Repository Registration Service

By default, Repository client applications receive the list of available repositories from a configuration file that is stored on the local file system. The configuration file contains the repositories and the connection information for each repository registration to access the repository database on the database server. The configuration file can be managed under General Settings > Configurations > Sources in the tree of the Repository Administration.

In case of multi-tenant environments a central method of managing repository registrations is required. The central component that provides all client applications with the list of available repositories is the so called Repository Registration Service. The Repository Registration Service is a standard Windows service.

The service that can be hosted on a central system maintains the repository registrations for all tenants and provides access to the list of them filtered by tenant.

Note: The Repository Registration Service can be used in any environment as a source of repository registrations that is maintained centrally. The service is similar to an enterprise configuration, but can also be used in multi-tenant environments to provide a list of repository registrations for client applications. A repository registration itself includes the entire connection settings to access a repository database that are defined in the Properties dialog of the repository registration in the Repository Administration.