Tasks in TeamForge

Questions about performing specific tasks in TeamForge.

• How do I post a site-wide broadcast message?
  You can post a site-wide broadcast message by using the Admin > System Tools > Broadcast Message page.
• Can I query the CollabNet TeamForge database?
  Yes, you can query the database if you are a site administrator or have been given access to System Tools by another site administrator. You can raise a database query by using the Admin > System Tools > Ad Hoc Database Query page.
• How do I remove the build and test link from SourceForge pages?
  The site administrator can remove these links by checking out and editing the branding repository from the look project.
• How do I remove the OCN link from my SourceForge instance?
  Remove the OCN link from your SourceForge instance by commenting out the header.ocn file in menu_bar.vm.
• What elements of a site can I customize?
  You can customize the site home page and the default home page of every project on the site. You can also customize the menu bars, headers and footers of any page.
• How do I create a local backup of a remote SVN repository?
  You can back up your remote Subversion repository to your local system by keeping a mirror copy of the repository locally using svnsync.
• Where do I configure my client proxy settings?
  Configure proxy settings in the servers file (created when Subversion is installed on your system).
• How do I send email from a specific sender address instead of the member address?
  To send mail from a specific sender address change the MONITORING_EMAIL_FROM_ADMINISTRATOR token to true in the site-options.conf file.
• How do I create new values in the "Reported in Release" field?
  SFTF will populate that field automatically from the packages that are defined in the file release tool.
• How do I create a parent/child artifact?
  A tracker artifact can be a parent or a child to another artifact.
• How can I enforce strong passwords?
  As of SFEE 4.2, it is possible to configure the application to reject passwords that do not meet your security criteria.
• How can I remove logs and deleted items that are more than 14 days old to free up disk space?
  The script available in the link below can be used to remove the logs and deleted_items that are more than 14 days old. This helps in freeing up disk space.
• How do I configure the user session timeout?
  Configure user session timeout for newly created sessions of the application server and the integration server in site-options.conf by editing the setting SESSION_TIMEOUT.
• How do I enable post-commit logging?
  You do this by editing the post-commit.py file.
• How do I rebulid SourceForge search indexes?
  Beginning with SourceForge 4.3 SP1, a utility is included to rebuild the search indexes. This can be done without stopping SourceForge , but any new objects created during this time will not be immediately indexed, but will be queued until after the re-indexing.
• Can I block project data from public search engines?
  Yes, edit the robots.txt file to specify the pages or directories that should not be indexed by search engines.
• Can I add custom links to the Quick Links section of the application home page?
  Yes, as of SourceForge 4.3 Hotfix 5, it is possible to add your own custom links to the Quick Links section of the application home page by editing file sourceforge_configuration.properties.
• Can I limit the number of characters for fields in a tracker?
  No, it's not possible in the current version of TeamForge.