Running the Docker Demonstration for the COBOL Server Base Image

The Docker demonstration to create the COBOL Server base image includes a batch file (bld.bat) to make the process of running the demonstration as easy as possible. This topic lists and describes the parameters that you can specify when running bld.bat.

Note: When using bld.bat to create a base image for COBOL Server you need to ensure that the relevant installation files and licenses are available in the same folder as bld.bat. These are:

The installable executable file for COBOL Server. This is cs_40.exe and is supplied in the Docker demonstration for the COBOL Server base image.
The appropriate license (.mflic) file for COBOL Server.

The command to execute the batch file to run the Docker demonstration for the COBOL Server base image is as follows:

bld.bat { IacceptEULA [verbose] [java | oraclejava] [install-location] |
          rmi                                                          |
          settings }

where the parameters are:

IacceptEULA: Indicates that you accept the Micro Focus End User License Agreement (EULA).
You must specify IacceptEULA to create a base image containing COBOL Server.
install-location: Specifies the name of the folder in the image filesystem into which COBOL Server will be installed. If specified, this must be the last parameter.
java: Indicates that you want to include Java support in the image, and that the Java support is to be provided by the AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK. Specifying java results in the latest version of OpenJDK being downloaded and included in the image.
oraclejava: Indicates that you want to include Java support in the image, and that the Java support is to be provided by the Oracle JDK. The file server-jre-8u162-windows-x64.tar.gz must exist in the current directory and you must ensure that you are licensed to use it.
rmi: Indicates that you want to remove any previously-created COBOL Server base images. Specifying rmi results in the execution of a number of docker rmi --force commands to remove all COBOL Server base images.
settings: Causes the settings that will be used for various properties of the image to be displayed on-screen. Properties that are displayed include the names of the installable file and the license file for COBOL Server, the details to be used for the Enterprise Server admin user, and the details to be used for the login image. Specifying settings does not cause an image to be created.
verbose: Causes Docker commands to be displayed on-screen as they are executed.