Integrate an external application

When you integrate an external application into your CollabNet TeamForge site, your site's project administrators can choose to include the integrated application alongside the built-in tools in their projects.

You enable the application to be tightly coupled into TeamForge by describing it in a special XML file that you upload to your site.

When you have integrated the application, project administrators on your site can add it to their set of collaboration tools. Objects they create will share the core TeamForge features, such as authorization, authentication, go-urls, association, linkification, templating, Project Pages components, search, and source code management support.

Create the XML file that describes your integrated application. For an example of a working XML file, see Sample integrated application configuration file.
Log into TeamForge as an admin user.
Click Integrated Apps in the Site Administration toolbar.
Click Create.
Use the Browse window to find the configuration file you created, then click Next.
On the Preview screen, review the parameters you set in the configuration file.
Note: You may have to revise one or more values to ensure they are valid.
Click Save.

The application is now available for all projects on your site. You can direct project administrators to Integrate an external application for instructions on adding it to their own project toolbars.