TEAMWORK SERVER

18.2
user guide

No Magic, Inc.
2015
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CONTENTS 0
Teamwork Server Concepts 5
Teamwork System Design 7
Native Repository 8
SVN Repository 8
ClearCase Repository 9
Comparison of Teamwork Server Repositories 10
Getting Started with Teamwork Server 10
Starting Teamwork Server 10
Starting the server using GUI 10
Starting the server without using GUI 12
Stopping Teamwork Server 15
Upgrading Teamwork Server 15
Automatic upgrade of Teamwork Server 15
Manual upgrade of Teamwork Server 16
Importing projects and users from earlier versions of Teamwork Server 19
Replacing the projects folder 19
Modifying the muserver.projects_directory property in muserver.properties file 20
Changing the repository location in Administrator’s Console 20
Migrating from the SVN/ClearCase repository to the Native repository type 21
Moving Teamwork Server 21
Managing Teamwork Server 22
Customizing Teamwork Server properties 23
Changing Administrator Password 24
Users Management 24
User permissions 27
Starting the Administrator’s Console 28
Administrator’s Console Dialog 28
Active Users tab 29
Projects tab 30
Log File tab 34
Properties tab 35
Secured Connection tab 35
Repository tab 38
LDAP Integration tab 44
Administrating Server via Command Line Utility 44
Giving commands on the input stream 46
Data Migration between Different Repositories 46
Changing Teamwork Server Debugging Mode 47
LDAP Support 48
Enabling LDAP Integration 48
Connection Settings 49
Authentication Settings 50
Authentication settings for the Simple User+Password authentication type 51
Authentication settings for the SASL authentication type 54
User Data Retrieval Settings 55
Connection Testing 56
Subversion and LDAP Integration Working at the Same Time 56

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Converting Certificates to JKS Format 57
Integrating Teamwork Server with SSL-Enabled Active Directory 57
Connecting Teamwork server via SSH encrypted tunnel 59
Configure the Teamwork Server side 60
Client Side Configuration 62
Server Synchronization and Multisite Deployment 62
Synchronization Overview 62
Usage Scenarios, Multisite Deployment 62
Characteristics 63
Using Synchronization 64
Distinguishing between Local and Remote Projects 66
Controlling Synchronization Scope 66
Controlling Synchronization Initiation 66
Deleted and Inaccessible Projects 67
Securing the Connection between Servers 67
Running Synchronization 67
Triggering Synchronization with Internal Scheduler 67
Triggering Synchronization Using Command Line Utility 69
Transferring Projects between Isolated Servers 70

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This UserGuide provides information about administrating MagicDraw Teamwork Server.

For information about working with Teamwork Server form the client
side, that is MagicDraw, please refer to MagicDraw UserManual.pdf.

With MagicDraw Teamwork Server you can assign as many developers as needed to work simultaneously on
the same project using multiple workstations. The resulting server project is saved on the server for sharing
with other MagicDraw® applications. Users with administrator rights can create new users by creating a name
and assigning various permissions to work on projects. The permissions assigned will determine whether the
new user can update, commit, edit, create, and delete model elements, diagrams, and projects.

To enable Teamwork support, you should install and run MagicDraw Teamwork Server. Each MagicDraw
application is a client of Teamwork Server.

At www.http://www.nomagic.com/support/demos in the Project management an collaboration section, you

will find the Teamwork viewlets to help you understand how to work with the Teamwork Server.
The Teamwork Server functionality is available with MagicDraw
client Standard, Professional, Architect, and Enterprise editions
only.

Teamwork Server Concepts

Get acquainted with basic Teamwork concepts.

Author
A user who has committed a new project version.

Version
A unique number assigned to the committed project. Project version numbers begin at zero (for
the initial version) and increase with every new project version.

Comment
Optional description of changes in the committed version.

Tag
Information about the status of a project (approved, initially tested, etc.), or other important
information.

Administrator Login
The default Administrator's account in Teamwork Server is:
Login name: Administrator
Password: Administrator
To prevent illegal access, it is advisable to change the Administrator's password.
For more information, see Section “Managing Teamwork Server” on page 22.

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Teamwork Server Administrator's Console

A remote connection for Teamwork Server status observation and administrative control. The
server holds information about active users and loaded projects. The Administrator can
shutdown or restart the server, change its properties, and view log files (including debug
information) for the server and separate projects.

Repository
A storage place for projects and their versions managed by the Teamwork Server.

Project category
A concept which enables visual grouping of projects in Teamwork Server repository.

Native user
A user whose account data is stored locally, i.e. in the native Teamwork Server repository.

External user
A user whose account data (all except the login name) is stored in an external database, e.g.,
Subversion, ClearCase, or LDAP.

Used Server Project

A server project containing one or more shared packages. Used projects are created with a
purpose to reuse them or to decompose projects into parts.

Dependency between two elements

A situation where one element (dependent element) refers to the data of the other element
(independent element).

Home server
A server where project has been initially created.

Domestic project
A project created on the home server.

Foreign project
A project transferred from its home server after synchronization. The foreign project cannot be
modified on the server, to which it was transferred, but it can be browsed, analyzed, selected for
report generation, and used in other projects on this server. The foreign project can have
domestic (editable) branches.

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Teamwork System Design

Figure 1 -- Teamwork system design

Clients communicate (using Java RMI, over TCP/IP) with Teamwork Server to retrieve projects stored on the
server, edit them, and commit them back to the server for storage.

The Teamwork Server keeps track of projects versions. Additionally, it performs several administrative functions
such as user login, authentication, and check permissions to access projects.

The Teamwork Server uses repositories for project version storage. The administrator can select any one of the
supported repository types in the Teamwork Administrator's console to configure the server (for more
information, see Section “Starting the Administrator’s Console” on page 28). Data can migrate from one to
another repository type. This functionality is also accessible from the Teamwork Administrator's console.

3 different types of repositories are supported in MagicDraw:

• Native (the default MagicDraw repository type).
• SVN (since v12.5).
• ClearCase (since v12.5).

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Regardless of the repository used, users will not feel the difference because the user workflow remains the
same.
For more information about specifying repositories, see the
Administrator’s Console dialog description, "Repository tab" on page 38.
For more information about importing or exporting project to the native
repository, see the Administrator’s Console dialog description, "Projects
tab" on page 30.

Native Repository
This is a default repository type. When the Teamwork Server is first installed and started, it is configured to use
this type of repository. The Native repository is the only type of repository available in the version prior to 12.5 of
Teamwork Server.

When the Teamwork Server is configured to use the Native repository, a directory is designated for project
storage. The Server then uses its internal proprietary code to implement a versioned repository for a collection
of projects.

Additionally, a simple user authentication/authorization scheme is implemented in the repository to store a

simple list of users and their passwords (securely encrypted using one-way encryption) in a user file. When
MagicDraw users log into the server, it uses this user file to verify these users and their passwords. Users'
rights to access different projects are also described using this file.

SVN Repository
The Teamwork Server can be configured to use SVN repository as a back-end. In this mode, the Teamwork
Server retrieves and commits project versions into the SVN repository.

To use this repository type, the SVN client executable must be correctly installed on the computer where the
Server runs. The Teamwork Server must be able to launch the SVN executable, that is SVN executable must
be accessible on the system's PATH and have appropriate permissions to execute. Supported SVN client
versions are 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8.

All SVN repository access methods are supported:

• local access through file:// type URLs
• remote repository access through svn://, svn+ssh:// type URLs
• remote repository access through HTTP and WebDAV - http://, https:// type URLs
Only password based logins are supported (public/private key logins for
svn+ssh:// and https:// access methods are currently not available).

Teamwork Server with the SVN repository supports pass-through authentication into the SVN. A pass-through
authentication is used for all access methods, except the file:// method. In this case, the Teamwork Server only
maintains a list of users but not their passwords, their passwords are not stored. When a user tries to log on the
Teamwork Server, server does not verify the password itself, but it logs on the SVN with the typed user name
and password. All the project update/commit actions on the repository are performed by the server on the
user’s request. Hence, if you explore the repository with SVN tools, you will see that all the changes are
attributed to the correct user.

For file:// type URLs, the pass-through authentication is not possible. Teamwork Server uses the same built-in
authentication method as that of the Native repository type, the users list with their crypted passwords is
maintained in a repository file. The server authenticates users using this file. Actions in a repository are
performed by the server on the user’s request. If the server is started as the NT service, all actions in the
repository will be attributed to the Local System user (unless a different user is specified in service settings). If

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the server is started manually, all actions in the repository will be attributed to the user who started the server.
This difference can only be seen when examining the SVN repository with SVN native tools. When looking at
the project versions with the MagicDraw client, all commit actions will be attributed to the uses who performed
them.
When a project file is committed into the SVN repository, the server stores
additional auxiliary information about the project in an additional directory. For
example, if you commit the MyProject.mdzip project into the server, the
auxiliary information will be stored in the MyProject_files directory nearby. Do
not delete this directory from the repository.

For best performance, Teamwork Server and SVN repository should have a good link between them. Optimally,
Teamwork Server could run on the machine where the repository is installed.

ClearCase Repository
The teamwork Server can be configured to use ClearCase repository as a back-end. In this mode, the
Teamwork Server retrieves and commits project versions into the ClearCase repository.

To use this repository type, the ClearCase client must be correctly installed on the computer where the Server
runs. It must be able to launch cleartool executable - cleartool executable must be in PATH and have
appropriate permissions. The supported ClearCase client versions are v7.0 or later (earlier versions might
work, but were not tested).

All actions (update/commit) are performed in the ClearCase repository by the server on user request. If the
server is started as NT service, actions in the repository will be attributed to the Local System user (unless a
different user is specified in the service settings). If the server is started manually, all actions in the repository
will be attributed to the user who started the server. This difference can only be seen when examining the
ClearCase repository with the ClearCase native tools. When looking at the project versions with MagicDraw
client, all commit actions will be attributed to the users who performed them.
When a project file is committed into the ClearCase repository, the
server stores additional auxiliary information about the project in an
additional directory. If you commit the MyProject.mdzip project into
the server, the auxiliary information will be stored in the
MyProject_files directory nearby. Do not delete this directory from
the repository.

For best performance the Teamwork Server should run on the machine where the repository is installed.

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Comparison of Teamwork Server Repositories

Getting Started with Teamwork Server

Starting Teamwork Server

To start the server for the first time, run the file teamwork_server.exe from the bin folder and browse the license
key when prompted. The key is no longer required the next time the server is run.
For more information about node locked license activation, see at
http://www.nomagic.com/support/installation-and-use/teamwork-
server-install.html#activating.

Starting the server using GUI

To start Teamwork Server

1. Do one of the following:

• Start Teamwork Server the same way you would start any application on your
operating system.

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• Run teamwork_server.exe in the server bin folder. The Teamwork Server startup
dialog opens.

Figure 2 -- Teamwork Server startup dialog

2. Click the Start Server button.

To change the server license key

1. Run teamwork_server.exe in the server bin folder. The Teamwork Server startup dialog opens.
2. Click the License Manager button. The Teamwork Server License Manager dialog opens.
3. On the opened dialog, click the Select License Key Files button to browse for a file with the
Teamwork Server license key.
4. In a browser, open a new license key file.
5. Click OK after you have changed the server license key.
Restart the server to apply changes.

To change the server port for the current launch

1. Run teamwork_server.exe in the server bin folder. The Teamwork Server startup dialog opens.
2. Click the Change Server Port button and enter the new server port. This port is used when
launching the server, or when adding the Windows service.

The Teamwork Server exports remote objects through one port: RMI registry port.

