Virtual DataPort Server Configuration¶

To begin using the VCS integration, configure the VCS settings of the Virtual DataPort server. To do this, click VCS management on the menu Administration and then, click Configuration.

VCS configuration screen¶

Configure the following parameters:

• Use version control. Select it to enable the Version Control System support.

  After this, you have to enable it in the databases where you want to use the VCS integration (see section Environment Management). By default, it is disabled for all the databases.

• Environment. Shows the selected environment. The first time you configure the VCS integration, there is no selected environment.

• Version control system. Default version control system.

• URL. The path to the root of the version control repository.

  • Example for GIT: https://git.acme.com/product/project1.git

  • Example for Subversion: svn://acme/denodorepo/trunk

  • For Microsoft TFS: http://<server>:<port>/tfs/<collection>/<project>[[/<folder>]*/<branch>]

    For example, http://acme:8080/tfs/collection1/project1/folderA/branch1

    There are two different parts in this TFS URL:

    • http://acme:8080/tfs/collection1 is the URL of the TFS server.

    • project1/folderA/branch1 is used to obtain an appropriate “working folder” (a “working folder” is a TFS concept akin to the Subversion “working copy” concept)

    Although it is not mandatory, we recommend adding a <branch> to the URL, as it will be easier to add development branches in the future if we begin to work with branches from the start.

• Use user and password. If cleared, the Server will use the authentication methods configured in the host operating system.

  When working with Microsoft TFS, if you clear this check box, Virtual DataPort will use the Windows authentication to connect to the TFS server. Therefore, the Windows user that launched Virtual DataPort must have granted the necessary privileges.

• User. The user to access the specified repository.

  When working with TFS, the user name must be entered with the format <domain>\<user>.

• Password. The configured user’s password.

• Local repositories home. Directory where the Server will create the local repositories for the databases with VCS enabled.

  Warning

  Change this if you are going to work with Microsoft TFS. Microsoft TFS limits the maximum length on file paths, therefore we strongly recommend changing this path to the shortest path possible.

  E.g. /tfs_rpo/ or C:/tfs_repo. You do not need to change this when working with GIT or Subversion.