Limiting started Zowe services to API Mediation Layer

As a Zowe user, you can start API Mediation Layer independently of other Zowe components. By default, the Gateway, Zowe System Services, and Virtual Desktop start when Zowe runs. To limit consumed resources when the Virtual Desktop or Zowe System Services are not required, it is possible to specify which components start in the context of Zowe. No change is required during the installation process to support this setup.

Once Zowe is installed, use this procedure to limit which components start.

note

Zowe System Services are required for some of functionalities of API Mediation Layer such as Client Certificates or OIDC.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the file zowe.yaml.
2. Find or add the property components.*.enabled and set this property to false for all components that should not be started.
3. Restart Zowe.