IBM Z® Open Debug

IBM Z Open Debug is an extension for Visual Studio Code that provides interactive debugging support for debugging z/OS COBOL and PL/I applications in VS Code, in conjunction with IBM z/OS Debugger.

Table of contents

• Prerequisites
• Configuring host connection
• License

Prerequisites

Review the IBM Z Open Debug License Agreement, and terms and conditions for separately licensed code.

Configuring host connection

IBM Z Open Debug Profiles view extension utilizes VS Code Settings properties, which can be added to VS Code workspace or user settings, to configure the connection to a remote z/OS host. You can configure these settings by editing the settings.json file for your workspace or in the VS Code Settings page under Extensions > IBM Z Open Debug.

IBM Z Open Debug provides two launch.json configuration types for working with z/OS Debugger sessions on a remote z/OS host.

• Attach, to list parked z/OS Debugger debug sessions on a z/OS host.
• Launch, to connect to a parked z/OS Debugger debug session on a z/OS host.

LICENSE

SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txt