Specifying general settings

Instance Name

Specify a unique name to identify the BMC Release Process Management product instance. The instance name is displayed at the lower-right corner. Specifying an instance name is useful if you have multiple instances of BMC Release Process Management installed in your environment.

For example, BRPM instance.

Instance Base URL

Specify the fully qualified server URL where BMC Release Process Management is running.

For example, http://vw-pun-rpm-1234.bmc.com:8080

Specifying this information is useful in the following cases:

• Operating in cluster mode: If you have multiple instances of BMC Release Process Management running on different server nodes along with a load balancer, specify the load-balanced URL.
• Using the Network Address Translation (NAT) functionality: If your BMC Release Process Management server is protected behind a firewall with the NAT functionality that restricts direct access of the application, specify the server URL with the external port that in turn tunnels the traffic to the internal port.
• Server migration or change in DNS name: If you have migrated or changed the DNS name of the server on which BMC Release Process Management was originally running, specify the new server's URL.
  

Session Timeout

Specify the timeout for the user session in BMC Release Process Management.

Default Date Format

You can select from the following date options to apply as a default setting:

• MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM: Month/Day/Year Hours:Minutes
• DD/MM/YY HH:MM: Day/Month/Year Hours:Minutes
• YY/MM/DD HH:MM: Year/Month/Day Hours:Minutes
• MON-DD-YYYY: Month-Day-Year

Default Time Zone

You can select from a list of time zones to apply as a default setting.

One-Click Step Completion

Select this check box to complete a manual step by one click and without having to manually start it. When the corresponding request is started, you can see the Complete button without having to click the Start button for a manual step. This helps you maintain a checklist of items that must be done in the form of manual steps under a request. When you complete the task, you can directly complete the step without having to start it.

Note: This capability is applicable only for manual steps.

Commit on completion

Select this check box to enable the Commit on completion check box by default in the New Step dialog box when you are adding a new step.

Limit Versions to Metadata

In the New Step dialog box, select this check box to cause a list box to appear for selection of the component version and for an installed component associated to an environment of an application on the Applications tab. If you do not select this check box, a text box is displayed for you to enter an appropriate component version. Selecting this check box provides a list of versions available in the database. To see a list of versions, you must have already created these versions for the appropriate application, environment, and component set by using the Environment > Metadata > Manage Version Tags page.

Email Release Stage Completion

At least one request is successfully deployed to the stage and the next stage or stages, if any, become available for deployment. An email notification is sent to the users of the application.

Notes:

• A root user must be added to the appropriate team to receive this email notification.
• For more information about the notification templates, see Managing-notification-templates.

Default Step Estimate
(in minutes)

Specify the default value in minutes that is used to populate the Estimate box when scheduling steps (expand General tab).

Allow Alternate Servers

Select this check box if you want to use additional servers that are not assigned to the component of application environment that is used in a step.

Enable Automation

Enable this check box so that you can see the Automation tab on the Environment menu and successfully use the product's automation capability.

Allowed File Extensions

Specify the comma-separated list of file extensions allowed to be uploaded in RPM.

Supported file extensions:

• docx
• doc
• xlsx
• xls
• xml
• csv
• txt
• jpeg
• jpg
• png
• mkv
• pdf

Allowed File Types

Specify the MIME types associated with the file extensions.

You can use this field to restrict the type of files to be uploaded.

Supported file types:

• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
• application/msword
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
• application/vnd.ms-excel
• application/xml
• text/csv
• text/plain
• image/jpeg
• image/jpeg
• image/png
• application/pdf

From Date

Select the date using the calendar feature.

Requests and Reports from the specified date will be displayed in BRPM.

For example, if you select 1 Dec 2008, users will not be able to see timelines before the specified date while using date filters to view requests or reports.

To Date

Select the date using the calendar feature.

Requests and Reports upto the specified date will be displayed in BRPM.

For example, if you select 1 Dec 2018, users will not be able to see timelines after the specified date while using date filters to view requests or reports

Specify the maximum number of days that will be used as the range between the From and To fields while filtering requests, bulk delete requests, reports, or currently running steps. The default and minimum value is 0, which means that there is no restriction on the number of days for which you can view data. Maximum value is 9999.

For example, if you specify 10 days in this field, the difference between the From date and To date can be only 10 days, and you can view data only for those 10 days.

By default, the To field is populated with the current date and the From field is populated with the current date minus the value you enter in the Allowed Range field.

Default Authentication

(username/password)

Select Default Authentication if you want to use a simple authentication process where you provide your local user name and password details only. The user name and password details are stored in the database. This authentication checks if you are a valid user and then provides access to your account. 

Enable Forgot Password

Select this check box to see the following two links at the time of logging in to BMC Release Process Management:

• Forgot password?
• Forgot username?

This capability helps you enable or disable the option of resetting the user name or password for product logon.

LDAP Authentication

Select LDAP Authentication to use the Light Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as your external authentication mechanism. If you select this option, specify the following details regarding the LDAP server that you are using for the authentication:

• LDAP Host
• LDAP Port
• LDAP Group Search Base
• LDAP Auth Type
• LDAP Search String
• LDAP Bind Base
• LDAP Bind User
• LDAP Bind Password
• LDAP Account Attribute
• LDAP First Name Attribute
• LDAP Last Name Attribute
• LDAP Mail Attribute

For more information, see Enabling-LDAP-authentication.

CAS Authentication

Select CAS Authentication to use the Central Authentication Service (CAS) as your external authentication mechanism. If you select this option, specify details for the CAS Server that you are using for the authentication.

For more information, see Enabling-CAS-authentication.

Create queue messages for integrations?

Select this check box to allow messages to be pushed to the queue so that other tools can be notified of state changes for steps and requests.

For more information, see Messaging-system-support-for-integrations.

Click Save to apply your changes or click cancel to exit without saving any changes.