Set Up the ESSOAP Enterprise Server Instance

Start the Server Explorer

Create ESSOAP

In this section, you create the ESSOAP enterprise server instance from the Server Explorer in Visual COBOL.

1. On the Server Explorer, expand Micro Focus Servers; then right-click localhost and select New Enterprise Server.
2. In the Name field, type ESSOAP.
3. Click the browse button associated with the Template field.

   The default location for Enterprise Server templates is %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\etc\ServerTemplates. a subdirectory named ServerTemplates located several levels under the Visual Studio installation directory.

4. Click ESTemplate.xml to select it, and the Open.
   Note: If the Template field does not show the path and ESTemplate.xml file, browse to the Enterprise Server template location cited above to find and select the file.
5. In the Associate with projects box, check ProgramSOAP.
6. Click OK.

Start Enterprise Server Common Web Administration (ESCWA)

• On the Server Explorer, right-click Micro Focus Servers, and then click Administration.

  ESCWA starts in your default browser.

Configure listener ports in ESCWA

When you create a service interface in Visual COBOL, it is configured by default to use port number 9003 to send messages to Enterprise Server, which listens for incoming messages on its Web Services and J2EE listener. You need to set the endpoint address for the Web Services and J2EE listener to match the port number for the service interface.

In addition, you need to enable the Web listener to start automatically with the enterprise server instance.

1. In ESCWA, click NATIVE.
2. In the navigation pane, expand Directory Servers > Default, and select your enterprise server instance.
3. On the GENERAL drop-down list, select Listeners.
4. Expand Communications Process 1, and click Web Services and J2EE.
5. In the Port field, type 9003.
6. Scroll down to the Status section, and set the status to Stopped.
7. Click APPLY.
8. Under Communications Process 1, click Web.
9. Change the Requested Status field to Stopped.
10. Click APPLY.

Create and configure a deployment directory

Create the deploy directory

Without Administrator privileges, you cannot deploy to Enterprise Server from the default Visual COBOL deployment folder. To ensure successful deployment, create a deploy subdirectory in your project.

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project, and then select Add > New Folder from the context menu.
2. Type deploy; then press Enter.

Import the .mfdeploy file

The new deploy folder must contain the .mfdeploy configuration file. You import the file from the Solution Explorer.

1. From the Solution Explorer, right-click the deploy folder; then select Add > Existing Item.
2. Browse to the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\deploy folder.
3. Set the filter drop-down list to All Files (*.*).
4. Double-click the .mfdeploy file.

Define the deployment directory in ESCWA

Now you need to configure your enterprise server instance by defining the new deploy project folder as the deployment folder.

1. In ESCWA click NATIVE.
2. In the ESCWA navigation pane, expand Directory Servers > Default, and then select your enterprise server instance.
3. On the GENERAL drop-down list, select Listeners.
4. Expand Communications Process 1, and click Web.
5. In the LISTENER PROPERTIES pane, scroll down to the Custom Configuration field; then within the field, scroll down until you find the relevant code, then change:

   uploads=<ES>/deploy

   to:

   uploads=c:/tutorials/IMTK/project-name/deploy

   where project-name is the name of the project.

6. Click APPLY.