A programme on exposing and consuming services from CICS applications. It covers CICS as a service provider and requester, pipelines, URIMAPs, SOAP and JSON/REST support, channels and containers, security and troubleshooting. Learners turn existing COBOL transactions into web services, a core part of mainframe modernization.
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Explain CICS web-services architecture and the provider and requester roles
Configure pipelines, URIMAPs and web-service definitions
Expose COBOL programs as SOAP and JSON/REST services
Call external services from CICS applications
Use channels and containers for data exchange
Secure services with TLS and CICS security
Test, monitor and troubleshoot services
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- CICS programming experience (COBOL, EXEC CICS commands)
- Basic understanding of web services, XML and JSON
- Familiarity with HTTP and REST concepts is helpful
- Suited to CICS developers and integration engineers
LAB ACCESS (provided by Ez-Learn)
- Dedicated z/OS lab environment with personal user ID; access details issued at course start
- Guided hands-on exercises mapped to every module
STUDY MATERIAL (Ez-Learn LMS with Lifetime Access)
- Course slides, lab guides
- Practice exercises
- Reference notes
- Assessments for every Module
- Interview Preparation Questions
- Sample resumes (On Request)
- Mock Interviews (On Request)