF must be running on the mainframe before you can run Zowe Explorer successfully.
  • z/OSMF enables the core capabilities, such as retrieving data sets, executing TSO commands, submitting jobs, and more.

• Applicable plug-in services are configured and running on the mainframe.

  • Plug-ins communicate with various mainframe services. The services must be configured and running on the mainframe before issuing plug-in commands.
    • See Zowe Explorer CICS Extension system requirements.
    • See Zowe Explorer FTP Extension system requirements.