zowe › config › init🖨️

Initialize config files. Defaults to initializing "zowe.config.json" in the current working directory unless otherwise specified.

Use "--user-config" to init "zowe.config.user.json". Use "--global-config" to initialize the configuration files in your home "~/.zowe" directory.

Use "--no-prompt" to skip prompting for values in a CI environment.

Usage

zowe config init [options]

Options

• --global-config | --gc (boolean)

  • Target the global config files.

    Default value: false

• --user-config | --uc (boolean)

  • Target the user config files.

    Default value: false

• --prompt (boolean)

  • Prompt for missing values in the base profile. Useful for disabling prompting in CI environments.

    Default value: true

• --overwrite | --ow (boolean)

  • Replace existing config files instead of merging the new changes.

• --for-sure | --fs (boolean)

  • Confirms the overwrite option.

    Default value: false

• --dry-run | --dr | --dry (boolean)

  • Display the outcome of the initialization without saving it.

• --edit | -e (boolean)

  • Open in editor after initializing the configuration.

• --editor | --ed (string)

  • Editor that overrides the default editor for this file type. Set the option to the editor's executable file location or the program's name: ie "--editor notepad".

Examples

• Initialize configuration files in your home "~/.zowe" directory:

  • zowe config init --global-config Copy

• Do a dry run of initializing configuration files in your home "~/.zowe" directory:

  • zowe config init --global-config --dry-run Copy

• Initialize the user config files:

  • zowe config init --user-config Copy

• Initialize the user config files and do not prompt for secure values:

  • zowe config init --user-config --prompt false Copy

• Do a dry run of initializing the user config files and do not prompt for secure values:

  • zowe config init --user-config --prompt false --dry-run Copy

• Overwrite any existing global config files:

  • zowe config init --global-config --overwrite --for-sure Copy

• Overwrite any existing user config files:

  • zowe config init --user-config --overwrite --for-sure Copy