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 .
To create
a connection to a repository:
Procedure
- 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 .
- 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.
- Type the user name and password that your Jazz administrator has provided for you.
- Click Finish. The
repository connection is displayed in the Team Artifacts Repository
Connections folder, as shown in the following example.
- To open a project area, right-click the repository connection
in the Team Artifacts view and click Connect
to Project Areas.
- Expand the project in the Team Artifacts view.