Common Europe Congress 2023

In this presentation Kerim will show how to correctly set up the IFS including Bash, SSH, and more to fully utilize PASE for i and its access to amazing software.

The overall goal will be to acquire a confident familiarity with PASE and improve one’s productivity when working with it. Topics will include:

How to
- set up PASE
- *correctly* set up SSH
- set up and customize our shell
- using yum and open source technologies such as Node.js, Python, and Bash

PASE for i provides an integrated runtime environment that allows you to run portable software including many open source tools, such as Node.js, Python, and Bash. Unfortunately, setting up PASE and one's shell can be a tricky and daunting task, often causing developers to stick with 'QSH' or 'QP2TERM' whenever they intend to access the IFS.

On top of that, the AIX subsystem is a familiar concept for many developers outside of the IBM i world due its similarities to Linux and macOS and as such can be used to lower the barrier to entry for new IBM i developers.