Connecting to an environment

The BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio application uses connections to establish communication with an environment. Connections are displayed in the environments pane of the Welcome page.

To establish a connection to a CDP

1. From the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio Welcome page, click Connections.

2. Click .
   BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio creates a new connection with a default connection name. BMC recommends changing the connection name to a more descriptive name for your environment.

   Note

   If you connect BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio to multiple environments, it is helpful to give the connection a concise name that you associate with the environment.

3. Enter the authentication information:

   Field	Description
   Connection Name	Specifies the name for the connection
   User name	Specifies the account used to log on to the environment and configure the connection This account must have a role of administrator or designer. When BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio needs to connect to a grid, this name is the default used in the grid login dialog box.
   Password	Specifies the password that corresponds to the user name
   Host Name/IP	Specifies the host name or IP address of the CDP server
   Peer Context	Contains baocdp by default If the CDP peer was installed using a Peer Context other than the default, then this must be edited to match.
   Port	Specifies the web server HTTPS port specified during the CDP server installation . The default installation value is 38080.
   Protocol	Specifies the protocol used to retrieve the configuration file from the CDP server. Note If you are using HTTP and you want to use the HTTPS option, additional configuration is needed on the CDP and the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio workstation. See Security for details.

4. Click Connect.
   If the server has multiple IP addresses, an IP address window is displayed from which you select the IP address to use.
5. Click Yes to proceed with the connection.
6. Click Close to exit the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio Configuration window.

If you have any issues with the connection, see Troubleshooting connection problems for suggested solutions.

To delete a connection

1. In the Connections List panel, select the connection to delete.
2. Click Delete.
3. Click OK to delete the connection.
   If you attempt to delete the currently active connection, BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio warns you. Although you can delete the active connection, the workspace containing the run books, modules, and processes remains. You cannot export processes from the workspace until you connect to an environment.