Install the Eclipse-Based UI on a Client Computer
This page contains the installation instructions for the Eclipse plug-in for CA Endevor
This page contains the installation instructions for the Eclipse plug-in for CA Endevor
You can use a standard Eclipse IDE or any Eclipse-based IDE of your choice to install the CA Endevor plug-in. Examples of IDEs you can use include:
- The standard Eclipse IDE, which is available on the Eclipse official website at http://www.eclipse.org
- IBM Explorer for z/OS (z/OS Explorer), which is an Eclipse-based integration platform for z/OS users.
The Web Services installation process automatically installs the Eclipse-Based UI update site on your Tomcat server in the: /Eclipse-BasedUI folder.
The following installation process enables you to install the Eclipse-Based UI on your client computer from the update site.
- Eclipse-based IDE
- Mainframe support, also known as the Web Services Server. The Web Services Server must be installed, and running, on mainframe to provide functionality for the Eclipse UI. Contact your system programmer to get the host and port of the Web Services Server
- CA Endevor Version 18.0
- CA Endevor Version 18.0 Web Services component
- For information about how to install and configure the Web Services component, see the Enable Web Services section.
- The Eclipse Foundation's Eclipse Software Development Kit (SDK) must be installed on each client computer where the Eclipse-Based UI is to be installed. The Eclipse-Based UI has been certified with release 4.4 and 4.6 of the Eclipse Foundation's Eclipse SDK.
- The Eclipse-Based UI can be installed on platforms that support the Eclipse SDK version you are using.
- The Eclipse SDK includes:
- The Eclipse Platform
- Java development tools
- Plug-in Development Environment, which contains:
- Source Code
- User Documentation
- Development Documentation.
- Eclipse does not include a Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
- For the proper version of the JRE or Java Development Kit (JDK) that must be installed on your machine to run Eclipse, see the Eclipse FAQs
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Navigate to the following URL in your web browser: https://host:port/EndevorService
The website displays the current version of the server, for example: 18.00.001
Ensure that you select the plug-in version that matches the first two sections of the server version number, for example: 18.00Note:Note the server version number, as this is required when selecting the correct plug-in.
Having confirmed the plug-in version that is required for your requirements, you can now proceed to install the Eclipse plug-in for Endevor.
Follow these steps:
- In Eclipse, go to Help, Install New Software.
- Select Add and enter http://plugins.ca.com/endevor-plugin/
- Select the correct plug-in version, as determined by your current server version.
- Select Eclipse-Based UI, and click Next to proceed with installation of the Eclipse-Based UI for Endevor.
- Accept the license agreement that appears, and click Finish. You have installed the Eclipse plug-in for CA Endevor.