Connecting to a repository and project areas

Users must create a connection from the client to a repository for access to project areas. Your Jazz™ administrator must supply information to enable your access to the repository.

Before you begin

This topic assumes that your Jazz administrator has created a repository and a project area.

You need the following information to connect to a repository:
  • The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for an existing repository. Typically, this is in the form of http://<server>:<port>/jazz Secure servers require the https:// protocol. The repository is created by a Jazz administrator. The repository must be available on a local or network server.
  • A user ID and password for the repository. Team member credentials are created on the Web server and in team areas by Jazz administrators. Your administrator can configure the repository for user authentication in an LDAP directory.

About this task

To access the required views and controls, open the Work Items perspective. Click Window > Open Perspective > Other > Work Items.

To create a connection to a repository:

Procedure

  1. If you have not previously created a repository connection, click the Create Repository Connection link in the Team Artifacts view. Otherwise, right-click in the Team Artifacts view and click New > Jazz Repository Connection.
  2. In Create a Jazz Repository Connection window, type or paste a Location URI. If the server is running on your computer, the server host name is localhost, and you can select the localhost URI from the dropdown list; for example, https://localhost:9443/jazz. The Location Name defaults to the server host name. You can modify it to simplify or clarify the name.
  3. Type the user name and password that your Jazz administrator has provided for you.
  4. Click Finish. The repository connection is displayed in the Team Artifacts Repository Connections folder, as shown in the following example.
    The image shows a sample connection in the Team Artifacts view.
  5. To open a project area, right-click the repository connection in the Team Artifacts view and click Connect to Project Areas.
  6. Expand the project in the Team Artifacts view.

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