Configuring the Caching Service for HA

Zowe uses the Caching Service to centralize the state data persistent in high availability (HA) mode. If you are runnning the caching service on z/OS there are three storage methods: inMemory, infinispan or VSAM. If you are running the caching service off platform, such as a linux or windows container image, it is also possible to specify redis or infinispan.

To learn more about Caching Service, see Using the Caching Service.

For users

• inMemory

  This storage method is designed for quick start of the service and should be used only for single instance scenario and development or test purpose. Do not use it in production or high availability scenario.

  To use this method, set the zowe.components.caching-service.storage.mode value to inMemory in the zowe.yaml configuration file. When this method is enabled, the Caching Service will not persist any data.

  zowe  components:    caching-service:      enabled: true      port: 7555        storage:          evictionStrategy: reject          mode: imMemory          size: 10000

• VSAM

  To use this method,

  1. Set the value of zowe.components.caching-service.storage.mode value to VSAM in the zowe.yaml configuration file.

  2. Create a VSAM data set. See Initialize VSAM data set for instructions. There are two ways to create the data set, either using the JCL member SZWESAMP(ZWECVSEM) where the data set name is defined in the #dsname variable.

  3. In zowe.yaml, configure zowe.components.caching-sevice.storage.vsam.name with the VSAM data set name. If in step 2 you used zwe init vsam to create the VSAM data set then the values will already be set.

     zowe  components:    caching-service:    enabled: true      port: 7555        storage:          size: 10000          evictionStrategy: reject          mode: VSAM          vsam:            name: IBMUSER.ZWE.CUST.APICACHE

• redis

  Redis is not available if you are running the API Mediation Layer on z/OS under unix system services. Its usage is for when the APIML is running off platform, such as in a linux or windows container as part of a hybrid cloud deployment.

  To enable this method, set the value of zowe.components.caching-service.storage.mode to redis in the zowe.yaml configuration file. There are a number of values to control the redis nodes, sentinel and ssl properties that will need to be set in the zowe.yaml file. For more information on these properties and their values see Redis configuration.

  zowe:  components:    caching-service:    enabled: true      port: 7555        storage:          size: 10000          evictionStrategy: reject          mode: redis          redis:            masterNodeUri:             timeout: 60          sentinel:            masterInstance            nodes          ssl:            enabled: true            keystore:            keystorePassword:            trustStore:            trustStorePassword

• infinispan

  Infinispan is designed to be run mainly on z/OS since it offers good performance. To enable this method, set the value of zowe.components.caching-service.storage.mode to infinispan in the zowe.yaml configuration file. Infinispan environment variables are not currently following the v2 naming convention, so they must be defined into zowe.environments section. For more information on these properties and their values see Infinispan configuration.

```zowe  environments:        JGROUPS_BIND_PORT:        JGROUPS_BIND_ADDRESS:        CACHING_STORAGE_INFINISPAN_INITIALHOSTS:        CACHING_STORAGE_INFINISPAN_PERSISTENCE_DATALOCATION:```