Install TeamForge 16.3: SCM and Git integration on a separate server

In this option, we install SCM (Subversion, CVS) and GIT integrations on a separate server and other services on the main application server. If you want Black Duck Code Sight, you must install it on a separate RHEL/CentOS 6.7 server.

In this option, the following services run on the application server (we call this my.app.host). The following service runs on the SCM server. (We call this my.scmandgit.host)
Note: For the ETL service to run as expected in a distributed TeamForge installation, all servers must have the same time zone.

Log on to the server as root user always.

Do this on the main TeamForge application server. We'll call this my.app.host.

  1. Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.2 and log in as root.
    Important: Don't customize your installation. Select only the default packages list.
  2. Create a file, /etc/security/limits.d/teamforge.conf, and make sure it has the following "nproc" and "nofile" settings.
    • vim /etc/security/limits.d/teamforge.conf
    • sf-admin soft nproc 10240
    • sf-admin hard nproc 10240
    • sf-admin hard nofile 65536
    • sf-admin soft nofile 65536
    • Save the file and reboot the server.
  3. Check your basic networking setup. See Set up networking for your TeamForge server for details.
  4. If the TeamForge server has SELinux enabled, run it in 'Permissive' mode temporarily while installing or upgrading TeamForge.
    1. Verify if SELinux is running in enforcing mode.
      • getenforce
    2. If the output of the getenforce command is "Permissive", continue with the next step. If not, run the following command to bring it to 'Permissive' mode.
      • setenforce 0
    See Set up SELinux to have TeamForge run in SELinux mode after completing the installation or upgrade.
  5. Configure your TeamForge installation repository.
  6. Install the following application packages.
    1. TeamForge: To install the TeamForge application packages run the following command:
      • yum install teamforge
  7. Set up your site's master configuration file.
  8. Recreate the runtime environment.
    • cd /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/16.3
    • ./install.sh -r -I -V

Do this on the SCM Server - my.scmandgit.host

  1. Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.2 and log in as root.
    Important: Don't customize your installation. Select only the default packages list.
  2. Check your basic networking setup. See Set up networking for your TeamForge server for details.
  3. If the TeamForge server has SELinux enabled, disable it temporarily while installing or upgrading TeamForge.
    1. Verify if SELinux is running in enforcing mode.
      • getenforce
    2. If the output of the getenforce command is either "Disabled" or "Permissive", SELinux is already disabled.
    3. If not disabled, run the following command to disable SELinux.
      • setenforce 0
  4. Configure your TeamForge installation repository.
  5. Install the TeamForge SCM and Git packages.
    • yum install teamforge-scm teamforge-git
  6. Copy the site-options.conf file from the application server to the SCM server in the directory /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/16.3/conf
  7. Modify the host token settings on the site-options.conf file.
    Important: If you choose not to use the application server's site-options.conf file, then don't forget to copy the value of AUTO_DATA token from the application server.
    HOST_my.scmandgit.host=subversion cvs gerrit
    DOMAIN_my.scmandgit.host=my.scmandgit.domain.com
    HOST_my.app.domain.com=app database datamart etl indexer
  8. Recreate the runtime environment.
    • cd /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/16.3
    • ./install.sh -r -I -V

Do the following on the Black Duck Code Sight server - my.codesight.host.

  1. Set up Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server. See Install Black Duck Code Sight on a separate RHEL/CentOS 6.7 server.

Do the following on the application server - my.app.host

  1. Set up the initial site data (bootstrap).
    • cd /opt/collabnet/teamforge-installer/16.3
    • ./bootstrap-data.sh
  2. Start TeamForge.
    • /etc/init.d/collabnet start
  3. Important: If the token REQUIRE_USER_PASSWORD_CHANGE is set to true, login to TeamForge user interface, change the admin password and then run the post-install.py script.
    Run the TeamForge post installation script. For more information, see post-install.py.
    • /opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/scripts/post-install.py
    Note: In case you face any GIT-related issues while running the post-install.py script, see Post install fails for GIT. What should I do?.
  4. Run the svn_cache.sh script.
    • cd /opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/scripts/codesearch/
    • ./svn_cache.sh <Repository Base URL Path of the SCM Integration Server>

    Provide a repository base URL path of the SCM integration server, for example, "http://myint.box.net/svn/repos", where myint.box is the server with the SCM integration server.

    In addition, if you add a new integration server at some point later, you must run this svn_cache.sh script, (after creating the new integration server), on the TeamForge application server.

Do this on the SCM server - my.scmandgit.host

  1. Start TeamForge.
    • /etc/init.d/collabnet start

Note: Gerrit is configured as part of the post installation tasks included in the post-install.py script. As a result, Gerrit's status would be Not configured during startup, which you can safely ignore.

  1. Run the TeamForge post installation script. For more information, see post-install.py.
    • /opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/scripts/post-install.py
  2. Important: This step is required if you want Git notification emails.
    Edit the /opt/collabnet/gerrit/etc/gerrit.config file and update the 'smtpServer' property with the TeamForge application server's host name. For example:
    [sendemail]
                  smtpServer = <TeamForge application server host name>
    1. Restart gerrit.
      • /etc/init.d/collabnet stop gerrit
      • /etc/init.d/collabnet start gerrit

Do the following on the application server - my.app.host

  1. Restart the collabnet services.
    • /etc/init.d/collabnet restart
  2. Apply some finishing touches and make sure everything is running smoothly.
    1. Reboot the server and make sure all services come up automatically at startup.
    2. Log into your site as the administrator. The value of the DOMAIN variable in the site-options.conf file is the URL to log into.
    3. Create a sample project. See Create a TeamForge project.
    4. Write a welcome message to your site's users. See Create a site-wide broadcast.