Set Up the CWSDEMO Enterprise Server Region, WSDL

Guides you through the process of creating and configuring an enterprise server region named CWSDEMO. In addition, walks you through the process of verifying that the region contains the resources required to run the Reverse Web service provider.

Create the CWSDEMO enterprise server region

Here you use the Server Explorer in Visual Studio to create an enterprise server region on which to run the Web service.

Start the Server Explorer
The Server Explorer expandable ribbon is visible in Visual Studio on the top left side of the IDE by default when using Enterprise Developer. However, if it is not visible:
  • In Visual Studio, click View > Server Explorer.
Create CWSDEMO
  1. Expand Micro Focus Servers.
  2. Right-click localhost; then select New Enterprise Server.
    Note: If you are prompted with an Enterprise Server Sign On dialog box, click OK without specifying any sign-on details. This is a standard security dialog box. Also, if prompted to disable password recovery, click No.
  3. In the Name field, type CWSDEMO. This is the name for the new enterprise server region.
  4. Click the browse button that corresponds to the Template field, and navigate to the CICSWebServicesTemplate.xml file located in the ESTemplates project folder.
  5. Double-click CICSWebServicesTemplate.xml. This populates the Template field.
  6. On the list next to Associate with projects, check Reverse.
  7. Click OK.

    The Server Explorer should now show the CWSDEMO enterprise server region listed under localhost.

Configure CWSDEMO resources

All enterprise server regions require access to certain resources, depending on the types of applications they run. Resources that are defined on a region's startup list are loaded during the startup routine, making them available for as long as the region is running.

CICS Web services use the underlying resources provided by the standard Enterprise Server CICS Web interface (CWI) and CICS Web Services (CWS) support. However, the CICSWebServicesTemplate used to create the CWS-PWTD region does not include these resources on the startup list; therefore, you need to add them manually. The CWI resources reside in a predefined resource group named DFHWEB. The CWS resources are in the predefined DFHPIPE group.

In addition, you need to create and define a resource group, MYCWSPRV, to contain the resources required by the Reverse program.

Start Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA)
  • On the Server Explorer, right-click Micro Focus Servers, and then click Administration.

    The ESCWA UI opens in a browser outside of the Visual Studio window.

Start CWSDEMO
  • On the Server Explorer, right-click CWSDEMO; then select Start.
    Note: If this is the first time you have started the server, you see a sign-on dialog box. If Server is secured is checked, uncheck it; then click OK. Unchecking Server is secured prevents this dialog box from showing when you subsequently start the region. If Server is secured is not checked, simply click OK to clear the dialog box. Also, if prompted to disable password recovery, click No. If a Secure Storage prompt appears, click No.

    As the region is starting, check the Enterprise Server Common Web Administration UI. When the region is fully started, this is indicated in the region's STATUS column.

Access the CICS configuration settings for the server
  1. After CWSDEMO has started, in ESCWA, click the Edit (EDIT) button for the CWSDEMO region.
  2. Click CICS in the taskbar at the top of the properties pane to access the CICS CONFIGURATION settings.
Create the MYCWSPRV resource group
  1. On the RESOURCES page, click the Groups node in the left pane.
  2. Click NEW in the GROUPS pane.
  3. In the Name field, type MYCWSPRV.
  4. In the Description field, type CICS Web Services Provider Resources; then click SAVE. This invokes the MYCWSPRV page where you can create and define resources for the group.
Define MYCWSPRV resources
The Reverse program requires a resource for TCP/IP service, and a resource to support a pipeline.
  1. On the MYCWSPRV page, click NEW and then click TCPIPSv from the drop-down list.
  2. Complete these fields:
    Name CWSTCPIP
    Description My TCP/IP Service
    Port No 5482
  3. Click SAVE.
  4. Click MYCWSPRV under Group list to return to the MYCWSPRV page.
  5. On the MYCWSPRV page, click NEW and then click Pipeline from the drop-down list.
    Important: If the Pipeline button is not present, check to be sure that you have properly installed the CCSID tables specified in the Tutorials: CICS Web Services topic.
  6. Complete these fields:
    Name PROVPIPE
    Description My CICS Provider Pipeline
    Response Wait Time Check System Default This is the number of seconds that an application waits for a response from the service. The default value is 10 seconds for HTTP and 60 seconds for MQ.
    Config file $IDE_XML_LOC\basicsoap11provider.xml The IDE_XML_LOC environment variable in CWS-PWTD points to the xml project folder.1
    Web Directory $IDE_LOADLIB\ The IDE_LOADLIB environment variable points to the loadlib project folder.2

    1To see a list of environment variables defined for CWSDEMO, from the list of Directory Servers, click the Edit (EDIT) button that corresponds to the CWSDEMO region. Click the downward arrow next to MONITOR at the top of the page, then click Environment Variables.

    2The IDE_LOADLIB environment variable is set automatically when you start the enterprise server region from Server Explorer inside the IDE.

  7. Click SAVE.
Open the DEMOSTRT startup list
  1. Click the arrow next to CICS in the taskbar at the top of the properties pane, then click Resources.

    The default way to sort the list of resources is By Group.

  2. Click the Startup Lists group. This invokes a list of CICS STARTUP LISTS in the right pane.

    The CWSDEMO region uses the default startup list, named DEMOSTRT.

  3. Click the Edit (EDIT) button that corresponds to DEMOSTRT. This takes you to the DEMOSTRT page.
Add resource groups
Here, you add the DFHWEB, DFHPIPE, and the new MYCWSPRV resource groups to the startup list,
  1. On the DEMOSTRT page, click ADD.
  2. Check DFHWEB, DFHPIPE, and MYCWSPRV; then click Select.

    This adds all of these groups to the end of the list.

  3. Click APPLY.

Install and verify resources

After CWSDEMO is started, you can verify that the resources you have defined are installed and active.

  1. Go back to the list of Directory Servers.

    You can install the new resources by stopping and starting the region.

  2. From the Server Explorer in the IDE, right-click CWSDEMO; then select Restart. This stops and then starts the CWSDEMO enterprise server region, automatically installing and loading the newly added resources on the startup list.
  3. From the ESCWA UI, click the CWSDEMO server in the left pane.
  4. Click downward arrow next to CICS in the taskbar at the top of the properties pane, then click Resources.
  5. Set the first field right next to RESOURCES to Active.
  6. On the resulting list of active resources, click WebSvc. You should see the reverse Web service listed and marked as INSERVICE.
  7. On the list, click Pipeline > PROVPIPE. You should see that the PROVPIPE pipeline is enabled.
  8. On the list, click URIMap > £map-ref, where map-ref is an alphanumeric string generated by Enterprise Server. You should see the path specified as /cwsDemo/reverseMe.

    Enterprise Server generates URIMaps to provide CICS with the information it needs to process requests. The name of each generated URIMap begins with a pounds sterling symbol (£).

    To run your provider CICS Web service, you send a SOAP request to an endpoint URL that routes the request to your enterprise server region. The endpoint URL contains a URI value. The incoming request reads the installed URIMaps to identify the map whose Path value matches the URI value of the endpoint URL. When the correct URIMap is identified, CICS uses the data defined in the URIMap, such as the name of the Web Service and its associated Pipeline, to process the request.

  9. Close ESCWA.