Installation
The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) has support for only a limited number of deployment targets by default. To enable the use of IBM WebSphere with JVM COBOL web services, you need to install a plug-in, which is available via the Eclipse Marketplace. To install the plug-in:
- Launch an instance of Eclipse.
- Click on
Help > Install New Software.
- Click
Add in the Available Software dialog.
- In the opened dialog, type
Eclipse Indigo in the
Name field, and type
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo in the
Location field. Click
OK.
- When the list of components from the Eclipse Indigo repository has loaded, expand the General Purpose Tools entry in the list.
- Check the box marked Marketplace Client, and click
Next.
- Click
Next on the page showing you the list of packages that will be installed.
- Accept the license agreement, and click
Finish.
- Once the software is installed, click
Restart Now to complete the installation.
- Click
Help > Eclipse Marketplace.
- In the
Find box, type
wasdev and press the Enter key.
- Select the adapter called IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5 Developer, and click
Install.
- When it has finished loading, deselect the option called Dojo Toolkit. This action overrides the default WTP project options. Failure to do so will interfere with any tutorial provided by Micro Focus on JVM Web services.
- Click
Next. When the plug-in has finished downloading, accept the license agreement and click
Finish.
- Click
OK to dismiss the security warning about unsigned content.
- Click
Restart Now.
You now have the ability to create a dynamic web project, which links to an IBM WebSphere server instance.
Note: This is not a full installation of IBM WebSphere; it simply allows you to enable WebSphere with JVM COBOL web services. The full installation of IBM WebSphere is beyond the scope of this tutorial.
