Connecting a Decisions Server to a Repository Server
  • 02 Jul 2024
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Connecting a Decisions Server to a Repository Server

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Overview

This document demonstrates how administrators can connect a Decisions Server (Development/QA/Production Environment) to a Repository Server. To learn more about the Repository server, refer to the Repository Overview article. In order to get the Decisions Server to access the Repository, the Servers must be able to communicate via IP or DNS.

Prerequisites:


Connect to Repository Server

After meeting all the prerequisites listed under the overview section, the following subsection explains how to connect Decisions with the Repository server.

  1. Navigate to the environment you want to connect to the repository. Navigate to System > Settings > Designer Repository Settings. The Repository Settings dialog box appears.
  2. Under Repository Server, paste the Repository Server's Portal Base URL.
    Ensure the URL includes the instance name "/Primary" at the end of the base URL ({PortalBaseUrl}/Primary). Refer following e.g. screenshot http://repo:8060/Primary.

  3. Under Advanced > Enable Show Repository Actions. This will expose all the entities to the Designer Repository actions. These actions can be found by right-clicking any designer entity.
  4. Click SAVE SETTINGS. To learn more about all the settings, refer to the Repository Settingsdocument.
    Saving these settings will connect the Decisions environment to a Repository Server. 

Validating the Connection

Validating ensures that the configuration you have set up for the servers is correct and that the servers communicate with each other as intended. This confirmation can help prevent any issues from arising later due to incorrect configuration settings.

  1. From the current Decisions server (where the Repository is configured), navigate to any Folder/Designer Folder. Right-click on the Folder > Designer Repository > Open Repository Server. 
  2. The Repository Server should open in the new browser tab. Thus confirming the connection with the repository server.

Common Troubleshooting Points

  1. Ensure the Repository Server URL entered is correct in the Designer Repository Settings
  2. Ensure the Repository Server is reachable and actively running. If the server is unreachable, please contact your IT administrator.
  3. Ensure to use HTTPS in the URL in the Designer Repository Settings if the repository server is configured with a secured connection.
  4. Check Event Viewer for any possible logs related to Repository. If unmanaged to resolve the issue, reach out to support@decisions.com.

Refer to the following article for Troubleshooting Repository. If the problem continues, please reach out to support@decisions.com.


For further information on Repository, visit the Decisions Forum.

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