PAS for OpenEdge is a web application server that lets you deploy all OpenEdge services on a single server. With the ABL AppServer and OE Web server, you had to deploy business logic on the AppServer broker (restbroker1), and the Data Object service on the OE Web server.
To define PAS for OpenEdge:
1. From the Servers view in the OpenEdge Server perspective, right-click and select New > Server from the context menu. The Define a New Server box appears.
2. To select PAS for OpenEdge as the server type, do one of the following:
Type Progress Application Server in the Select the server type field. This setting filters the results to display only the PAS for OpenEdge's list.
Select Progress Software Corporation > Progress Application Server as the server type from the list in the box.
Note: The server’s host name, localhost, is prefilled. The Server name and the Server runtime environment details are also listed. If you want to specify a different server runtime environment, performs Steps 3 through 5. Otherwise, go to step 6.
3. Click Add. The Identify an OpenEdge installation box appears.
4. Enter the runtime environment name and the OpenEdge version number and then click Finish.
5. To set up the runtime environment, click Configure runtime environments and follow the steps provided in Defining the OpenEdge AVM runtime.
6. Click Next. The Define a new Progress Application Server box appears, in which the Server details are prefilled.
7. Do one of the following:
Select the name of the connection from the OpenEdge Explorer connection drop-down list.
Make sure that the selected OpenEdge Explorer connection has a Progress Application Server defined.
Click Configure. The Progress OpenEdge > Server > OpenEdge Explorer Connections Preferences page opens.
8. Select the Progress Application Server for OpenEdge and the default ABL Application.
9. Click Next. The Add and Remove box appears. It displays the available project modules (OE project, REST, or Data Object service module).
10. To configure an available project module, select the module in the Available list and click Add or double-click the module in the Available list. To configure all the available project modules, click Add All.
Note: You can remove a project module from the Configured list by selecting the module and by clicking Remove or double-clicking the module in the Configured list. You can also select more than one project module and click Remove All.
11. Click Finish. ABL Service modules and the business logic is published to the PAS for OpenEdge instance.
Type Progress Application Server in the Select the server type field. This setting filters the results to display only the PAS for OpenEdge's list.