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Starting the server without using GUI

To start Teamwork Server from the command line

1. Do one of the following:

• Add the parameter NOGUI when starting the server from the command line.
• Run teamwork_server_nogui.exe in the server bin folder.
2. Type I agree and press Enter.
3. Type the path to the license key file and the file name. For example,
C:\key\MagicDraw_17_0_5_TeamworkServer_key.txt and press Enter.
If you have the commercial license that requires activation, before
applying the license key, activate the license.
For more information, see http://www.nomagic.com/support/
installation-and-use/teamwork-server-install.html#activating
4. Press y and Enter, to apply the key.
5. Type I agree and press Enter.
6. Press Enter.
7. Do one of the following:
• Press y, if you want to import projects that were stored in earlier versions of
Teamwork Server and press Enter. Then, specify the location to the previous
installation and press Enter. Press y if you want to import all projects.
• Press n, if you do not want to import earlier projects and then press Enter.
8. Do one of the following:
• Press y and then Enter, if you want to start the Teamwork Server with administrative
permissions.
• Press n and then Enter if you want to start the Teamwork Server without
administrative permissions.

To add Teamwork Server to Windows services

1. Run teamwork_server.exe in the server bin folder. The Teamwork Server startup dialog
appears.
2. Click the Add Windows Service button.
3. After the service is added, select one of the following:
• Start this service from the Windows Services list.
• Reboot the computer and the Service will start automatically.
• To run the server, click the Start Server button.
This feature is available only on Windows operating systems.

Windows 7 OS and Windows Vista OS Firewall do not allow remote

connections. Hence after adding Teamwork Server to Windows 7 or
Windows Vista services, you have to add the Teamwork Server port
number 1100 in Windows Firewall Exceptions list. Only then all remote
connections to Teamwork Server will be allowed.

To start Teamwork Server as a service on Red Hat Linux

1. Create a new service script file named “teamwork”.

2. Copy the following script code and paste it into the file.

#!/bin/bash
#

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# chkconfig: - 91 60
# description: MagicDraw TeamWork Server

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides: teamwork
# Required-Start: $local_fs $network $named $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $network $named $remote_fs $syslog
# Short-Description: MagicDraw TeamWork Server
# Description: This script is used to start MagicDraw TeamWork Server
### END INIT INFO

RETVAL=0
TEAMWORK_HOME="/var/MagicDraw_Teamwork_Server/bin"
prog="teamwork_server_nogui"
prog_stop="stop_teamwork_server"
desc="MagicDraw Teamwork Server"
args="SERVICE"

check() {
if [ -f /var/lock/$prog ]; then
if ps -p $(cat /var/lock/$prog 2>/dev/null) >/dev/null; then
return 0
fi
fi
return 3
}

status() {
check
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo $"${desc} is running..."
return 0
fi
echo $"${desc} is stopped"
return 3
}

start() {
check
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo $"${desc} is already started..."
return 2
fi

echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): "

$TEAMWORK_HOME/$prog $args &
RETVAL=$?
SCRIPT_PID=$!

COUNT=0
while [ "$COUNT" -le 15 ] && [ -z $JAVA_PID ]
do
JAVA_PID=$(pgrep -P $SCRIPT_PID java)
let COUNT=COUNT+1
sleep 1
done
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo $JAVA_PID >/var/lock/$prog
echo
}

stop() {
echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): "
$TEAMWORK_HOME/$prog_stop

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RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/$prog
return $RETVAL
}

case "$1" in
start)
start
RETVAL=$?
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
RETVAL=$?
;;
status)
status teamwork
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 3
esac
exit $RETVAL
This script can also be used in non-RedHat based GNU/Linux
distributions.

3. Change the value of the TEAMWORK_HOME variable according to the path of the Teamwork
Server installation bin folder.
4. Save the file and move it into the system directory “/etc/init.d”.
5. In the command line, type the following commands:

cd /etc/rc3.d
ln -s ../init.d/teamwork S99teamwork

You can also configure the service for runlevel using the
following command:
chkconfig --level 3 teamwork on

6. In the command line, type the following command:

service teamwork start

To change the server license key from the command line

1. Stop the Teamwork Server (see "Stopping Teamwork Server" on page 15).
2. Start the Teamwork Server from the command line. Add the following argument:
"-changeKey -key:<path to the key file location>".

This is the sample for the Windows OS:

teamwork_server_nogui.exe -changeKey -key:C:\MagicDraw_16_0_TeamworkServer_key.xml
The path to the key file should be fully qualified and without
spaces.

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Stopping Teamwork Server

To stop Teamwork Server

• In the <Teamwork Server home>\bin directory, run the stop_teamwork_server.exe.

To stop Teamwork Server on Red Hat Linux

• In the command line, type the following command:

service teamwork stop

To remove Teamwork Server from the Windows services

1. Run teamwork_server.exe in the server bin folder. The Teamwork Server startup dialog opens.
2. Click the Remove Windows Service button.
This feature is available only on Windows operating
systems.

Upgrading Teamwork Server

You can use automatic or manual upgrade of Teamwork Server.

In automatic upgrade, a new Teamwork Server version will be installed instead of current one. If you need to
keep the current server version without any changes, please upgrade the server manually. The manual
upgrade allows for installing a new server version on a new location. You will be able to import your old projects
and users, to test a functionality of a new server version, and only after that to remove a previous server
version.

Since the version of 16.9 commercial licenses are locked to the particular machine. You will be requested to
activate the license and receive the commercial license dedicated for the particular machine after the upgrade.
If you have already activated the license before upgrading with a new version, the license will be activated
automatically.
You should have valid Software Assurance to upgrade Teamwork
Server.

For more about Software Assurance, see at https://

www.nomagic.com/support/sales-and-licensing/software-assurance-
maintenance-contracts.

Automatic upgrade of Teamwork Server

The easiest way to renew MagicDraw Teamwork Server is to upgrade it automatically. Using this feature the
upgrade with newest versions and service packs is done automatically.
Make sure server and the client versions are the same. Also it is
recommended to use the same JVM version for the server and client.

We recommend making a backup of the project folder before

upgrading Teamwork Server.

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To upgrade Teamwork Server automatically

1. Stop Teamwork Server (see "Stopping Teamwork Server" on page 15) and close the
Administrator’s Console.
2. Deactivate the current license for the Teamwork Server.
3. For the Windows operating system, remove the Teamwork Server NT service, if it is added.
See the procedure "To remove Teamwork Server from the Windows services" on page 15.
Skip this step for other operating systems.
4. Start the Teamwork Server GUI version (see "Starting the server using GUI" on page 10).
5. When the dialog opens, click the Check for Updates button to check and download program
upgrades and updates.
If the HTTP Proxy Server Connection dialog opens, click Use
HTTP proxy server if you want to use a proxy server. Enter required
values and click OK when you are done. Checking for updates
starts.
6. The Update Information dialog opens wherein information about available updates is
displayed. Click the Update to New Version button to start upgrading the server.
7. When the automatic update finishes, the Import Configuration dialog opens. In this dialog,
click the Import button to import all teamwork projects and users from the previous Teamwork
Server version.

We strongly recommend to store the backup

folder.

8. After upgrading the server to version 16.9 or later, you will be requested to apply the
commercial license dedicated for the particular machine. Please visit the https://
www.nomagic.com/support/installation-and-use/teamwork-server-install.html#activating for
instructions on how to get the Teamwork Server license.
Teamwork Server and its client must be of the same version.
Otherwise, the clients will not be able to connect to the server.

Manual upgrade of Teamwork Server

Installation of a newer version does not detect nor remove the current server version. All projects and users can
be imported to the new server.
For the description of importing procedures, see "Importing
projects and users from earlier versions of Teamwork Server" on
page 19.

The version of project server and client should be the same and cannot be mixed up. Also it is recommended to
use the same JVM version for the server and client.

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To upgrade Teamwork Server manually

1. Stop Teamwork Server (see "Stopping Teamwork Server" on page 15).

2. Deactivate the current license for the Teamwork Server.
3. Remove Teamwork Server from Windows services, if it was added. See the procedure "To
remove Teamwork Server from the Windows services" on page 15.
4. Run the installation file. For the successful installation please use the following
recommendations:
• To allow for restoring backup data, install a new Teamwork Server version into the
other location than current Teamwork Server is installed. Under Choose Install
Folder, add, for example, the version you are installing number to the end of the
folder name.

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• Under Choose Java Virtual Machine, click Use the Java VM installed with this
application.

5. Start newly installed Teamwork Server. The Import Configuration dialog opens.
The import time can take more than 1 hour 30 minutes. Importing
time depends on quantity and size of projects you are importing.

6. In the Teamwork Server License Manager dialog, enter the license key.

For more information about node locked license activation, see at

http://www.nomagic.com/support/installation-and-use/teamwork-
server-install.html#activating.
7. The Teamwork Server License Configuration dialog with license information opens after you
have entered a license key.

Click OK. The Teamwork Server startup dialog opens.

8. Click the Start Server button. The server starts.
9. If it is needed, add Teamwork Server to Window services. See the procedure "To add
Teamwork Server to Windows services" on page 12.
10. Remove the old Teamwork Server version.
Make sure server and client versions are the same. Also it is
recommended to use the same JVM version for the server and client.

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To upgrade Teamwork Server manually without GUI

We recommend making a backup of the project folder before

upgrading the Teamwork Server.

1. Stop Teamwork Server (see "Stopping Teamwork Server" on page 15.

2. Deactivate the current license for the Teamwork Server.

For more information, see http://www.nomagic.com/support/

activation.html#deactivation_in_management

3. For the Windows operating system, remove the Teamwork Server NT service, if it was added
(see "To remove Teamwork Server from the Windows services" on page 15). Skip this step for
other operating systems.
4. Extract the MD_UML_<version number>_teamwork_server_no_installs.zip.
5. Start the new Teamwork Server without GUI (see "To start Teamwork Server from the
command line" on page 12).
There is no automatic Teamwork Server upgrade without GUI, only
manual upgrade.

Importing projects and users from earlier versions of Teamwork

Server
To import projects and users from earlier versions, use one of the following ways:
• Replacing the projects folder
• Changing the repository location in Administrator’s Console
• Modifying the muserver.projects_directory property in muserver.properties file

Replacing the projects folder

1. Stop Teamwork Server.
2. Copy and paste the projects folder to the newly installed projects folder of Teamwork Server.

See location of the projects folder in the following table.

Teamwork Server Location of the projects folder

version
17.0.3 or earlier <Teamwork Server installation directory>\projects on all operating systems
17.0.4 and 17.0.5 C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects on Windows 7/8/10

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\<version

number>\projects on Windows 2000/XP

C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\<version
number>\projects on Windows NT4

<install.root>/projects on other operating systems

Note that the projects folder is created automatically after starting Teamwork Server for
the first time.

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Teamwork Server Location of the projects folder

version
18.0 or later C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\projects on Windows 7/8/10

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\projects on

Windows 2000/XP

C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\ApplicationData\.magicdrawserver\projects on Windows

NT4

<install.root>/projects on other operating systems

Note that the projects folder is created automatically after starting Teamwork Server for
the first time.

Modifying the muserver.projects_directory property in muserver.properties file

1. Stop Teamwork Server.
2. Go to the .magicdrawserver\data folder and open the muserver.properties file. The data folder
is located in the same folder as the projects folder. For the projects folder location, refer the
preceding table.
3. In the muserver.projects_directory, specify the path to the projects folder. For example:

muserver.projects_directory=C\:\\ProgramData\\.magicdrawserver\\17.0.5\\projects

Changing the repository location in Administrator’s Console

By changing the repository location, you can indicate the projects folder that contains the project you want to
import.

To change the repository location and import projects

1. In the Teamwork Administrator’s Console window, Repository tab, next to the Location box,

click the button.

2. In the Open dialog, select the projects folder and click Open.
3. When you receive the warning, informing that In order to apply changes, you need to run
repository test, click Run Test.
4. In the Repository Test Passed dialog, click OK.
5. When you receive the message, informing that changes have been saved and to apply
changed properties, server should be restarted, click OK.
6. In the Teamwork Administrator’s Console window, from Menu, select the Restart Server
command.
7. In the Information dialog, informing that the server is restarting and try to login again after few
minutes, click OK.

