diff --git a/docs/user-guide/cli-configuringcli-ev.md b/docs/user-guide/cli-configuringcli-ev.md index d221ba1f4c..f9a627604d 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide/cli-configuringcli-ev.md +++ b/docs/user-guide/cli-configuringcli-ev.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Configuring Zowe CLI environment variables -This section explains how to configure Zowe CLI using environment variables. +Configure Zowe CLI using environment variables to define directories, log levels, daemon mode properties, and more. :::info Required roles: Security administrator, DevOps architect ::: @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ For information on how to define Zowe CLI environment variables to execute comma ::: -## Setting the CLI home directory +## Setting the Zowe CLI home directory You can set the location on your computer where Zowe CLI creates the `.zowe` directory, which contains log files, profiles, and plug-ins for the product. @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ You can set the location on your computer where Zowe CLI creates the `.zowe` dir ## Setting a shared plug-in directory -You can set the location of a shared directory to manage plug-ins for multiple users. +You can set the location of a shared directory to manage Zowe CLI plug-ins for multiple users. -A project administrator can pre-install, and update, a plug-in stored in the shared directory to make the same version of that plug-in available to all users. This avoids managing separate copies of a plug-in across a development team. +A project administrator can pre-install, and update, a Zowe CLI plug-in stored in the shared directory to make the same version of that plug-in available to all users. This avoids managing separate copies of a plug-in across a development team. The plug-in directory must be defined before any Zowe CLI plug-ins are installed. @@ -64,3 +64,13 @@ To change the location that the daemon uses, set the environment variables that | ---------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- | | All | `ZOWE_DAEMON_DIR` | Lets you override the complete path to the directory that will hold daemon files related to this user. The directory can contain the following files: