Connecting to the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management application server

If you are an global administrator, you can set up the integration with the Rational® solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) application servers. For IBM® Rational Focal Point™ and the CLM applications to communicate, you must establish an OAuth key for each application to access the servers. Also, you must create friend relationships to manage the list of cooperating servers.

Before you begin

Remember: If you rename the Rational solution for CLM server, you must change the server name in Rational Focal Point also. After renaming the Rational solution for CLM server, clear the Rational Focal Point cache (click Advanced > Caches > Clear All Caches), rename the server, and clear the cache again.

Procedure

  1. From a CLM application administrator, obtain the user credentials and the consumer key and consumer secret that are configured for Rational Focal Point.
  2. In Rational Focal Point, click Application > Friends(Outbound).
  3. Click the Add friend icon Add friend.
  4. In the Add Friend window, add the CLM application details.
    1. Specify a name for the connection. For example: RTC1@example.com or RRC1@example.com.
    2. Specify the application root services URL. Examples:
      • If you are connecting to the Change and Configuration Management application, version 2 (all releases), the root services URL is https://<hostname>:<portnumber>/jazz/rootservices.
      • If you are connecting to the Change and Configuration Management application, version 3 (all releases), the root services URL is https://<hostname>:<portnumber>/ccm/rootservices.
      • If you are connecting to the Requirements Management application, version 3 (all releases), the root services URL is https://<hostname>:<portnumber>/rm/rootservices.
      Note: If the hostname or port number of the Rational solution for CLM applications changes, you must update the Root Services URL. When you update the root services URL, all the links that pointed to the old URL updates to the new one. This note is applicable only for Rational Focal Point version 6.5.2 or later.
    3. In Security Type, select OAuth Consumer Key and specify the consumer key that was created for Rational Focal Point in the CLM application server. The consumer key is formatted like this example: 670db08a94654b559ae87545a8ac5715. Specify the consumer secret in the OAuth Secret field. For example: FP2.
    4. Click Test Connection. The first time you test the connection, you must log on to the CLM application. The results of the test are displayed in the Add OAuth Friend window.
    5. Click Save.

What to do next

Add an attribute for storing links to artifacts in the CLM application. For information, see Adding and configuring attributes for storing links to artifacts in the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management applications.

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