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Migrating from the SVN/ClearCase repository to the Native

repository type

Migrating from the SVN/ClearCase repository to the Native repository type

1. Start the server on the SVN/ClearCase repository.

2. Open the Administrator's Console, trigger project export. Select a directory to dump the
permanently store the projects. This will be the directory in which the server will subsequently
operate.
3. In the Administrator's Console, reconfigure the server for the Native repository. Specify the
directory where you stored the projects as a directory to work with.
4. Restart server in order to use this new repository.
5. Projects are now in a new Native repository.

Moving Teamwork Server

You can move your Teamwork Server from one computer to another. During this transfer, server configurations,
projects, and user information will be moved.

Let’s say, we are moving Teamwork Server from the computer A to the computer B. In order to do that, follow
the instructions below.

To move Teamwork Server

1. Stop Teamwork Server in the computer A (see "Stopping Teamwork Server" on page 15).
2. In a computer A, back up all data in case unsuccessful data transfer.
3. Install Teamwork Server in the computer B.
4. In the computer A, copy the .magicdrawserver folder and paste them in the same location in the
computer B.
If your projects were stored other where than in the Project folder,
copy that folder wherein Teamwork Server projects were stored and
the path to that repository. In the computer B, restore the path to the
same repository and paste the folder with projects to that location.
For more information about how to change the pats to a repository,
see the procedure "To change a repository path" on page 21.
5. Start Teamwork Server (See "Managing Teamwork Server" on page 22).
Starting Teamwork Server for the first time, you will be required to
enter a license key. For more information about license activation,
see at http://www.nomagic.com/support/installation-and-use/
teamwork-server-install.html#activating.
6. You can remove back up date in the computer A (optional).
Before removing back up data from the computer A, make sure that
all data and server configurations are restored in the computer B
after moving.

To change a repository path

1. In the Teamwork Administrator's Console, click the Repository tab.

2. Near to the Repository Location box, click the button, to select the repository path.

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3. Click Apply Changes.

For more information about repository, see "Teamwork System Design"
on page 7.

Managing Teamwork Server

You can manage Teamwork Server properties, teamwork projects, and users in the MagicDraw environment.

Section "Customizing Teamwork Server properties" on page 23 describes how to set general Teamwork
Server properties.

Section "Changing Administrator Password" on page 24 describes how to change the administrator’s
password.

Section "Users Management" on page 24 describes how to manage users, user permissions, and how to
assign projects to users.

Section "Starting the Administrator’s Console" on page 28 describes how to start the Administrator’s console.

Section "Administrator’s Console Dialog" on page 28 describes the Administrator’s console dialog tabs.

Section "Data Migration between Different Repositories" on page 46 describes how to migrate data between
three different repositories.

Section "Changing Teamwork Server Debugging Mode" on page 47 describes how to change the Teamwork
Server debugging mode.

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Customizing Teamwork Server properties

In the Collaboration pane of the Environment Options dialog, set the general Teamwork Server properties.

Figure 3 -- Environment Option dialog. Collaboration options group

For better understanding an option you can read its description that tells what is the effect of changing the
option value.

To read the option description

Make sure that the Show Description mode is turned on in the

Environment Options dialog. To turn the Show Description mode on or
off, click the Show Description button on the property group toolbar.

1. Click an option, whose value you want to change.

2. Read the option description in the area below the options list. You are ready now to change the
option value.
For more information about the Environment Options dialog, see
“Customizing Environment Options” in the MagicDraw UserManual.pdf.

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Changing Administrator Password

If you forgot the Administrator’s password, see the following procedure on how to reset the Administrator’s
password.

To reset the Administrator’s password

1. Stop Teamwork Server.

2. Open the folder which stores server projects. This location depends of your Teamwork Server
version.
For more information, see "Replacing the projects folder" on
page 19.

3. In the open folder, open the users.xml file for editing.

4. Delete all the letters and numbers that are between the <password></password> tags. See the
following example:

5. Save the changes made in the users.xml file.

6. Restart the Teamwork Server.
7. Login to the Teamwork Server using the default Administrator’s account:
Login name: Administrator
Password: Administrator
To prevent the illegal access, it is advisable to change the default
Administrator’s password.

For more information on how to change the user’s password,

see the “Working with Server Projects” section, in MagicDraw UserManual.pdf.

Users Management
You can create two types of users in Teamwork Server: normal users that may have different permissions and
users with administrator rights. Users with administrator rights can do the following actions in Teamwork Server:
• Manage users.
• Create projects and assign users to them.
• Manage project versions and branches.
• Set user permissions for the system and projects (the read and edit modes are set by default).
• Remove users and projects from Teamwork.

The Teamwork Server users have their own user accounts (including login names and passwords given by the
administrator) and various types of permissions. According to the storage place of the user accounts, users can
be either:
• Native - the user’s account data is stored locally.
• External - the user’s account data is stored in the external database (Subversion/ClearCase
and/or LDAP). Only the login name of an external user is stored locally.

You can create, edit, or remove both types of Teamwork users regardless of whether the integration with any
external database (Subversion, ClearCase, LDAP) is enabled or disabled. The names of native and external
users are unique per single server.

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You can convert an external user to a native one and vice versa. Users with administrator rights can change a
specific user's type by editing the user's account information, or convert a whole list of active Teamwork users
by using the Teamwork Administrator's console.

You will be connected to Teamwork Server once the authorization process, which will prompt for your user ID
(login name and password), has been completed. Upon verification, you can work with the system.
If there are two MagicDraw clients with the same login name, only
one client is allowed to log into Teamwork Server at a time.

You can manage users in Teamwork Administrator’s Console or in MagicDraw UML when connection to
Teamwork Server is established.

To add a new native user

Create a New User in Teamwork

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. Click the Add button. The Add User dialog opens.
3. Enter the user’s login name, full name for better identification, and password.
4. Click OK.
5. Select the types of system permissions for the user in the Permissions list (see "User
permissions" on page 27).

To add a new external user

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. Click the Add button. The Add User dialog opens.
3. Enter the user’s login name and full name for better identification.
4. Select the External User check box.
5. Click OK.
6. Select the types of system permissions for the user in the Permissions list.
As you cannot set a password for an external user in MagicDraw's Teamwork
Server, use an appropriate tool for managing the external database (Subversion,
ClearCase, or LDAP) wherein the user's account is stored.

To convert a native user to an external one by editing the user's account information

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. Click the Edit button. The Edit User dialog opens.
3. Enter the user’s full name.
4. Select the External User check box.
5. Click OK.
• The password of a native user, who has been converted to an external user,
will be retained. However, it will not be used in the user authentication.
• The user's native password will be enabled again only if the user is converted
back to a native user.

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To convert all native users to external

All converted users will be able to log into Teamwork Server only if they are
available in the external user sources (LDAP, Subversion, or ClearCase server to
which your server is integrated).
1. Start Teamwork Administrator’s Console (see "Starting the Administrator’s Console" on
page 28).
2. In the Active Users tab, click the Convert Native Users to External button (see "Active Users
tab" on page 29).
3. Click Yes to confirm your decision.

You will be informed once the conversion has been completed. A Teamwork Server's user conversion can be:
• Successful - when all the users are converted from native to external. In this case the
informational message is displayed, and you can check the list of all converted users in the
server log.
• Unsuccessful - when the conversion failed. In this case an error message is displayed, and
you can see the server log for more details.
• Non-applicable - when there are no users to convert from native to external. In this case an
informational message is displayed.

For the information about the server log file, see “Log File tab” on page 34.

To convert an external user to native by editing the user's account information

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. Click the Edit button. The Edit User dialog opens.
3. Enter the user’s full name.
4. Clear the External User check box.
5. Type and retype the password.
If the converted user used to be a native user, the password will be
the same one used when he or she was a native.

6. Click OK.

To convert all external users to native

• All converted users will not be able to log into Teamwork Server as they do not
have passwords; therefore, the administrator has to set up a password for each
user after the conversion.
• If the converted user used to be a native user, the password will be reset to the
same one used when he or she was a native.
1. Start Teamwork Administrator’s Console (see "Starting the Administrator’s Console" on
page 28).
2. On the Active Users tab, click the Convert External Users to Native button (see "Active
Users tab" on page 29).
3. Click Yes to confirm your decision.

You will be informed once the conversion has been completed. A Teamwork Server's user conversion can be:
• Successful - when all the users are converted from external to native. In this case an
informational message is displayed, and you can check the list of all converted users in the
server log.
• Unsuccessful - when the conversion failed. In this case an error message is displayed, and
you can see the server log for more details.

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• Non-applicable - when there are no users to convert from external to native. In this case an
informational message is displayed.
For the information about the server log file,
see "Log File tab" on page 34.

To remove a user from Teamwork

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. In the Users area, select the user and click Remove.

To assign a project to a user

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. Click More, if you do not see the Teamwork projects list. The list of available Teamwork projects
is displayed in the Available Projects area.
3. Select a project you want to assign to the selected user.
4. Click the << button to move the selected project to the Assigned Projects list.
5. Click OK when you are done.
• Once a user has been added to a project, the default user rights will be created
allowing the user to access the project only according to the rights given.
• The system permissions have a higher priority over the project permissions. For
example, a user whose system permissions allow model editing can edit all
projects, even if the user does not have rights to edit the projects.

User permissions

You can give several types of permissions to the Teamwork users to coordinate the work of the whole team.
You can specify the types of user permissions in the Edit Users dialog.

There are two categories of permissions:

• System access – user’s administrative permissions to access and manage users and projects.
• Project access – user’s permissions to work on specific projects.

Permissions Users can

Edit model Modify a Teamwork project.
Read model Open the content of any Teamwork project.
NOTE: If the List not assigned projects permission is not selected,
you will be able to open the project using its URL.
Read including used Access the used project data from the main project.
projects (Legacy)
Assign user to project Assign any user to any Teamwork project.
Edit project properties Edit Teamwork project names and tags.
Administer project Manage (create, rename, and remove) project branches as well as
migrate projects to later versions.
List not assigned See all (assigned and not assigned) teamwork projects. If not
projects selected, only projects that are assigned to the user will be listed.
Create project / Create a new Teamwork project or a category.
category
Rename category Edit a category name.
Create user Create a new user.

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Permissions Users can

Remove project / Remove a project or a category from Teamwork Server.
category
Edit user properties Edit user names and passwords.
Remove user Delete user accounts from Teamwork Server. This permission will
unlock all model elements locked by the user in all projects.
Access user list Allows user to see other Teamwork Server users.

To view the users’ permissions

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. A list of users and their permissions is presented in the Permissions area.

To edit user permissions

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Users. The Edit Users dialog opens.
2. In the Users area, select a user that permissions you want to edit.
3. Select the check box to give or clear it to remove the selected permission in the Permissions
area.

To assign a user to a project

1. From the Collaborate menu, select Projects. The Edit Projects dialog opens.
2. Click More, if you do not see the unassigned users list. The list of available users is displayed
in the Available Users area.
3. Select the user you want to assign to the selected project.
4. Click the << button to move the selected user to the Assigned Users list.
5. Click OK when you are done.
When a user is added to a project, default user rights are created, allowing
the user to access the project according to the rights given.

Starting the Administrator’s Console

The MagicDraw UML Teamwork Server Administrator's Console is used for Teamwork Server status
observation and Administrative control. The server holds information about active users connecting to the
server and loaded projects. The Administrator can shutdown or restart the server, change its properties, and
view log files (including debug information) for the server and separate projects.

To start the Administrator’s Console

1. Open the <MagicDraw Teamwork Server installation directory>\bin folder.

2. Use the teamwork_administrator.exe file.

You can also start the Administrator’s Console from the client side.
The teamwork_administrator.exe file is located in <MagicDraw
installation directory>\collaboration.

Administrator’s Console Dialog

The Administrator’s Console dialog is constructed of six tabs: Active Users, Projects, Log File, Properties,
Repository, and LDAP Integration. All these tabs are described in the following sections.

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Active Users tab

In the Active Users tab, the administrator is able to observer all the users who are currently connected to the
Teamwork Server.

Figure 4 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Active Users tab

The GUI elements of the Active Users tab are described in the following table.

Element name Description

Columns of the Active Users list
Login Name The Teamwork user's login name.
Real Name The user's full name.
Host Name The host name.
Host IP The host IP address.
Connection Time The date and time the user connects to Teamwork Server.
Buttons of the Active Users list
Convert Native Users to Starts the conversion of all connected native users to external users.
External For more information about this conversion, see section “To convert all
native users to external” on page 26.
Convert External Users to Starts the conversion of all connected external users to native users.
Native For more information about this conversion, see section “To convert all
external users to native” on page 26.
Send Message Opens the Send Message to Remote User dialog for sending
message to a specific user. The button is available, when a user is
selected.

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Projects tab

The Projects tab displays, names, authors, and the status of all projects that are stored on the server.

Figure 5 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Projects tab

Import from and export to native repository as well as synchronization can be triggered in the Projects tab.

To synchronize projects on the current server with data from selected location

1. Click the Synchronize from Native Repository button. The Select Native Repository dialog
opens.
2. Select the directory where the data to synchronize is stored.
This must be a directory that stores project versions in the Teamwork
Server's Native repository format, for example, a directory, to which you
have exported the projects (see the procedure "To export projects from
the current server" on page 32), or a directory on which the server
operated in the past.
3. Click Synchronize.
The contents of the selected directory is imported into the current server. After the
synchronization, the server assumes that the synchronized projects are foreign. Therefore,
these projects cannot be modified, but the synchronization can be repeated to update them with
new data.

To import projects into the current server

1. Click the Import from Native Repository button. The Projects Import Wizard opens.
2. Select the directory where the projects to import are stored.
This must be a directory that stores project versions in the Teamwork
Server's Native repository format, for example, a directory, to which you
have exported the projects (see the procedure "To export projects from
the current server" on page 32), or a directory on which the server
operated in the past.

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3. Click Next.
To restore files from the backup that was made while upgrading the
server, in the Directory box, type the path to the backup folder.

4. In the Projects list, all the projects that are stored in the directory are displayed. Select any
projects to import from the list or click on the Select All button to import all projects. Click Next.

5. .The Resolve Naming Conflicts tab appears. The import process will check if the selected
projects/used projects/profiles already exist in the selected destination directory server
(comparison is done by name). There are two ways to resolve naming conflicts:
• Use destination. The used project will not be imported and all other projects/used
projects, which are being imported, will be modified to use the already existing used
project/profile in the current server.

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• Overwrite destination. Import the selected profiles or used projects and commit
them by overwriting the existing ones in the current server.

6. Click Finish.
The contents of the selected directory is imported into the current server. After the import, the
current sever assumes the ownership of the imported projects. Therefore, they can be modified,
but the import cannot be repeated.

To export projects from the current server

1. Click the Export to Native Repository button. The Project Export Wizard opens.
2. Select projects/used projects/profiles to export from the list, or click on the Select All button to
import all projects/used projects/profiles. Click Next.

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3. Select the directory to export the selected project. This can be either a new directory or a
directory where the Native repository is stored.

4. The resolve naming conflicts in the destination directory opens.

If you select a new directory to export the project, there will be no naming conflicts. The
projects/used projects/profiles, to be export already exist in the selected destination directory
(comparison is done by name), the naming conflicts will occur.
5. There are two actions to resolve the naming conflicts:
• Overwrite Destination. Overwrite the projects/used projects/profiles that already
exist in the destination directory with the exported projects/used projects/profiles.
• Use Destination. Do not replace the projects/used projects/profiles that already
exist in the destination directory.

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To view the details of a project

Select a project and from the Teamwork Administrative's Console dialog and click Details.
The Project dialog opens.

Figure 6 -- Project dialog

Log File tab

If errors occur on the Teamwork Server, use the Log File tab to view the error message.

Figure 7 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Log File tab

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Properties tab

Figure 8 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Properties tab

The Properties tab displays the following Teamwork Server properties:

• muserver.authentication.name.casesensitive specifies if the authentication is case sensitive
or not. This means, that if the property is set to true, entered login name must fully match with
registered one (for example, when the registered login name contains capital letters, user must
enter the login name with capital letters).
• muserver.ping.time records how often the Teamwork Server pings a client. After sending a
ping signal, the server waits for the client to answer. If the client does not respond during the
interval of time specified in the Muserver.ping.timeout.time property, the user is logged out from
the Server.
• muserver.ping.timeout.time displays the number of seconds the Teamwork Server will wait
for a client's response once the server sent its ping. If no answer is received during this interval,
the user is logged out from the Server.
• muserver.rmiregistry.port specifies the port on which communication between MagicDraw
clients and Teamwork Server occurs (RMI traffic over TCP/IP).
Restart the server to apply changes.

Secured Connection tab

Since version 17.0, you can transfer data in a more secure way using the secured connection (SSL).
If the SSL connection is established in the server side, you should
also use the SSL connection in the client side when connecting to
the server.

In order to use the SSL connection, two types of certificates are needed: one for the server and one for the
client. Certificates must be in a Java Key Store format.

The server certificate is automatically placed in the <Teamwork Server installation directory>\cert folder after
the SSL configuration is done.

The client certificate should be located manually. You should create a folder named “certs” and place into it
these two files:
1. A client certificate named cert.jks.
2. A file named cert.pass wherein the certificate password is typed.

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In this case applications MagicDraw and Teamwork Administrator’s Console are Teamwork server clients. Both
of it should have the client certificate. Hence the certs folder should be placed in two locations:
• <Teamwork Administrator’s Console installation directory> for the Teamwork Administrator’s
Console application
• <LOCAL_APPDATA1>\.magicdraw\<version number> on Windows OS or
<user.home>\.magicdraw\<version number> on other OS for the MagicDraw application (It can
be located in the folder <MagicDraw installation directory> either but the user home folder is the
default one)
If the Teamwork Administrator’s Console is not installed in the separate
location, its installation directory is the same as Teamwork Server installation
directory or the MagicDraw installation directory (if installed together).

You can get certificates from your system administrator or generate them by yourself.
For more information about generating certificates,
see procedure "To generate certificates" on page 37.

To enable the secured connection (SSL)

Only the user with administrator rights can configure Teamwork

Server options. The user should be disconnected from Teamwork
in MagicDraw while using the Teamwork Administrator’s Console.
1. Run the Teamwork Server Administrator’s Console.
2. In the Secured Connection tab, select the Enable Secure Connection check box.
3. Click Browse to add the server certificate.
4. Enter the JKS password.
5. Click the Apply Changes button.
6. Restart Teamwork Server.
If you want to change the password for the certificate, you need to
regenerate the certificate with a different password.

To remove a certificate, click the Remove button.

1. To find out the location of MagicDraw configuration files you may open Help > About MagicDraw and select the Environment tab in
the MagicDraw application. Then click the Configuration Files link.

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Figure 9 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Secured Connection tab

To generate certificates

We recommend you to use the KeyTool IUI application for generating certificates.
This is a free tool that can be downloaded from the Internet.
1. Run the KeyTool IUI application.
2. Create empty files for storing certificates:
2.1. Select Create > Keystore.
2.2. Create an empty keystore file for the server. Do the following:
2.2.1 In the Keystore file dialog, set the location of the file and type a file name.
2.2.2 In the Keystore password dialog, type the password for the server keystore
file and click OK.
2.3. Create an empty keystore file for the client. Do the following:
2.3.1 In the Keystore file dialog, set the location of the file and type a file name.
For easier certificate transfer in next steps create a
new folder “certs” and save the file named cert.jks in it.

2.3.2 In the Keystore password dialog, type the password for the client keystore
file and click OK.
3. Create a RSA keypair for the server:
3.1. Select Create > Keystore’s entry > Private key, with vers. #3 > RSA.
3.2. In the Keystore file dialog, the Source section, open the created server keystore file
and type a password.
3.3. Provide the required information in the Target section and click OK.
3.4. The dialog for creating a new alias will open. Type a new private key entry’s alias name
and a password for it. Click OK.
3.5. You will see the created alias. Close the dialog.
4. Exclude a public key from the keypair to provide it to the client:
4.1. Select Export > Private’s key first certificate in chain > As simple certificate file.

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4.2. In the Keystore file dialog, the Source section, open the server keystore file and type
its password.
4.3. Create a file, whereto the key will be exported. In the Certificate file dialog, the Target
section, set a location and type a file name for the client certificate. Click OK.
4.4. The dialog for selecting an alias will open. Select from the list the alias that has been
created in step 3.4 and type its password. You will be able to see the created certificate.
5. Import a public key into the client certificate:
5.1. Select Import > Keystore’s entry > Trusted certificate > Regular certificate.
5.2. In the Source section set the certificate file, which has been created in step 4, as a
regular certificate file.
5.3. In the Target section set the client keystore file client.jks as a keystore file and click OK.
5.4. The dialog will open asking to enter a new alias name.Enter the alias name created in
step 3.4 and click OK.
5.5. Some pop-up windows will open informing about the generation process. Close all of
them after reviewing.

Generated certificates are ready to use now. Paste them into the right location. For the information on how to
configure SSL in a server side please refer to procedure "To enable the secured connection (SSL)" on
page 36.

Repository tab

Repository tab is a very important tab. It contains information about the repository of the server. This tab
determines where and how the Teamwork Server stores projects and their version information, user lists, etc.
For more information about repositories,
see "Teamwork System Design" on page 7.
Restart the Server to apply changes.

There are 3 different types of repository to choose in the Repository type combo box. General information
about the types is described in the Section "Teamwork System Design" on page 7. This section, presents the
configuration fields in detail.

The Repository tab layout changes with the type of repository selected.

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Native repository

The Native repository type is the simplest one to configure. There is only one editable parameter, that is the
Repository Location.

Figure 10 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Repository tab for Native repository type

The GUI elements of the Repository tab for the Native repository type are described in the following table.

Element name Description

Fields
Repository Location Designate the directory where the Teamwork Server stores information about:
project list, users list, project versions, etc.
The designated directory depends on Operating System (OS) and is the
following:
• On Windows 7/8 - C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\<version
number>\projects
• On Windows 2000/XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects
• On Windows NT4 - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\projects
• On other OS - <install.root>/projects
For more information on how to change the default configuration files location,
see the “MagicDraw configuration files location” section in MagicDraw
UserManual.pdf.
Authentication Type The Native repository type can only use built-in authentication type. This field is
not editable and for information purposes only.
Buttons

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Element name Description

Test Connection Test new parameters before applying them to the Teamwork Server. If the
server cannot start with these new parameters, you will not be able to connect it
with the Administrators console and change the parameters back to the old
values. You will need to manually edit the muserver.properties file on the
computer where Teamwork Server is installed.
The Native repository type is simple because it requires at least a repository
location directory that can be created and edited.
NOTE: The muserver.properties file location depends on OS and is the
following:
• On Windows 7/8 - C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On Windows 2000/XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On Windows NT4 - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On other OS - <install.root>/data

SVN repository

Figure 11 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Repository tab for SVN repository type

When configuring Teamwork Server to use the SVN repository, the SVN client executable must be installed on
the computer where Teamwork Server runs. The SVN client executable must be accessible on the system's

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PATH and have appropriate permissions to execute. The SVN repository itself can be located on the same or
different computer than the Teamwork Server runs.

Element name Function

Fields
Repository URL An URL field, which points to the SVN repository that will be used. The path can
direct to a repository root or any other inner repository folders. All other paths
(configurations location, profile location, also project paths, when adding project
to the repository) will relate to this location.
All repository access types, which are supported by standard SVN installation,
are supported here. In particular, file:// (local repositories), svn:// and svn+ssh://
(remote repositories accessible through remote login and svnserve), http:// and
https:// (remote repositories, accessible through HTTP and WebDAV) URLs can
be used here.
Project Cache The directory where the Teamwork Server checksout files to work with the
Directory repository. The Teamwork Server uses this directory to launch all necessary
SVN operations to implement project storage and create project version. This is
a “scratchpad” for the Teamwork server to work.
Server The directory in SVN repository where the Teamwork Server keeps its
Configuration configuration files (project and user lists).
Location
System Profile The directory in SVN repository where the MagicDraw's system profiles are
Location stored.
Authentication Type Currently not editable. This is an informational-only box indicating what
authentication type will be used. The type depends on the repository access
method (repository URL). If the repository URL is:
• svn://, svn+ssh://. The Authentication Type will be Remote Login. This means
that when performing SVN actions, the Teamwork Server will log in remotely,
as the user, who performs the action. A pass-through authentication of
MagicDraw clients will be used.
• http://, https://. The Authentication Type will be Basic/Digest HTTP. This
means that when performing SVN actions, the Teamwork Server will
authenticate with the web server using HTTP Basic Auth or HTTP Digest Auth
(see RFC2617), as the user who performs the action. A pass-through
authentication of MagicDraw clients will be used.
• file://. The Authentication Type will be Built-In. A pass-through authentication
is impossible for this type of repository access, hence the Teamwork Server
refers back to the same authentication type as that of Native repository. The
Server will keep its own users list with their passwords, and authenticate users
itself.
The pass through authentication means that the Teamwork Server will only keep
users list, but not their passwords. When a MagicDraw client logs into the
Teamwork Server, the server will not verify the password, but will log into SVN
instead. It stores the user's password in memory and use it for all subsequent
communications with the SVN prompted by the user's actions. This feature
decreases the burden on both the administrator and users because all
passwords are kept in one place.
Certificate based authentication method for svn+ssh:// and https:// is not yet
supported.
For pass-through authentication methods (all types of repository URLs except file://) the following fields
are available:
Administrator login Specify the administrator of the Teamwork Server. This user will have full
name permissions to the projects and various administrative tasks, such as updating
user list file, project list file, etc. in the SVN repository.

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Element name Function

Administrator The Administrator’s password. The Teamwork Server needs this password to
password perform various administrative tasks in the SVN repository.
NOTE: this password will be stored and encrypted in a form that is difficult
decrypt. This encrypted password is stored in the muserver.properties file. You
can set restricted permissions on this file for example, accessible only to user in
the Teamwork Server.
The muserver.properties file location depends on OS and is the following:
• On Windows 7/8 - C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On Windows 2000/XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On Windows NT4 - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\<version number>\data
• On other OS - <install.root>/data
Auto-add unknown Decreases the administrator's burden to manage users list. If this check box is
users to Teamwork cleared, all MagicDraw users who try to log in, but are not in the users list of the
if they log in Teamwork Server will be refused an access if they supply correct usernames/
successfully
passwords to login the SVN repository. If the check box is checked, MagicDraw
users who are not in the users list of the Teamwork Server, but supply correct
usernames/passwords to login to the SVN repository will be automatically
added to the list and access the server.
The default Built-In authentication method (file:// type URLs) login name is “Administrator” without a
password field (not necessary). The “Auto-add unknown users to the Teamwork if they log in
successfully” check box is also unavailable (meaningless) in this case.
Buttons
Test Connection Test new parameters before applying them to the Teamwork Server. If the server
cannot start with these new parameters, you will not be able to connect it with
the Administrator’s Console and change the parameters back to the old
values. You will need to manually edit the muserver.properties file on the
computer where the Teamwork Server is installed.

This test ensures that the Teamwork Server is able to access and write the
cache directory, access (and log in with the specified administrator user and
password) the SVN repository in the specified location. It also checks the
configuration and system profile locations on the SVN repository (the
administrator must be able to write there).

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ClearCase repository

Figure 12 -- Teamwork Administrator's Console. Repository tab for Clear Case repository type

The ClearCase type of repository has a few parameters. When configuring this repository, the ClearCase client
part must be installed on the computer where the Teamwork Server runs. The Teamwork Server will use
cleartool executable to access and manage files in the ClearCase repository, so cleartool must be accessible -
the PATH and have appropriate permissions to run. Also, the ClearCase repository must have the right
permissions for the user, the Teamwork Server.

Property name Function

Fields
Project Cache The directory where the Teamwork Server checksout files to work with the
Directory repository. The Teamwork Server will create a snapshot view (in ClearCase
parlance) in this directory and place any necessary VOBs there project and
perform all operations necessary to implement project storage and project
versions. This is a “scratchpad” for the Teamwork Server to work.
Server
Configuration
Location The directory in the ClearCase repository, where the Teamwork server keeps its
configuration files (project and user lists).
NOTE: Must begin with some VOB name and cannot be left empty.
System Profile
Location
A directory in the ClearCase repository where the MagicDraw's system profiles
are stored.
NOTE: Must begin with some VOB name and it cannot be left empty.

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Property name Function

Authentication Type The ClearCase repository type can only use built-in authentication type. This
field is not editable and for information purposes only.
The Built-In authentication means that the Teamwork Server manages its own
users list and their passwords. When MagicDraw clients connect to the server, it
will authenticate them using this list.
When the Teamwork Server works with the ClearCase repository, it uses the
standard system authority to identify itself to the repository. This means that the
Server run as authorized by the user. All actions in the ClearCase repository will
be attributed to that user (irrelevant to users in the connecting MagicDraw
client). If a user starts the server, it will run as authorized by that user. If the
server is started as NT service the service will run under a local system account.
This can be a source of cryptic errors, for example if the local system account
has no rights to access the ClearCase repository, the Teamwork Server will fail
when started as a service, while everything works all right when started from the
command line.
Administrator Login When the Built-In authentication type is used, the administrators name is
Name “Administrator”. This field is not editable and for informational purpose only. The
default Administrator’s password is (for a new set-up repository) “Administrator”.
For security reason it is highly recommended to change the default password
after the server starts.
Buttons
Test Test new parameters before applying them to the Server. If the server cannot
start with these new parameters, you will not be able to connect it with the
Administrators console and change the parameters back to the old values. You
will need to manually edit the muserver.properties file on the computer where
Teamwork Server is installed.
This test ensures that Teamwork Server is able to create the ClearCase view in
the specified directory and to access the two configured VOBs (for configuration
storage and profile storage).
NOTE: The muserver.properties file location depends on OS and is the
following:
• On Windows 7/8 - C:\ProgramData\.magicdrawserver\data
• On Windows 2000/XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\data
• On Windows NT4 - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Application
Data\.magicdrawserver\data
• On other OS - <install.root>/data

LDAP Integration tab

For more information about LDAP Integration,
see "LDAP Support" on page 48.

Administrating Server via Command Line Utility

Administrative tasks, such as users, projects, and permissions management, can also be performed by using a
command line utility. The utility is stored in <Teamwork Server installation directory>\bin and is called
teamwork_console.exe for Windows and teamwork_console for Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

The ability to access the server administrative functions via the command line utility facilitates the scriptable
management of Teamwork Server. This enables automation of routine administrative tasks, such as permission
management. Single command can be given through the command line utility parameters. Multiple commands

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can be given in bulk through the input stream. Command results are provided through exit status codes, thus
enabling conditional script execution.

To start performing the administrative tasks using the command line utility

1. Start Teamwork Server.

2. Open the command line interface.
3. At the command line, type the following command:
cd <Teamwork Server installation directory>\bin
cd C:\Downloads\MagicDraw_180_sp2_teamwork_server_no_install\bin

4. At the command line, type the following command:

teamwork_console.exe -u username -p password servername
teamwork_console.exe -u Administrator -p Administrator localhost

You are successfully logged into the server and can start performing server administration
tasks.

The following table includes the command line utility commands for performing administrative tasks and their
brief descriptions.

Command Description
mkuser Creates an external user.
rmuser Deletes the given user.
lsuser Lists all the users or tests if the given user exists.
mkproj Creates an empty project.
rmproj Deletes the given project.
lsproj Lists all the projects or tests if the given project exists.
stperm Sets the specified permission of the specified user on a given project.
clperm Clears the specified permission of the specified user on a given project.
lsperm Lists permissions of the specified user on a given project.

For detailed command descriptions, refer to the help, which is printed after typing any of the following
commands at the command line:
• teamwork_console.exe --help
• teamwork_console.exe -h

Any of the commands in the preceding table can be typed at the command line immediately after the
servername parameter.
teamwork_console.exe -u Administrator -p Administrator localhost lsuser

If your Teamwork Server runs on the Linux or other Unix-based operating system,
you can escape typing a long command every time by using once the following
command:
alias tc="./teamwork_console -u username -p password servername"
In the sequel, you can type “tc” instead of “teamwork_console -u username -p
password servername”, for example, “tc lsuser”.

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Giving commands on the input stream

The commands for performing the supported administrative tasks can be given on the input stream. This is
indicated by specifying the “-” parameter immediately after the servername parameter.
teamwork_console.exe -u Administrator -p Administrator localhost -

In this case the command line utility connects to the specified server with the given credentials, performs the
commands and exits.
This is a shell script for creating a project and assigning users to it:
#!/bin/bash

#shorthand
TC='/MagicDraw_TeamworkServer_installation_directory/bin/
teamwork_console -u Administrator -p Administrator localhost'

#create a blank project in a category, store output in a variable,

#exit on fail
PID=$( $TC mkproj "TestPr" "Training Material and Demos" ) || {
echo "Failed to create project" >&2; exit 1; }

#pump multiple set permission commands into the teamwork console

$TC - << EOF
stperm user1 RD $PID
stperm user1 RR $PID
stperm user1 WR $PID
EOF

Data Migration between Different Repositories

3 different types of repositories are supported in MagicDraw v12.5 and above. By default (when first installed)
the server uses the Native repository type. When switching to a different repository type, the task of project
migration is inevitably increased.

There are many different but similar use cases, such as migrating the data from the previous Native type
repository into a new SVN/ClearCase based repository.

It is possible for the Teamwork Server to import and export projects. This function is triggered from the
Administrators console (see section “Administrator’s Console Dialog” on page 28). Import & Export is only
possible in the Native repository type format. The Native repository type is a kind of intermediate form for
information interchange.

Note that words “import” and “export” here are used relatively to the currently running server (the one to which
administrator's console is attached):
• “import” means importing data into the current server from the designated directory;
• “export” means exporting data from the current server into the designated directory.

Migrating the server from the Native repository to the SVN/ClearCase repository

1. The Server is started on the Native repository (projects/versions stored in a directory).

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2. Open the Administrator's Console. Reconfigure the server to work with the SVN/ClearCase
repository.
3. In the Administrator’s Console, reconfigure the server to work with the ClearCase/SVN
repository.
4. Restart server to use the new repository. The Server starts. There is nothing in the repository
but the profiles needed to work with MagicDraw.
5. Login again to the Administrator’s Console and trigger project import. Select the directory to
import from, the same directory from where the export was performed.
6. Projects are now in a new SVN/ClearCase repository.

Migrating from SVN repository to ClearCase repository

1. Server is started on SVN/ClearCase repository.

2. Open Administrator's Console, trigger project export. Choose some temporary directory to
dump the data to.
3. In Administrator's Console, reconfigure server for work with some ClearCase/SVN repository.
4. Restart the server, to use new repository. Server will be started, repository will be empty - no
projects - only the profiles, needed for work with MagicDraw will be added to repository.
5. Login again in the Administrator’s Console, and trigger project import. Choose the directory
to import from - the same directory where you previously did export.
6. Projects are now in a new, ClearCase/SVN repository.

