## zowe › endevor › approve › package

The approve package command approves Package in Endevor for execution.

#### Usage

zowe endevor approve package [package] [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `package` (string)

  - Name of the Endevor package.

#### options

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

  - Notes for package.

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

  - Local file of notes for package.

#### 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.

#### asynchronous task options

- `--asynchronous` | `--async` (boolean)

  - Submit this command as an asynchronous Endevor Web Services task

#### 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

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

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

#### Examples

- Approve package with endevor profile set up, specifying approval notes:

  - `zowe endevor approve package packageName -n "notes" -i ENDEVOR`