## zowe › ca7 › commands › release › 1

The RELEASE top line command indicates that normal scheduling activities can now be resumed for jobs or queues on HOLD.

#### Usage

zowe ca7 commands release_1 [options]

#### Options

- `--key` (string)

  - The command transaction key

- `--ca7#` (string)

  - Indicates the individual job to release, and the value must be a CA 7 job number.
    Omit jobnumber when Q is specified.

- `-q` (string)

  - Indicates to release the contents of an entire queue. Omit Q when JOB or JOBL is specified.Required:
    Yes, unless JOB or JOBL is used. Possible values: REQ
    Release_XXX the contents of the request queue.RDY
    Release_XXX the contents of the ready queue..

#### CA7 Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - Host name of the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - Port for the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - User name for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

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

  - Password for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

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

  - The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

- `--protocol` | `-o` (string)

  - Specifies protocol to use for CA7 connection (http or https).

    Allowed values: http, https

#### Profile Options

- `--ca7-profile` | `--ca7-p` (string)

  - The name of a (ca7) 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

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

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--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

- Releases top line command for ca7 number 0016 from CA 7:

  - `zowe ca7 commands release_1 --ca7# 0016`