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Configuring Servers

To make best use of the system's dynamic server selection, you must set up a number of data objects, in a particular order. This topic outlines the minimum requirements for using servers.

  1. Create server authentications.

    Server Authentications provide login names and passwords for servers. You can apply a server authentication to more than one server, so that you do not need to have unique logins for every server, and when you change a login, you can change it for a set of systems.

  2. Create collectors for groups of servers.

    Collectors both collect properties from servers, and assign properties to them. You can use a server without a collector; without a collector you must select a server based on default properties like BF_NAME.

  3. Create selectors.
    Consider creating the following types of selectors:
    • Name-based: Create one selector for each server, which selects the server based on its host name. This allows you to choose servers by name.
    • Operating-system-based: Create one selector for each type of operating system in your environment, so that your projects can choose servers by operating system.
    • Capacity-based: You can get more specific by choosing servers based on available RAM or hard-disk space.
  4. Install an agent on each machine that you intend to use as a Build Forge server.
  5. Create a server in the Management Console for each machine you intend to use with Build Forge.
  6. Test servers.

    Use the Test Connection button to test your servers after you create them, and review their manifests to make sure that they have the properties you expect.