Connecting to repositories
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://<hostname.example.com>:<port>/ccm
. 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.
To use Smart Card authentication, you must enable the IBM Common Access Card (CAC) provider within Java by editing the install-directory/3rd Party/jre/lib/security/java.security file.
Replace this section:
security.provider.1=com.ibm.jsse2.IBMJSSEProvider2
security.provider.2=com.ibm.crypto.provider.IBMJCE
security.provider.3=com.ibm.security.jgss.IBMJGSSProvider
security.provider.4=com.ibm.security.cert.IBMCertPath
security.provider.5=com.ibm.security.sasl.IBMSASL
security.provider.6=com.ibm.xml.crypto.IBMXMLCryptoProvider
security.provider.7=com.ibm.xml.enc.IBMXMLEncProvider
security.provider.8=org.apache.harmony.security.provider.PolicyProvider
security.provider.9=com.ibm.security.jgss.mech.spnego.IBMSPNEGO
with
this section:security.provider.1=com.ibm.security.capi.IBMCAC
security.provider.2=com.ibm.jsse2.IBMJSSEProvider2
security.provider.3=com.ibm.crypto.provider.IBMJCE
security.provider.4=com.ibm.security.jgss.IBMJGSSProvider
security.provider.5=com.ibm.security.cert.IBMCertPath
security.provider.6=com.ibm.security.sasl.IBMSASL
security.provider.7=com.ibm.xml.crypto.IBMXMLCryptoProvider
security.provider.8=com.ibm.xml.enc.IBMXMLEncProvider
security.provider.9=org.apache.harmony.security.provider.PolicyProvider
security.provider.10=com.ibm.security.jgss.mech.spnego.IBMSPNEGO
After creating a repository connection, you can connect to that repository.