You should be aware of the following limitations when using
Enterprise Server with containers:
General
- Java is supported from version 17 onwards.
- It is not possible to containerize COBOL applications using lightweight operating systems such as CoreOS Container Linux,
SUSE MicroOS and Alpine Linux.
- It is not possible to run COBOL applications in containers on Linux on PowerPC or S/390 chipsets.
Operating Systems
Enterprise Server is supported for use with Docker on the following Intel 64-bit operating systems:
- Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (and subsequent 8.x versions)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 or later
- Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 (including support for development containers)
Enterprise Server is supported for use with OCI-compliant container tools (such as podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc) on the following operating
systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or later
- Rocky Linux 9
Use with
Enterprise Developer Products
- It is not possible to containerize a COBOL application that runs under
Enterprise Server for .NET
.
- If a region is hosted within a container which does not or cannot expose its internal network addresses, the
Micro Focus Enterprise Server Common Web Administration interface will be unable to connect to the started region's ESMAC/monitor configuration unless the MFDS_EXTERNAL_ADDR environment
variable is set within the container to an externally contactable address.