Concepts and terms in TeamForge

Descriptions of concepts and terms in TeamForge.

• What does it mean to run CollabNet TeamForge on a virtual machine?
  CollabNet TeamForge can run as a virtual machine image in a VMWare Player. You get all the functionality of CollabNet TeamForge with the ease of installation and maintenance that comes with VMWare.
• What is a patch?
  A patch is a package of code that fixes or adds to the functionality of a CollabNet product. Patches are also known as "component upgrades."
• What is the look project?
  The look project contains special files that can override your site's default appearance and content, such as the default icons, fonts, colors, and labels.
• What wiki engine does TeamForge use?
  TeamForge currently uses the JSPWiki engine to render the wiki component pages in TeamForge. You can visit the JSPWiki homepage at the link below. Please keep in mind that TeamForge does restrict JSPWiki and not all functionality found on that site applies to the TeamForge wiki (plugins, for example).
• Does CollabNet TeamForge support merge tracking?
  The Subversion repositories that are installed with CollabNet TeamForge run on Subversion 1.5, which supports merge tracking.
• What is a private IP address and what are the private IP ranges?
  Any IP address that falls specified ranges is a private IP address and is non-routable on the Internet.
• What is the vamessages.log used for?
  TeamForge records just about everything it's doing to this file. You can use this log to debug startup issues, performance issues, system errors, exid backtraces, JVM issues, SQL issues, etc.
• How do I use the TeamForge updater to manage backups of old versions of TeamForge?
  You can safely delete the items in your <sourceforge_base_install_directory>/sourceforge_home/backups as long as you are comfortable with your version of TeamForge , and have no desire to go back. This directory may also be safely omitted from your backup plan.
• How does TeamForge deliver activity reports?
  The data in your reports comes from a special database that extracts live site data from the production database at intervals you specify. This protects the production database from excess reporting traffic, while keeping report content fresh.
• What is an integrated application?
  An integrated application is a stand-alone application that can seamlessly integrate into any CollabNet TeamForge project.
• Can I control user access to an integrated application?
  TeamForge can integrate the permissions scheme of a separate application into the TeamForge role-based access control system.
• How does an integrated application interact with other TeamForge tools?
  When you integrate an external application into your TeamForge site, the application can take full advantage of object IDs, links and Go URLs.