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docs/Configuration.md

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{: #config-server}
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## Configuring a Server
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First, configure one or more servers. Select **View > Command Palette > InterSystems Server Manager: Store Password in Keychain**. This command lets you define a new server and securely store a password in the system keychain. Click the plus sign in the upper right corner of the dialog, as shown:
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First, configure one or more servers. You can use the plus sign (`+`) at the top of the InterSystems Tools view to add a server. For more information on this view, see the section [InterSystems Tools View](../extensionui#intersystems-tools-view).
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![Define New Server.](../assets/images/new-server.png "define new server")
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![Add server.](../assets/images/add-server.png "add server")
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Provide the following values when prompted:
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- **Name of new server definition** - an arbitrary name to identify this server
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- **Hostname or IP address of web server** - the host for this server
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- **Port of web server** - the WebServer port number for this server
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- **Name of new server definition** - an arbitrary name to identify this server.
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- **Description (optional)** - a brief description of the server.
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- **Hostname or IP address of web server** - the host for this server.
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- **Port of web server** - the WebServer port number for this server.
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- **Username** - the username to use in logging in to this server.
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- **Confirm connection type** - the protocol used for connections, possible values are **http** and **https**.
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Once you have entered these values, the server definition is stored in your user settings. At that point another prompt appears, asking for a password to store in the system keychain. Enter the password for the username supplied earlier to complete the process. Storing a password is optional. You can terminate the process and store the server configuration by pressing either **Escape** or **Return**. If you do not store a password, users are prompted for a password each time they connect to the server.
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Once you have entered these values, the server definition is stored in your user-level `settings.json` file, and the server appears at the top of the **Recent** folder in the InterSystems Tools view.
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To remove a password from the keychain, Select **View > Command Palette > InterSystems Server Manager: Clear Password from Keychain**. The commands to both store and clear passwords are also available from the server context menu in the InterSystems Tools view.
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If you want to store a password for this server definition, select **Store Password in Keychain** from the context menu for the server in the InterSystems Tools view. If you do not store a password, users are prompted for a password each time they connect to the server. To remove a password from the keychain, Select **Clear Password from Keychain** from the server context menu. For more information, see [Server Context Menu](../extensionui#server-context-menu).
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You can create a configuration for a server that is not currently running.
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docs/ExtensionUI.md

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- **Import and Compile** - in context menu of folders and files when you are connected to an InterSystems server
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- **Import Without Compilation** - in context menu of folders and files when you are connected to an InterSystems server
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{: #intersystems-tools-view}
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## InterSystems Tools View
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The InterSystems Server Manager extension supplies an InterSystems Tools view. Select the InterSystems Tools view button in the Activity Bar to open the view.
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### Adding a Server
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You can use the plus sign (`+`) at the top of the view to add a server. This control provides an additional entry point to the process described in the section [Configuring a Server](../configuration/#config-server).
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![Add server.](../assets/images/add-server.png "add server")
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The server definition is added to your user-level *settings.json* file and also appears at the top of the 'Recent' folder.
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You can use the plus sign (`+`) at the top of the view to add a server as described in the section [Configuring a Server](../configuration/#config-server).
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{: #server-context-menu}
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### Server Context Menu
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Servers listed in the InterSystems Tools view provide a context menu which provides access to several commands, including storing and clearing passwords in the keychain.

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