Changing Teamwork Server Debugging Mode

You can change Teamwork Server debugging mode without restart.

To enable Teamwork Server debugging:

1. Start Teamwork Server Administrator’s Console.
2. Select Enable Debugging from the Menu (Figure 13 on page 48).
Enable Debugging action is disabled in the Offline Administrator’s
Console mode.

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Figure 13 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console - Enable Debugging

LDAP Support
LDAP Integration allows Teamwork Server to authenticate its users against LDAP servers. LDAP Integration
enables pass-through MagicDraw authentication against LDAP servers, by passing client's authentication
information to LDAP servers.

LDAP Integration supports Simple User+Password and SASL authentication, SSL/TLS protocols, and several
LDAP servers configured for a single integration.

Enabling LDAP Integration

To enable LDAP Integration

1. Start Teamwork Administrator's Console (see "Starting the Administrator’s Console" on

page 28).
2. Click the LDAP Integration tab.
3. Click Enable LDAP Integration. LDAP integration settings become active (see the following
figure).
4. After enabling the integration, specify all mandatory setting values. Mandatory settings are
marked with the star sign at the end of name. There are four groups of settings in the LDAP
Integration tab:
• Connection Settings (see on page 49)
• Authentication Settings (see on page 50)
• User Data Retrieval Settings (see on page 55)

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5. Click Apply Changes when you are done. You will be required to test the connection against
the LDAP server.
For more information about the connection testing,
see "Connection Testing" on page 56.

Connection Settings
Connection Settings specifies network and security settings for connecting to LDAP servers.

Figure 14 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console, LDAP Integration tab. Connection Settings

Connection Settings are described in the following table.

Setting Name Description

Server A list of servers separated by spaces where each entry holds server address
Address(es) and server port. If unspecified, the 389 port is used. At least one server
address must be specified. Usually a master server and its slaves (replicas)
are specified for round-robin authentication.
Teamwork Server authenticates against servers in the order they are listed in
the Server Adress(es). If authentication does not succeed to the first server in
the list, the second server is used, and so on until authentication is successful.
Authentication failure for the whole integration is considered as an inability to
authenticate against any of the specified servers.
A single server in the specified list is queried within the period of time specified
in the Server Timeout setting.

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Setting Name Description

Server Timeout A time duration that specifies maximum period of time in milliseconds to
successfully authenticate to a single server. If authentication is unsuccessful
within this period of time, the next server in the server list is queried. The
default value for this option is 500 milliseconds.
Encryption A list of protocols. You can use SSL or TLS protocols for the encryption. Select
protocol None, if you do not need to use an encryption protocol. The selected protocol
applies to every server specified in the LDAP server list. For example, if the
SSL encryption is specified, communications to all the servers specified in the
Server Address(es) list will be encrypted using the SSL protocol.
If the encrypted connection is used, Server Root CA certificate and password
may be required. Server Root CA certificate should be stored in Java Key
Store (JKS) format. For more information about converting certificates to JKS
format, see "Converting Certificates to JKS Format" on page 57.

Authentication Settings
LDAP Integration supports two most popular LDAP authentication methods. They are as follows:
• Simple User+Password (see "Authentication settings for the Simple User+Password
authentication type" on page 51).
• SASL (see "Authentication settings for the SASL authentication type" on page 54)

Teamwork Server transforms user credentials entered in MagicDraw to LDAP authentication credentials by
using the templates in authentication settings. After successful authentication to LDAP, a special user for each
authenticated LDAP user is created in Teamwork Server. They differ from ordinary users as they have no
passwords (in order to complete authentication, authentication to LDAP server(s) is used). You can perform
various actions for these users, otherwise. It is possible to setup permissions, remove users, and do other
common actions with users.

You can automatically create a proxy user account for Teamwork Server. Select Auto-add unknown users if
they login successfully checkbox and authenticated user credentials without password will be stored in
Teamwork Server on successful login.

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To select an authentication type for LDAP integration

• In the Authentication Type list, select a desired protocol.

Figure 15 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console, LDAP Integration tab. Selecting Authentication Type

Authentication settings for the Simple User+Password authentication type

Using the Simple User+Password authentication type, you can select the following options:
• Use User DN template
• Retrieve User DN by using an LDAP query

Authentication using a user DN template has the following characteristics:

• A hard-coded template is filled-in with the user login supplied on the login process to Teamwork
Server.
• User DN is used to login to LDAP server.

Authentication using retrieved user DN performs in the following order:

1. A query template is filled-in with the login name entered by the user.
2. An anonymous bind or specific User DN and password is used to connect to the LDAP server.
3. The LDAP server is queried for User DN by using the query produced in the step #1, Search
Base, and Search Scope settings’ values.
4. The LDAP server returns User DN by the query.
5. Teamwork disconnects from the LDAP server.
6. Teamwork tries to login to LDAP using returned User DN and password supplied by the user
during the login process.

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Figure 16 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console, LDAP Integration tab. Authentication Settings (Simple User+Password)

Authentication Settings are described in the following table.

Setting Name Description

Settings that are active when the Use User DN template is selected

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Setting Name Description

User DN User DN stores a template, which is used for mapping the user’s
authenticating against Teamwork Server to LDAP distinguished names when
authenticating. The template recognizes a single keyword $(login). An
example of the template:
cn=$(login), dc=example, dc=com
Settings that are active when the Retrieve User DN by using an LDAP query is selected
Query The LDAP query for retrieving User DN, for example:
uid=$(login)
Search Base DN, from which a search should begin, for example:
dc=example,dc=com
Search Scope Search scope specifies whether the search must be restricted to the directly
owned DNs only or it must be performed in the whole subtree.
Choose one of the following:
• One level
• Subtree
Anonymous A mode of bind, specifying, whether the user connects to LDAP server with a
Bind specific user or anonymously for being able to find the User DN which
corresponds to the user who is trying to login to Teamwork.
IMPORTANT! You must have such a user if you do not have anonymous
access.
Bind DN Specific User DN for connecting to the LDAP server and perform queries.
NOTE: This element is active, when Anonymous Bind is not selected.
Bind Password A specific password to connect to the LDAP server and perform queries (you
must to have such a user if you do not have anonymous access!)
NOTE: This element is active, when the Anonymous Bind is not selected.

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Authentication settings for the SASL authentication type

Figure 17 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console, LDAP Integration tab. Authentication Settings (SASL)

Authentication Settings are described in the following table.

Setting Name Description

Authentication Login name supplied by the user is transformed to an authentication identity
Identity when authenticating. The authentication Identity is a mandatory template. The
template recognizes a single keyword $(login). An example of a template:
$(login)
Authorization Login name supplied by the user is transformed to an authorization identity
Identity when authenticating if the Authorization Identity template is specified. The
template recognizes a single keyword $(login).
An example of a template:
$(login)
or
$(login)@example
Realm Specifies the realm of an authentication identity for the SASL bind.
Mechanism Specifies the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. An example:
DIGEST-MD5

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User Data Retrieval Settings

Authenticated users usually have an access to User DN attributes in the LDAP database. If the user information
retrieval is enabled, and User DN attributes are accessible to the authenticated user, Teamwork Server
retrieves their values and sets them for the corresponding external users.

User DN is retrieved in the same way as it is done if the Simple User+Password authentication type is
enabled (either by using a static User DN template or by querying the LDAP server(s) for User DN). When the
user logs in to the LDAP server, this connection is further reused for retrieving user information.

If the user information retrieval is disabled or User DN attributes are not accessible to the authenticated user,
Teamwork Server creates an external user with the login name that was specified by the user on the
authentication.

Figure 18 -- Teamwork Administrator’s Console, LDAP Integration tab. User Data Retrieval Settings

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User Data Retrieval Settings are described in the following table:

Setting Name Description

User DN After a specific User DN is found, the name of a local user which is created on
Attribute-to- the authentication is created by using the Full Name Mapping template for this
Full Name User DN. The Full Name Mapping template supports placeholders in the form
Mapping
of $(attribute), where attribute is an attribute of DN.
An example:
$(cn) $(sn)

This will form the Name of the created user out of two LDAP attributes - cn and
sn.
Settings that are active when the Use User DN templaten is selected:
User DN User DN specifies a template used to search for specific DN by the supplied
login name. An example:
cn=$(login), dc=example, dc=com
Settings that are active when the Retrieve User DN by using an LDAP query is selected:
Query An LDAP query for retrieving User DN, for example:
uid=$(login)
Search Base DN from which the searching should begin, for example:
dc=example,dc=com
Search Scope Specifies, whether the search must be restricted to the directly owned DNs
only or it must be performed in the whole subtree.
Choose one of the following options:
• One level
• Subtree

Connection Testing
After you have specified the LDAP Integration setting values, you can test the connection to LDAP server.

To test a LDAP Integration configuration

1. In the LDAP Integration tab of Teamwork Administrator’s Console, click Test Connection.
The Test Connection dialog opens.
2. Type user’s login name, password, and click OK.
3. The message with connection results appears.

Subversion and LDAP Integration Working at the Same Time

If Teamwork Server uses Subversion for storing projects and LDAP Integration for authentication, Subversion
must recognize (or authenticate) the same users and passwords that are used to authenticate against the
LDAP server. Administrator is the user specified in he LDAP Integration configuration.

When Teamwork is integrated with Subversion only, client's authentication information is passed to the
Subversion server. When Teamwork Server is integrated with Subversion and LDAP, client's authentication
information is passed for both Subversion server(s) and LDAP server(s), but only successful authentication to
LDAP server(s) successfully logs the user into Teamwork Server.

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Converting Certificates to JKS Format

Teamwork Server recognizes certificates stored in Java KeyStore (JKS) format. If certificates are in PEM
format, they have to be converted to JKS format. OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org/) and Sun Java KeyTool
(included into every Java distribution) can be used for this purpose. For example, if we a certificate in a file
called cert.pem, then the following commands will covert it to JKS format:
openssl x509 -in cert.pem -out cert.der -outform der
keytool -importcert -alias mycert -file cert.der -keystore truststore.jks

Integrating Teamwork Server with SSL-Enabled Active Directory

You can integrate Teamwork Server with SSL-enabled Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows 2003
Active Directory.

To complete this integration successfully, the following requirements should be passed:

• Windows Server Active Directory should have SSL enabled. This includes a valid Certificate
Authority (CA) and a valid certificate for Active Directory (AD) server certificate (for more
information on installing and configuring Certificate Services for Windows Server, see Microsoft
documentation).
• Any SSL-aware LDAP client should be able to connect to your AD server port 636 with SSL
enabled and should have access to its contents (for more information on setting SSL-enabled
connections to AD, refer to the specific LDAP client documentation).

To create a Java KeyStore with the included CA and AD server certificates

1. Export the CA and AD server certificates to the DER encoded binary.cer files using the
Microsoft Management Console, the Certificates Snap-in.
Do not include private keys while exporting.

2. Import the CA and AD server certificates (.cer files) to Java KeyStore (.jks file), using the
KeyTool IUI. Do the following steps:
2.1. Run the KeyTool IUI.
2.2. Double-click Create on the tree, and then click Keystore to create a new keystore file.
2.3. Choose the JKS format and save a new keystore file.

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2.4. Set the password for the keystore.

Figure 19 -- Creating a new keystore file with the KeyTool IUI (steps 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4)

2.5. On the tree, double-click Import, Keystore's Entry, and Trusted Certificate, and then
click Regular Certificate to import the .cer files into Java KeyStore.
2.6. Select the created keystore file as the target.
2.7. Select the exported CA certificate file (.cer) as the source. Enter the keystore password
and click OK. Enter “CAAlias” as the alias for the CA certificate and click OK.

