## zowe › endevor › create › package

The create package command lets you create a package in Endevor.

#### Usage

zowe endevor create package [package] [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `package` (string)

  - Name of the Endevor package.

#### input sources options

- `--from-file` | `--ff` (string)

  - Use this input to provide source file.

- `--from-dataset` | `--fd` (string)

  - Use this input to provide source data set name.

- `--from-member` | `--fm` (string)

  - Use this input to provide source member name in the data set.

- `--from-package` | `--fp` (string)

  - Directs the Create/Update action to copy the SCL from the package you specify into the package you are creating or updating.

- `--from-text` | `--ft` (string)

  - Provides a string to use as input SCL.

#### options

- `--description` | `-d` (string)

  - Allows you to associate a 50-character description when creating or updating package.

- `--from-date-time` | `--fdt` (string)

  - Specify the beginning of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

- `--to-date-time` | `--tdt` (string)

  - Specify the end of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

- `--backout` (boolean)

  - Set this option to false (or specify --no-backout) if you don't want to have the backout facility available for this package. By default backout is enabled.

    Default value: true

- `--notes` | `-n` (string)

  - Notes for package.

- `--notes-from-file` | `--nff` (string)

  - Local file of notes for package.

- `--emergency-package` | `--ep` (boolean)

  - Specify if the package should be an emergency package. When not specified, the package is a standard package.

- `--sharable` | `--sh` (boolean)

  - Specify this option if the package can be edited by more than one person when in In-edit status.

- `--promotion` | `--pr` (boolean)

  - Specify this option to define the package as a promotion package.

- `--validate-scl` | `--vs` (boolean)

  - Set this option to false (or specify --no-validate-scl) to skip validion of the package components while creating a package. By default the SCL is validated

    Default value: true

#### endevor-location definition options

- `--maxrc` (number)

  - The maximum value of the return code of a successful action. When the return code is greater than the maxrc value, the command fails

    Default value: 8

- `--instance` | `-i` (string)

  - Specifies Endevor Web Services dataSource name.

#### endevor session definition options

- `--host` | `--hostname` (string)

  - Specifies the base host name.

- `--port` | `-p` (string)

  - Specifies the port number.

- `--protocol` | `--prot` (string)

  - Specifies the protocol used for connecting to Endevor Rest API

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

- `--user` | `--username` (string)

  - Specifies the user name.

- `--password` | `--pass` (string)

  - Specifies the user's password.

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Specify this option to have the server certificate verified against the list of supplied CAs

- `--base-path` | `--bp` (string)

  - Specifies the base path used for connecting to Endevor Rest API

#### output customization options

- `--suppress-messages` | `--sm` (boolean)

  - Suppress all [INFO]/[WARN] messages from terminal output.

- `--report-file` | `--file-name` (string)

  - File name for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally.

- `--report-dir` (string)

  - Directory for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally, if --report-file wasn't specified. Defaults to current directory.

- `--write-report` (boolean)

  - Write the endevor reports to a file. By default, when return code is 0, no report will be written, unless this option is specified. When return code is bigger than 0, reports will be written to a file, unless this option is specifed to be false

#### Profile Options

- `--endevor-profile` | `--endevor-p` (string)

  - The name of a (endevor) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--endevor-location-profile` | `--endevor-location-p` (string)

  - The name of a (endevor-location) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

    Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Examples

- Create package from local file with endevor profile set up:

  - `zowe endevor create package packageName -d "package description" --ff localfile.txt -i ENDEVOR`