TeamForge 8.1

CollabNet TeamForge® is the industry's only open and extensible collaborative software delivery platform for distributed teams. It enables organizations to improve collaboration, agility and governance by connecting teams, processes, IP and tools via a centralized, secure, web-based system. With TeamForge, your entire organization can collaborate and become more agile at scale. And it scales to tens of thousands of users.

TeamForge 8.1 highlights

Check out the cool new features and enhancements to TeamForge with its new 8.1 release. TeamForge 8.1 aims at:

Agile execution at an enterprise scale
  • Kanban Board
  • Avatars
  • Improved Task Board
Broadening the range of third party integrated applications
  • Jira integration with TeamForge
Best-in-class enterprise SCM
  • Native code browser
  • Git replication
  • Replica access control
  • Orchestrate-based SCM activity reports
Enterprise-grade visibility, traceability and reporting
  • Cross-project reporting
  • Improved Trackers Table report
  • Added Datamart capability to load custom defined tracker fields.
  • Orchestrate event data store to capture all the events.
  • API to query the Orchestrate event data store to create custom reports.
More new features
  • Ability to delete document versions.
  • Ability to lock your documents to prevent parallel editing or downloading by others.
  • Ability to set your preferred time zone by editing your user profile settings (My Workspace > My settings).
  • Ability to export ranked artifacts.
  • Better session handling: Log in again and continue where you left without losing your unsaved changes.
  • Ability to search as you type with smart-search enabled 'Assigned To' and 'Submitted By' filter fields in Tracker List view.

Check out the documentation here for more information. Here's the Release Notes with the list of new features and bug fixes. You can also see the CollabNet TeamForge training page for your TeamForge 8.1 training needs.

Get started with TeamForge

Start collaborating in TeamForge now.
Are you a TeamForge user? Start working on a TeamForge project
Are you a TeamForge project manager? Create and manage projects in TeamForge
Are you a TeamForge site administrator? Click here to know more about how to run a site

Here's what it takes to work with TeamForge or lead TeamForge projects.

For project managers For project members
Project Dashboard Log on to TeamForge
Create projects Change password
Build your project home page My Page/My Workspace
Set up trackers Work with trackers
Create tracker work flows Work on tasks
Set up planning folders Work with documents
Manage your project with Teams Collaborate via discussion forums and mailing lists
Manage task work flow Work with source code
Generate reports Manage binaries
Control project access Provision hardware using Lab Management
Manage project membership Build and test your software
Work with linked and integrated applications Work with file releases
Provision hardware using Lab Management Monitor TeamForge work items
Wiki syntax

Tools to plan, track, search and filter

Search and filter Boards
Quick/Advanced search Planning Board
Tracker search Task Board
Task search Kanban Board
Filters  
Full-text search  

Reports

Activity reports Agile reports Distribution reports Trend reports
SCM Commits Cumulative Flow Chart Status Distribution by Area/Group Average Age Report
Artifact Created Release Burn Up Chart Total Size by Area/Group Artifact Open/Close Chart (Multiple Trackers)
Artifact Closed Burn Down Chart Average Size by Area/Group  
Build Activity Committed vs Done vs Missed Total Size by Tracker Type  
Build and Test Activity   Artifact Distribution Chart (Multiple Trackers)  
Commit Activity   Artifact Distribution Chart (Single Tracker)  
Commits by User      
File Changes Over Time      
Table reports Datamart CLI reports
Table reports: Task and Tracker reports TeamForge datamart schema CLI reports framework
  Access TeamForge datamart using external tools Upgrade CLI reports

Install TeamForge

Before you begin

Platform information | Software requirements
How many servers are required to run TeamForge?
Plan your installation | Set up networking | Open ports
Installation FAQs

Single-server setup

RHEL/CentOS SUSE
All services on a single: RHEL/CentOS 7.1 server | RHEL/CentOS 6.6 server All services on a single server

Two-server setup

Refer to the following topics if you plan to install TeamForge 8.1 on a two-server distributed setup.

RHEL/CentOS SUSE
Install TeamForge 8.1 on a server and:
Database and Datamart on a separate server Database and Datamart on a separate server
Reporting services on a separate server Reporting services on a separate server
Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server
SCM and Git on a separate server SCM and Git on a separate server
Oracle database on a separate server Oracle database on a separate server
Git on a separate server Git on a separate server

Three-server setup

Refer to the following topics if you plan to install TeamForge 8.1 on a three-server distributed setup.

RHEL/CentOS SUSE
Install TeamForge 8.1 on a server and:
Database and SCM on separate servers Database and SCM on separate servers

Post installation

Supply license key: From TeamForge user interface | As a text file
Verify your TeamForge 8.1 installation
Maintain your site | Perform common administration tasks
Uninstall TeamForge 8.1

Install TeamForge on VMware Player or VMware ESXi

Hardware and software requirements for CollabNet TeamForge 8.1 on a virtual machine
Install TeamForge 8.1 on: VMware Player | ESXi
Configure CollabNet TeamForge on VMware Player
Supply your TeamForge license key

Upgrade TeamForge

Before you begin

Platform information | Software requirements
How many servers are required to run TeamForge? | Should I upgrade to TeamForge 8.1 on a new server?
Plan your upgrade
Upgrade FAQs

Single-server setup

You may choose to upgrade on the same hardware or new hardware. Refer to the topic that suits your needs.

Upgrade on same hardware Upgrade on new hardware
From 8.0 to 8.1 on: RHEL/CentOS 6.6 server | RHEL/CentOS 7.1 server | SUSE From 8.0 to 8.1 on: RHEL/CentOS 7.1 server | SUSE
From 6.2 to 8.1 on RHEL/CentOS | SUSE  

Two-server setup

Refer to the following topics if you have TeamForge 8.0 running on a two-server distributed setup and are planning to upgrade to TeamForge 8.1 on the same hardware.

RHEL/CentOS 6.6 SUSE
Upgrade TeamForge on a server and:
Database and datamart on a separate server Database and datamart on a separate server
Reporting services on a separate server Reporting services on a separate server
Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server
Git on a separate server Git on a separate server
Oracle database on a separate server Oracle database on a separate server
RHEL/CentOS 7.1
Upgrade TeamForge on a server and:
Database and datamart on a separate server
Reporting services on a separate server
Black Duck Code Sight on a separate server
Git on a separate server
Oracle database on a separate server

Three-server setup

Refer to the following topics if you have TeamForge 8.0 running on a three-server distributed setup and are planning to upgrade to TeamForge 8.1 on the same hardware.

RHEL/CentOS 6.6 SUSE
Upgrade TeamForge on a server and:
Database and SCM on separate servers Database and SCM on separate servers
RHEL/CentOS 7.1
Upgrade TeamForge on a server and:
Database and SCM on separate servers

Integrate TeamForge with third-party tools

TeamForge supports integrations with third-party tools for versioning, reviewing, searching source code, binary repository management and test management. See Integrate TeamForge 8.1 with other tools for more information.

TeamForge event handlers

Custom event handling framework, examples and best practices
How to create a new event file?

TeamForge APIs

Note: API50 is present for backward compatibility and may be removed in future. API44 and API43 are removed completely.
What can I do with the SOAP API?
Get started with the CollabNet TeamForge SOAP API
Update an application to the TeamForge 8.1 API
How does an application interact with TeamForge SOAP services?
TeamForge services available via SOAP
What kind of clients can I call TeamForge SOAP services from?

Javadoc

Javadoc index

TeamForge architecture