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2.8. Select the exported AD server certificate file (.cer) as the source. Enter the keystore
password and click OK. Enter the full name of the AD server as the alias for the AD
certificate and click OK.

Figure 20 -- Importing certificate files into the keystore file (steps 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8)

Now you have a Java KeyStore containing both certificates.

The subsequent steps for the Teamwork Server integration with SSL-enabled Active Directory are the same as
for the integration with any other LDAP server. This procedure is described in section “Enabling LDAP
Integration” on page 48.

Connecting Teamwork server via SSH encrypted

tunnel
In this section you will find the description for SSH-encrypted MagicDraw UML and Teamwork Server
connectivity.

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Requirements on both server and client are as following:

1. Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Windows Server family OS.
2. Local administrative rights to create local user for tunneling and to run SSH service.
3. OpenSSH server and client binary installation files. You may obtain it from http://
sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103886&package_id=111688#.
The OpenSSH software is free of charge.

Configure the Teamwork Server side

1. Login to the Teamwork Server with administrator privileges.
2. Install OpenSSH with default settings. This will install OpenSSH server and client on your
Teamwork Server machine. The warning about editing password and group file appears while
installing. Click OK.
3. Create a local user for SSH tunnel. To do this right click on My Computer, then select Manage.
In the Local Users and Groups section right-click on Users and choose New User. The New
User dialog opens (see Figure 21 on page 60).
3.1. Enter a new username which you will use to login into SSH service to establish
tunneling. For example, tunnel.
3.2. Enter the user password according to your local system policy.
3.3. Clear the User must change password at next logon check box.
3.4. Click Create. The local user will be created.
This is not the same as MagicDraw Teamwork Server user used to
checkout and commit UML models from/to the server. Use Teamwork
Administrator to manage Teamwork users.

Figure 21 -- The New User dialog

4. Create a local group for SSH tunnel users. To do this right-click on My Computer and then
select Manage. In the Local Users and Groups section right-click on Group and choose New

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Group. The New Group dialog opens (see Figure 22 on page 61).
4.1. Enter a new groupname, for example, SSH.
4.2. Add the “tunnel” user to the SSH group.

Figure 22 -- The New Group dialog

5. Create SSH-aware local password file with 'tunnel' user entry. Any users in this password file
will be able to log on with SSH. To create SSH-aware local password file run command prompt
(click "Start"-> "Run", then type "cmd" and click Enter) and then type the following commands:
cd C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin
mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group
mkpasswd -l -u tunnel >> ..\etc\passwd
6. Start OpenSSH Server service from your control panel. To do this right-click on My Computer
and then select Manage. In the Services and Application section, the Services item right-
click on the OpenSSH Server service and choose Start.
7. Test the SSH server.
7.1. Type “ssh tunnel@localhost” from your command prompt.

The following warning appears:

The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
7.2. Type yes and press Enter. NOTE: type the full word “yes”, not only “y”.
7.3. Enter the password you created at step 3.
7.4. Warning about nonexisting home directory appears. Please ignore it.
7.5. Now you are logged in into localhost via SSH service and you can see the shell prompt.
7.6. After the SSH server testing exit from the server by typing exit.
Other way to test if the SSH port (port 22) is opened on
the server.

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In the command prompt go to the C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin and type the 'netstat -na' command. You will
get the list of all connections. The state of the port should be "LISTENING" while the SSH server is running.

Client Side Configuration

1. Install OpenSSH client from the same installation file you downloaded. Uncheck "Server" option
when asked

The SSH client package is installed to "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH" by default and added into your PATH
variable.
2. Establish an SSH tunnel by logging into Teamwork server SSH service from the command
prompt:

ssh - L localport:teamworkserver:teamworkserverport username@teamworkserver

For example, the following command will establish an SSH encrypted tunnel from client port 1100 to server port
1100. When connecting to localhost:1100, the packets get encrypted and sent to twserver:1100, where actual
Teamwork server resides:
ssh -L 1100:twserver:1100 tunnel@twserver

localport may be any unused port on your workstation.

Teamwork server port is the port the Teamwork server is running (usually 1100)

You are logged as user "tunnel" to the SSH service on Teamwork server machine. Leave the session opened,
as killing it also kills the SSH tunnel used for the MagicDraw Client.
3. Open MagicDraw Client. Use localhost:localport when connecting to the Teamwork server.
Localport is 1100 in this case as we used it when created the tunnel.
Using any other value than "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" will fail, even if
connected to the actual machine name, resolved by DNS. This is
because tunnel starts on loopback interface of your workstation only
for security reason.

Server Synchronization and Multisite Deployment

Synchronization Overview
Ability to synchronize data between several Teamwork Servers is available as of version 17.0.3. One Teamwork
Server can now expose and make accessible the projects of the different servers together with owned projects.
Server users can access remote projects (coming from the different locations) in a read-only mode and can
perform any read-only actions.

There can be more than two servers in the pool. Each server can separately synchronize data from many other
servers.

Usage Scenarios, Multisite Deployment

The main usage scenario for the inter-server synchronization capability is multisite Teamwork Server
deployment.

Very often a large company has several different sites (often in different countries) where projects are
developed. Usually the site has very good internal connectivity - LAN-class speeds (1Gbit/s, or at least

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multiMbit/s) are available inside the site; while connectivity between the sites is not so good - WAN-class
speeds (several Mbit/s) are available between sites.

There are cases when developers at one site are responsible for development of some subset of projects, while
developers at other sites just need to use (but not modify) the artifacts produced by the first team.

In the earlier versions, company had to choose one site where a single Teamwork Server will be deployed and
set up the remote connections for the developers joining from the other sites.The server performance (project
open, commit, update, element locking times) for developers of that site were good. But the developers at other
sites suffered from degraded performance due to reduced connectivity parameters. This is especially important
when managing large projects.

As of this version, company can deploy many Teamwork Servers - one per each site. Developers of that site
can connect to their local server and work at LAN-speeds. Synchronization between servers can then be set
up.

Synchronization frequency can be chosen as necessary - hourly, daily, weekly

You can also set the specific time when to perform the synchronization. For example,
synchronization at night, when internet traffic is reduced.

With the synchronization set up, developers can access the projects of other teams on their own local server.
Any action that is not changing the project is acceptable - users can open the remote projects, browse, search,
analyze then, generate reports and most importantly - include remote projects as used projects/libraries into
their own projects.

For example, team at one site is responsible for developing requirements project; team at another site can take
this requirements project and incorporate them into their implementation project(s).

Please note that scenario where developers at different sites edit the same project is not covered. In this case
one server will be designated as the home server of the project, and any developer, who needs to edit it, has to
log onto the home server of the project to edit it.

There are additional, less frequent scenarios when synchronization between the servers can become handy.
For example there is a scenario: there is a project set which has to be readable by a huge number of users, but
is developed only by the small number of developers. In this case company may want to set up a small main
development server where developers can work unaffected by large numbers of browsing users and a large
server for handling all read-only traffic (possibly in a different network security zone etc).

The licensing scheme is very simple. Each Teamwork Server deployment is licensed separately - multiple sites
synchronizing between each other is NOT counted as one big deployment, but as many separate deployments.
There are no additional charges (such as a separate "enterprise" edition of the server) for using
synchronization feature.

Characteristics

The synchronization process characteristics are as follows:

• Synchronized items are Projects and Categories. The entire project history is synchronized
with all the commit data (including all the branches) and all the comments. User's data is NOT
synchronized. Each server has its own independent user list and permissions are assigned on
each server by the administrator of each server.
• Each project has Server-Affinity, with one writer and (potentially) many readers. Each project
has a home server. The project can be edited only on home server. All other servers that fetch
this project can only read this project (open the project, use it as a read-only used project/
library of the other projects and so on). Having a single writer prevents the incompatible
modification conflicts between the servers without introducing any additional burden - such as
inter-server locks.

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• Synchronization is Incremental. Synchronization process can be run many times. Each

synchronization process updates the target server to the latest data from the source server.
The amount of the data transferred is proportional to the amount of changes since the last
synchronization.
• Synchronization is Asynchronous. Servers continue to run asynchronously. Changes on one
server are propagated to other servers only during synchronization procedure. Synchronization
procedure can be arbitrarily delayed from the time moment when change happens (for example
only monthly synchronization).
• Synchronization is Batched. Synchronization is not a continuous process. It has a clearly
defined start and stop. However frequency of synchronization can be arbitrary (for example
each 15 minutes).
• Synchronization is Non-Intrusive. While synchronization is running, users can continue to work
on both the source and the target servers. It is not necessary to restart the target server after
synchronization is done.
• Synchronization is Separate in each Direction. Synchronization between each source and
target server pair is independent from any different server pair. This includes synchronization in
the opposite direction. If server S1 is synchronized from server S2, this does not automatically
mean that S2 is synchronized from S1. Synchronization in the opposite direction can be set up
on a different schedule or disabled at all.
• Target server is Active. The target server (the one receiving data) drives the synchronization
process. It connects to the source server, determines what updates need to be transferred,
fetches the data and incorporates it into its own repository.
• Synchronization is Direct only. Currently synchronization procedure can take projects only
directly from their home server. Transferring projects through intermediate server chain ( server
S1'server S2'server S3) is not supported.
• Synchronization can be Partial. The administrators can specify that all the projects of the
source server should be synchronized to the target server OR specify a subset of projects that
need to be synchronized.

Using Synchronization
As described earlier, synchronization process is launched between two given servers - source (providing the
information) and target (receiving the information). Target server is the driving server - it actively connects to the
source server and pulls the necessary data. Synchronization can be bidirectional, but for each direction a
separate synchronization must be launched. Both directions are independent of each other and can be present

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or absent as necessary. Several synchronization processes can be run in parallel on the same target server,
pulling the data from several different source servers.

Synchronization process takes the project history data (including the project and category names, all the
commits, comments, and branches) from the source server and uploads it to the target server. This process is
incremental, so only the changes from last synchronization are transferred. Target server users can then
access this data in the same manner as local projects of the target. These projects are listed among other
projects, can be opened, or attached as used projects/libraries to other projects. The only limitation is that they
cannot be edited and no further versions can be committed. Project can only be edited on the home
server.Project permissions of the source server are not synchronized - target server administrator can specify
the different access rules to the remote projects. Note that specifying write permissions on remote project has
no effect.

The remote project can be removed from the target server, but please note that it will reappear after the next
synchronization, unless it is also excluded from the synchronized project set of the source server. The rename
operations are handled in the same way - it is possible to rename remote project on the server, but the name
will be re-synchronized to the name in the source during the next synchronization.

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Synchronization can be a long-running process, but it is not intrusive. The end users of the source and target
servers do not feel it's effects (no need to stop or restart servers during or after synchronization) except for the
possible slight performance degradation.

The results of the pending synchronization appear on the target server gradually during the course of
synchronization. So it is possible to see particular remote project X having 100 versions, then 110 after some
time and 117 after synchronization is complete. But this should not cause the problems for the clients on the
target - partial version data will never be offered (the situation where there are 116 versions of the remote
project X declared, but the 116th version is only half-way downloaded are never exposed).

Distinguishing between Local and Remote Projects

The remote and local projects on the server are almost indistinguishable. To differentiate between the two
kinds, synchronization process can prepend the arbitrary prefix to the remote category names.

During synchronization, administrator provides (optionally) the prefix string and synchronization process
modifies the names of the categories, coming from the remote server. When synchronizing from multiple
source servers, each different source can have a different prefix.

For example, in the target server of GB site, projects coming from the server of American site can have “USA_”
prefix added to their category names; and projects of German site can have “DE_” prefix. So if there are
projects under category “Requirements” on the German site, on GB site these projects will be located under
“DE_Requirements”.

Controlling Synchronization Scope

It is possible to configure which projects are synchronized - select all or only particular subset of the source
server projects to be synchronized to the target.

