Connecting to a repository

A repository is a central location to store data. You must create a connection from Visual Studio to a repository in Jazz™ to work with the project artifacts. Your Jazz Team Server administrator must provide you with the access privilege to the repository.

Before you begin

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

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

After creating a repository connection, you can connect to that repository.

About this task

To create a connection to a repository:

Procedure

  1. In Microsoft® Visual Studio, click Team Concert > Windows > Team Artifacts.
  2. In the Team Artifacts tool window, right-click Repository Connections and click New > Jazz Repository Connection.
  3. In New Repository Connection window, type or paste a URL. If the server is running on your computer, the server host name is localhost, and you can select the localhost URL from the drop-down list; for example, https://localhost:9443/jazz. The Name defaults to the server host name. You can modify the name.
  4. Type the user name and password that your Jazz Team Server administrator provided for you.
  5. Click OK. The repository connection is displayed in the Repository Connections folder of the Team Artifacts tool window.
  6. To connect to the repository, right-click the repository connection and click Logon. You will be logged in automatically, if you selected Remember my password, while creating a repository connection. Otherwise, a dialog box is displayed prompting you to enter password. Type the password and click OK.

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