Approving an access request

You use the Change and Configuration Management administration to approve an access request.

Before you begin

Access to the Change and Configuration Management application was requested from the Git adapter.

About this task

You approve a consumer key that is requested by the Git adapter. Repeat the steps to approve another consumer key request.

Procedure

  1. Point your browser to https://fully qualified hostname:port/ccm/admin. Log in by using an account with administrator access.
  2. Select the Consumers (Inbound) page. New requests are listed in the Provisional Keys section.
  3. At the Authorized field, change the Pending value to Approve.
  4. Click Save. The key is included in the Authorized Keys section of the page.
  5. On the OAuth Consumers page, in the Authorized Keys section, hover over the Actions column for the Consumer Name of the key that you want to edit. Click the Edit consumer key icon. The Edit Consumer Key Properties dialog box opens.
  6. Associate a functional user ID that has the user privileges to update work items and has permissions in the Change and Configuration Management project areas to add links to work items with the consumer key. The user can make requests without more authorization. Click Select User. In the Select User dialog box, add a user. Click Add and Close.
    Tip: For more information about the functional user ID, see Adapter users.
  7. Click Finish.

Results

The Git adapter can send requests to the Change and Configuration Management application.

What to do next

Set up licensing for the adapter, see Licensing.

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