The target server specifies user/password of the source server when target server initiates the synchronization
process. Synchronization process then takes all the accessible projects from the source server. Source server
administrator can control which projects are accessible managing user permissions on his server. If the
specified synchronization user has a permission to read all the projects on the source server, then all the
projects will be synchronized during the process. If the specified user only has permissions to access particular
subset of projects, only these projects shall be synchronized during the process.
It is highly advisable to create a special dedicated user on the source
server for synchronization purposes and not reuse the real existing user
accounts. Only read permissions should be given to this account.

Note that different synchronized project sets can be specified on the source for each different target - just use
different users for each target and define the project set as described above.

Controlling Synchronization Initiation

Not every user can trigger synchronization procedure (on the target server). The user must have at least the
following system-wide permissions:
• Create project/category
• Edit project properties
• Rename category
It is not enough to have project-specific permissions.

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Deleted and Inaccessible Projects

During synchronization there can be situations when project was previously located in the source server but is
no longer available. Project may have been deleted in the source server or no longer accessible (by decision of
source server administrator).

The synchronization process does not and cannot delete these unavailable remote projects from the target
server automatically, because there may be other, local, projects still using this remote project. Missing remote
project is not deleted from the target server, but moved into a special category - ATTIC.

Target server administrator should inspect this category from time to time and if there are any projects, inspect
whether they are used in the local projects (perhaps using the Project Usage Map.
For more information see “Project Usage Map” in MagicDraw
UserManual.pdf ) and remove unnecessary projects.

Securing the Connection between Servers

Since connection between the source and target servers is usually goring through the WAN, it is advisable to
secure this connection - so that 3rd parties cannot access the project data in transit.

There are two options that can be used.

One option is to set up the SSL connection. In this case the source server needs to have public/private key pair
configured in a keystore. Target server needs to have the public key (in certificate form) of each source server it
wants to connect to.
For more information, see "Secured Connection tab" on page 35.

Another option is to set up the VPN connection between the servers so that both servers are in the same virtual
subnet. This solution is server-neutral. Nothing needs to be done on the server(s).

Running Synchronization
Synchronization procedure can be started in two different ways - using a build in scheduler in the Teamwork
and using the command line utility. As stated earlier, synchronization procedure has to be triggered separately
for each synchronization direction in case of bi-directional setup. The synchronization target server (the server
receiving the data) is the active server - the one which drives the synchronization process. When started,
synchronization process runs till completion or till the unrecoverable error appears (such as network problems)
or until interrupted by the user (when using command line utility). The synchronization progress and outcome
can be monitored in the server log.

Triggering Synchronization with Internal Scheduler

Teamwork Server has a build in mechanism to trigger tasks at various periodicities and with various
parameters.

This mechanism can be used for triggering synchronization between servers.

The tasks are specified by *.properties files located in the schedule subdirectory in the Teamwork Server install
directory. Each *.properties file describes one task, to be run at the defined periodicity. There is an example file
- synchronization.properties.example, which can be examined and copied/renamed to produce the
synchronization task(s). For example two files - syncDE_GB.properties and syncDE_US.properties can be
create to describe two synchronizations - one for synchronization from remote server on GB site, another - for
synchronization from remote server on US site.

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Teamwork Server constantly monitors the schedule subdirectory for any changes in the *.properties files and
any changes take effect immediately. All other files with different endings - such as aforementioned
synchronization.properties.example - are ignored.

When scheduled tasks are run, they are run on behalf of the system user of the Teamwork Server (by the way -
this is the reason why you do not need to specify the user on the target server when running synchronization
using scheduler, but you need to specify user on target server when running synchronization from command
line utility)

Properties files are specified in Java property file format.

Properties files carry the following task parameters:

• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.Task. This parameter describes the type of task to
be run. Currently there is only one type of task that can be scheduled - the synchronization
task. This task type is specified by
com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.SynchronizationJob value of the property.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.schedule.cron. This parameter specifies the frequency of task
running. Parameter syntax corresponds to the Unix cron task definition syntax. This syntax
allows very flexible description of task running frequency and pattern. For example, value: "0 30
01 ? * MON-FRI" triggers synchronization task at 01:30AM of each Monday to Friday. For more
information about the parameter please see the documentation of Quartz framework at: http://
quartz-scheduler.org/files/documentation/Quartz-2.1.x-Documentation.pdf See chapter
"CronTrigger Tutorial". Alternatively you can read the cron manual of your Unix system.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.SourceServer. This parameter specifies
synchronization source server and port. It is a mandatory parameter for synchronization task.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.SourceUser. This parameter specifies the user on
the synchronization source server (the server providing the data), which will be used to access
and fetch the project data.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.SourcePassword. This parameter describes the
password of the user on the synchronization source server, which will be used to access and
fetch the project data. Since password is stored in plain text, please ensure that the *.properties
file has the correct and safe permissions.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.UseSecureConnection. This parameter specifies
that SSL connection shall be used between target (this) server and source server for data
transfer. SSL certificates must be set up correctly on both the source and target servers.
For more information, see "Secured Connection tab"
on page 35.
• com.nomagic.teamwork.synchronization.CategoryPrefix. This parameter specifies the
prefix that will be prepended to each remote category name in the target (this) server. For
example if category name in the source server is “Requirements”, and the prefix is “REMOTE/”,
in the target server this category will be named “REMOTE/Requirements”.

Once triggered by the scheduler, synchronization runs to completion (or to unrecoverable error). The progress
of synchronization can be monitored in the server log file. There is no facility to stop these jobs by user
command (except for full server stop).

If the synchronization job takes longer than the schedule period, and the next schedule event happens before
previous job has finished, the event is suppressed. The second synchronization is NOT started in parallel; the
running synchronization is allowed to continue and finish normally.

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Triggering Synchronization Using Command Line Utility

If running the synchronization through the scheduler mechanism is not flexible enough (perhaps you want to
use the mechanisms of your OS for scheduling tasks, or perhaps you want to run synchronization manually, on
demand), there is a separate command line utility for triggering the synchronization process.

The utility is located in the bin subdirectory in the Teamwork Server installation directory. The utility is called
synchronize.exe for Windows deployments and synchronize for Unix deployments. Utility has an
accompanying synchronize.properties file.

This utility can be run from any computer (not just the servers), but most frequently it will be run on the target
server. When utility is run, it connects to the target server and initiates the synchronization procedure on it.
There is no additional load on the computer which runs the utility - procedure is run on the server side.

Utility outputs the synchronization progress messages.

Utility exits when the synchronization process is complete. It provides the exit codes - 0 in case synchronization
is successful and >0 in case of errors. This exit code can then be used for shell scripting purposes (such as
restarting synchronization in case of failure or similar).

Please note that since the synchronization procedure is running on the server, exiting (or crashing, or killing)
the utility will not stop the synchronization process on the server. But the utility does accept the Ctrl+C keyboard
signal and stops the synchronization process on the server cleanly.

Utility takes 6 or 7 parameters (the last one - prefix - is optional). Parameters are mostly the same as the
scheduled job, but there are additional parameters for specifying the target server to connect to (since the
connection layout is now utility =>target server =>source server).

Here is the short synopsis:

synchronize (-h|--help)
A help message.
synchronize [options] <targetserver>[:<targetport>] <targetuser> <targetpass>
<sourceserver> [:<sourceport>] <sourceuser> <sourcepass> [<prefix>]

<targetserver>, <targetport>, <targetuser>, <targetpass>

Server and user credentials for the synchronization target(usually local) server. This utility will
connect to this server and initiate synchronization procedure. Target server will then start the
synchronization procedure and pull the necessary data from the source server.

<sourceserver>, <sourceport>, <sourceuser>, <sourcepass>

Server and user credentials for the synchronization source (usually remote) server. Target server
will connect to this server using the supplied credentials and pull the necessary data.

<prefix>
The categories from the target server, which are pulled from the source server, will be prefixed
with the specified prefix. This allows better differentiation of projects on the target - it is easier to
see which projects are remote and which projects are local.

Options:
-h, --help
This help message.

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-q, --quiet
Quiet synchronization. No information is displayed on system output stream during
synchronization. Errors are still reported on system error stream.

--ssl
Implies --targetssl and --sourcessl.

--targetssl
Use SSL connection between utility and target server.

--sourcessl
Use SSL connection between target server and source.

Example
synchronize tws.company.de sysop p@Ssw0rd tws.company.ca:1102 sync ssApcnys CA_

This command connects to the tws.company.de server with sysop user, p@Ssw0rd password and initiates the
synchronization procedure - pulling the information from the tws.company.ca:1102 server:port, using sync user,
ssApcnys password. Categories form .ca server will get the CA_ prefix on the .de server. E.g. the category
“Requirements” from the ca server will be named "CA_Requirements" on the .de server.

If necessary, you can make the copies of utility with the pre-defined parameters. To do that, you can copy the
synchronize.exe and synchronize.properties to files with different names and modify the APP_ARGS
parameter inside the copied *.properties file - specifying the necessary arguments.

For example, you can copy synchronize.exe to synchronizeDE_GB.exe and copy synchronize.properties to
synchronizeDE_GB.properties. Inside the synchronizeDE_GB.properties, you can specify DE and GB server
parameters in the APP_ARGS line in the same way as you would specify parameters on the command line.
After this you get a single executable (with all parameters pre-specified), that can be run by one click.

Transferring Projects between Isolated Servers

Isolated Teamwork Servers, which run in consciously disconnected or secured environments, can still
interchange projects.

MagicDraw Teamwork Server 18.1 supports transferring project data from one Teamwork Server to another by
using any external storage device, such as CD, DVD, hard disc, or flash memory device. The updated version
of the shared project can be transferred back to the sharing server and smoothly merged with the original
project version. Furthermore, the same project version can be given to several contributors simultaneously, and
the contributions to the model they make can be successfully merged as well.

To manage the data transfer between isolated servers, exploit the functionality of the Projects tab in the
Teamwork Administrator's Console.

Here is the workflow on how to interchange projects between two isolated servers:

Sharing Server Contributing Server

1. Export selected projects A, B, and C to the
location X, a directory on the server.
For more information, refer to the procedure "To
export projects from the current server" on
page 32.

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Sharing Server Contributing Server

2. Copy the exported data to some external
storage device, for example, CD.
3. Deliver the external storage device to the
contributing server.
4. Copy data from the external storage device to the
location Y, a directory on the server.
5. Synchronize the server repository with data from the
location Y. For more information, refer to "To synchronize
projects on the current server with data from selected
location" on page 30.

After the synchronization finishes, the server gets 3 new

read-only projects: A, B, and C.
If you need to update the projects on the contributing server with new data from the sharing server, repeat
steps from 1 to 5.
If you need to modify these projects on the contributing server and then transfer the changes to the sharing
server, perform the steps from 6 to 12.
6. Create a branch Contrib for the projects A, B, and C.
7. Modify projects A, B, and C on the branch Contrib.
8. Export projects A, B, and C to the location Z on the
server. Projects are exported with all their branches
including the branch Contrib.
9. Copy the exported data to some external storage
device, for example, CD.
10. Deliver the external storage device back to the
sharing server.
11. Copy the data from the external storage
device to the location W on the server.
12. Synchronize the server repository with data
from the location W. For more information, refer
to "To synchronize projects on the current server
with data from selected location" on page 30.

After the synchronization finishes, the projects A,

B, and C gets a new read-only branch Contrib on
the server.

To review the transferred changes and

incorporate them into the trunk, merge the
projects from this new branch with the projects in
the trunk. For more information, refer to “Model
Merge” in MagicDraw User Manual.pdf.
Another solution applicable in simple cases is
setting the branch version as the latest version
on the trunk. For more information, refer to
“Project Versions dialog” in MagicDraw User
Manual.pdf.
If you need to update the projects on the sharing server with new data from the contributing server, repeat
steps from 8 to 12.

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