How to remote debug using dev hub ssh only from visual cobol eclipse

Hi Ram,

Thank you for posting to the Micro Focus Community Site. Just FYI, the SSH Only connection does not require the RDO Daemon - with SSH Only, communications between Eclipse and DevHub are done through the SSH connection.

Can you let us know which version of Visual COBOL for Eclipse you are using? One easy way to find this in Eclipse is to go to Help->Micro Focus-Product Information, and use CTRL-C to copy the text inside the Product Information box.

Also, can you let us know the version details for the Dev Hub installation on Linux SLES 15? Please share the complete output of the following, in a command line session where the environment (COBDIR, PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH) has been set for running COBOL. The V in the command is upper case:

cob -V

Hi Blair,

Thanks for the response,

We are using Eclipse 7 in our VDI and 7.0.0.117 for Dev Hub.

Please let me know for any other information.  

Regards

Ram

Hi Ram,

I noticed that you are using a different Patch Update Level of DevHub (7.0 Patch Update 13) than your Eclipse installation (7.0 Patch Update 12). Micro Focus recommends that you run the same version and patch update level of these products. I'm not saying this is the cause of your issue, but you might want to try getting the these in sync to see if it helps.

Beyond that, investigating problems with remote debugging may be more complex than is suitable for an online discussion - and involve providing information that should not be shared publicly. I would recommend that you open a Support Case to continue the investigation.

Thanks a lot Blair,

Sure , Will open a support ticket . But could you please summarize the steps involved in setting up a remote debugger from eclipse at high level. Perhaps i can validate against our settings.

Regards

Ram  

Hi Ram,

Happy to share some steps to debug a simple program when using an "SSH Only" Connection Type as you mentioned. For what it's worth, I've verified these steps with Visual COBOL for Eclipse 7.0 Patch Update 12 on Windows, connecting to Visual COBOL Development Hub 7.0 Patch Update 12 on SLES 15, and will include a few screen shots for reference.

1. Create a new Connection of type "Micro Focus DevHub SSH Only" in the Remote Systems Explorer Perspective in Eclipse - Window->Perspective->Open Perspective->Remote System Explorer (I believe you already have a remote connection, just including this for completeness.)  Also, you could instead create the connection as part of creating the Remote Project below, but this is the path I took…

Specify the connection type:

2. Expand the new connection in the Remote Systems View

3. Right Click the New Connection, and choose Connect. Notice that all 3 of the sub-items under the connection now get a tiny green arrow indicating that you are connected. If any of these don't get the decoration, that would be good to mention in your Support Case

 4. Switch to the COBOL Perspective

5. Create a new Remote COBOL Project, entering a project name, and choosing Secure Shell (SSH) for the file system:

6. Specify that you want a 64 bit project (since only 64 bit is supported on SLES 15)

7. Specify the location on the remote machine for the project, and then Click Finish

8. Add a COBOL program to the project, and ensure the Program was built (by default, this happens automatically). Check that the built object exists in the New_Configuration.bin directory within the project.

9. Right click on the COBOL program (in the COBOL Explorer, or within the Editor view) and choose Debug As -> COBOL Application

10. Confirm the switch to the Debug perspective when prompted

11. The debugger is now active with the COBOL program

Hope that helps. If you try the above and it does not work, you might share this (and the differing results you received) in the Support Case you create.