Create and Configure ESSOAP

Create ESSOAP

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

1. If the Server Explorer is not loaded, click Window > Show View > Other > Micro Focus > Server Explorer; then click OK.
2. On the Server Explorer, right-click Local [localhost:86]; then select New > Enterprise Server.
3. In the Name field, type ESSOAP.
4. 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.

5. Double-click ESTemplate.xml to select it.
   Note: If the Template field does not show the path and ESTemplate.xml file, browse to the default location for Enterprise Server templates to find and select the file.
6. Check the box next to ProgramSOAP to associate the project with the new enterprise server instance.
7. Click Finish.

Start Enterprise Server Administration

1. From the Server Explorer, right-click Local [localhost:86]; then click Open Administration Page.

   The Enterprise Server Administration Home page starts in a Visual COBOL integrated browser.

Configure a Listener Port

When you create a service interface, 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.

1. On the Enterprise Server Administration Home page, in the Communications Processes column for the ESSOAP server, click the Details button.

   This takes you to the Communications Processes page for Enterprise Server listeners.

2. Click the Edit button that corresponds to Web Services and J2EE Listener.
3. Change the contents of the Endpoint Address field to *:9003.
4. Click OK.

   This returns you to the Communications Processes page.

5. Click the Edit button that corresponds to Web listener.
6. Change the value of the New Status field to Stopped. This enables the listener used to deploy the service interface to the ESSOAP server.
7. Click OK.
8. Click Home to return to the Home page.
   Important: If you do not have Administrator privileges to the Visual COBOL installation directory, continue with the configuration. Otherwise, configuration for the ESSOAP enterprise server instance is complete at this point.

Create and Configure a Deployment Folder

Create the deploy folder

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

1. In the COBOL Explorer, right-click the project; then select New > Folder from the context menu.
2. In the Folder name field, type deploy; click Finish.
   Note: To ensure that you can see the deploy folder in COBOL Explorer:

   1. Click View Menu > Customize View.

      This opens the Available Customizations dialog box.

   2. Uncheck Empty folders outside categories.
   3. Click OK.

Import the .mfdeploy File

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

1. From the COBOL Explorer, right-click the project folder; then select Import > Import from the context menu.
2. Expand General; then click double-click File System.
3. Click the Browse button that corresponds to the From directory field, and navigate to

   InstallFolder\deploy

   where InstallFolder is your Visual COBOL installation folder. By default, this is %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL.

4. Click OK.
5. Check .mfdeploy in the right pane.
6. Click Finish to import the file into the project.

Define the Deployment Folder

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

1. On the Enterprise Server Administration Home page in the Communications Processes column for your enterprise server instance, click the Details button that corresponds to Listeners.
2. Click the Listeners tab.
3. In the row for the Web listener name, click Edit.
4. Scroll down to the Configuration Information field; then within the field, scroll down until you find the relevant code, then change:

   uploads=<ES>/deploy

   to:

   uploads=ProjectFolder/deploy

   where ProjectFolder is the full path to your project folder, using forward slashes to separate subfolders. For example:

   uploads=c:/Users/Bob/workspace/project-name/deploy

5. Click OK.
6. Click Home to return to the Home page.