IBM i servers

Required role  Connection Management
Access  CodeChecker Server →  Connections →  IBM i Servers

IBM i servers define the connections to the machines where the code to be reviewed is managed. When you create a connection to an IBM i server the connection details are stored by ARCAD CodeChecker and can be used when defining Targets.

IBM i Server

The  IBM i Servers view is accessed from the  Connections node in the Navigator.

Enter any combination of the above search criteria, then click the Search button to display the results. To display the complete list, click the Search button without entering any search criteria.

Follow the subsequent steps to create a new IBM i server connection.

Step 1   To access the Create a new IBM i server wizard, either click the  Create icon in the toolbar of the  IBM i Servers search view, or right-click anywhere in the list and select  Create IBM i server.

Step 2   Define the following connection information:

Code
Enter a unique name to identify this connection to the server.
Host
Enter the name or IP address of the IBM i partition hosting the server.
User/Password
Enter a valid user login and password. This user must be declared on the server and will be the user that will execute any operations on the IBM i. The password should be encoded in Base64.
Use SSL

Tick this checkbox if the server requires a secured TLS/SSL connection.

Reference

For more information about ARCAD secure connections, refer to the ARCAD SSL Configuration Guide.

Auto CCSID
Tick this checkbox to automatically set the CCSID. The CCSID will be determined by the server once it connects.
CCSID
Enter a valid CCSID to connect to the server.
Default sever
Tick this checkbox to automatically set this server as the default IBM i server.

Step 3   Click the Test connection button to check if the IBM i server is connected.

Step 4    Click Finish.

Result   The IBM i server is defined and ready to be used in Targets.

The IBM i Server editor

Connections to target servers are editable. To edit an existing connection, click the  Edit icon. Any modification is immediately taken into account in the targets using the IBM i server connection.

There is now a default IBM i server set in ARCAD CodeChecker. If there is no default server at the CodeChecker Server start, it is the IBM i server with the smallest ID in database that automatically becomes the default IBM i server.

Setting a default IBM i server means that it is automatically used when creating a  Target, without having to specify a server in the process.

Warning!

It is mandatory to have an IBM i server set as default and there can be only one default IBM i server.

To set an IBM i server as the default one in ARCAD CodeChecker, you can either:

  • Right-click on a server from the  IBM i Servers view, then click the  Set default IBM i Server option.

  • Tick the Default server checkbox from the  IBM i server editor.

Note

If a default IBM i server is deleted, it is the server with the smallest ID remaining in the list that replaces it.

If another IBM i server is marked as the default one, the previous one looses its default attribute.

Warning!

Deleted IBM i server connections cannot be recovered.

To delete an IBM i server connection, either right-click on it in the  IBM i Servers search view and select  Delete, or select it and click the  Delete icon in the toolbar. Click OK to confirm or click Cancel to keep the connection.