Connections
On the Connections page, you can create and maintain connection configurations. A connection configuration specifies the URL of a CentraSite registry and repository and the user name with which to connect to them. You can create and maintain any number of connection configurations, for example, in order to connect to registries and repositories on different servers or with different user names.
One of the connection configurations must be marked as the default configuration by checking it. It is used each time you start working with the CentraSite Eclipse GUI. The connection configuration you create when you use the CentraSite Eclipse GUI for the first time is automatically made the first default configuration. The Registry Explorer view displays the configuration that is currently used behind the top entry in the view.
On the Connections page, you can:
Add a new connection configuration: Click
Add. In the dialog, specify the following:
An alphanumeric name for the connection configuration.
The name or IP address of the server where the
CentraSite registry and repository are located. The appropriate URL is generated automatically.
The user name with which to connect to the registry and repository.
Whether the login context of the server is to be used for your configuration. Check the Use login context of server option, if your
CentraSite client runs in a security context different from that of the
CentraSite server. For details on different security contexts, contact your
CentraSite support organization.
You can choose to save a password. Passwords are saved in the Eclipse secure store (see the
Eclipse Workbench User Guide for details).
Edit a connection configuration: Select the configuration, click
Edit and change the values in the dialog.
Remove a connection configuration: Select the configuration, click
Remove and confirm the deletion. You cannot remove the default configuration.
Change the default connection configuration: Check the configuration which is to become the new default.
Before you edit the default connection configuration, disconnect from the registry and repository by choosing Disconnect in the context menu of a CentraSite navigation or list view. After you have changed the default connection configuration, the next action you carry out in the CentraSite Eclipse GUI will establish a connection with the new data.
When you select a different default configuration, your current connection is automatically closed and a new one is established with the new data.