You should be aware of the following limitations when using
Enterprise Server with Docker:
Debugging
- You must be using Visual Studio 2017 to be able to debug a managed COBOL application running in a container.
General
- Java is supported from version 8 update 162 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 operating systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 or later
Use with
Micro Focus Products
- It is not possible to containerize a COBOL application that runs under
Enterprise Server for .NET
.
- There is no support for building or managing Docker images from the
Enterprise Developer IDE.