Configure Cloud Mode.

Owned by Debesh Roy Chowdhury
May 20, 2022
4 min read

Prerequisite: To use Syndeia plugin in cloud mode, your Syndeia administrator should have set up Syndeia Cloud and provided you the hostname (or IP address), port number, username, and password to access Syndeia Cloud from your machine. As a simple test, verify if you can access Syndeia Cloud by going to the URL <protocol>://<hostname>:<port> (e.g. http://mydomain.myhost.com:9000) on your web browser. You should be able to see the Syndeia Cloud login page, as shown below. Try to log in with your Syndeia Cloud username and password. If Syndeia Cloud is configured to authenticate using an LDAP server in your organization, then select LDAP for the Select account option and use your LDAP username and password to log in. If you don't see the Syndeia Cloud login page or are unable to log in, check with your Syndeia Cloud administrator.

 


By default, Syndeia is configured to operate in the local mode after installation. Follow the steps below to configure Syndeia in the cloud mode.

  1. Create a new SysML project in Rhapsody, if you don’t already have a SysML project open, using File > New and then selecting SysML (Project Type), specifying a name and location, and clicking OK, as also shown below.



  2. Add the Syndeia Profile: Select File > Add Profile to Model. Browse to the <Syndeia Installation>\profiles\Syndeia folder, e.g. <Your_User_Directory>\IBM\Rational\Rhapsody\8.1.3x64\Share\Profiles\Syndeia\profiles\Syndeia, select the Syndeia.sbs file and click OK, as shown below. 



  3. If you are prompted to add the SysML profile, select No since that profile is already added when the SysML project was created.



  4. The log window is Rhapsody will indicate the initialization of Syndeia and license validation, as shown below.



  5. Right-click on any element in the SysML model tree and select Syndeia > Settings, as shown below. This will launch the Settings window, as shown in the next step.

     

  6. Set the properties under Syndeia store settings, as shown below
    1. Select primary store = CLOUD
    2. Protocol = http or https, depending on whether Syndeia Cloud has been set up with http or https protocol 
    3. Authentication protocol = BASIC if Syndeia Cloud is configured to authenticate users directly, or LDAP (see RHS) if Syndeia Cloud is configured to authenticate users using an LDAP server in your organization
    4. Hostname = hostname for your Syndeia Cloud installation, e.g. myHost.myDomain.com. Do not include the protocol (http/https) or the port number in the hostname.
    5. Port = Port number for your Syndeia Cloud installation. Default port numbers are different for http vs https. Check with your Syndeia Cloud admin.
    6. Username = Your username on Syndeia Cloud. If the Authentication protocol is set to LDAP, this will be your LDAP username.
    7. Password = Your password on Syndeia Cloud. If the Authentication protocol is set to LDAP, this will be your LDAP password.

Refer to the demonstration video Creating a Syndeia Cloud Project in Part 1 - Introduction..

Notes:

  • This setting is used when Syndeia is initialized for a project – when you add the Syndeia profile to a new project, or open an existing project with the Syndeia profile. Once Syndeia is initialized for a project, then changing this setting will require you to close and reopen the project. 

  • This setting is a global setting, i.e. it will apply to all projects once it has been set. If you want to change the setting on a per-project basis, then you must follow the steps above for each project – launch Syndeia settings before launching the Dashboard and change it for that project.