Configure the ESDEMO Enterprise Server Instance

Walks you through the process of configuring the provided ESDEMO enterprise server instance by adding a deployment directory and configuring ESDEMO to use it.

To successfully deploy and run or debug a Java service interface, you must have an enterprise server instance configured in Enterprise Server. For these tutorials, we provide the ESDEMO enterprise server instance.

Important: The default deployment directory used by Enterprise Server is a subdirectory, deploy, within your Enterprise Developer installation directory structure. If you have Administrator privileges to this subdirectory, or if you started Visual Studio using Run as Administrator, you are not required to complete this section of the tutorial. Otherwise, you must complete this section to create and configure an alternative deployment directory.

Create the deploy directory

Without Administrator privileges, you cannot deploy to Enterprise Server from the default Enterprise Developer 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, and 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. 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\Enterprise Developer\deploy folder.
  3. Set the filter drop-down list to All Files (*.*).
  4. Double-click the .mfdeploy file.

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.
Attention: You might encounter an Enterprise Server Sign On dialog box as you perform the steps required to create, configure, start, or stop an enterprise server region from the Server Explorer. If you do, ensure that the Server requires credentials, Use specific server credentials, or Server is secured box is unchecked, and then click OK. Also, if prompted to disable password recovery, click No.

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.

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 navigation pane, expand Directory Servers, and then click Default.
  3. Double-click the ESDEMO enterprise server instance.
  4. In the right pane, click the General drop-down menu, and select Listeners from the list.
  5. Under Communications Process 1, select Web.
  6. In the Listener Properties pane, scroll down to the Custom Configuration field.
  7. Within the Custom Configuration 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.

  8. Click Apply.