SourceGear Vault 4.0 Getting Started Guide

SourceGear Vault is a cross-platform version control solution for small and medium-sized teams.

Server Install Notes – New Users

You can see a detailed installation guide for the Vault server here.

Server Install Notes – Upgrading Users

Important!  After upgrading an existing Vault installation to Vault 4.0, you will not be able to use previous versions with the database.  Back up your database before upgrading to Vault 4.0!

You may obtain a demo license for Vault 4.0 by clicking here.
Once you receive your demo license, log in to the Admin.  The URL will be: http://localhost/VaultService/Admin/Licenses.aspx

You will be prompted for a login and password.  Use the login “admin” and the password that you set in the installer.

After logging in, you can add the demo serial you previously requested.

Now you can add users by clicking on the Users link.

On the Users page, click the Add button.

Upload a Project

If you are using Visual Studio 2005, it is highly recommended that you install Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. If you need to upload a Visual Studio 2005 project, Open VS 2005 and load the project.  In the Tools->Options dialog, click the Source Control tree item.  Choose SourceGear Vault Visual Studio Client entry in the drop down.

Now you can right click on an item in your solution and choose “Add Solution to Vault ”

Select the destination for your solution in the Vault repository, and hit OK.

Now, when you open the solution from your disk, it should automatically connect to Vault, allowing you to use Vault as your source code control repository.

For an introduction to using source code control, see http://ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

Installing the Eclipse plugin

Vault supports an Eclipse plugin for systems with Eclipse version 3.2 and the Sun Java 1.4 runtime.  To install this plugin in your Eclipse development environment, Choose Help->Software Updates->Find and Install… from the Eclipse menu.

Choose “Search for new features to install” on the first page and click the Next button.  On this screen, choose to add a New Remote Site. 

In the dialog that appears, enter the URL http://download.sourcegear.com/Vault/latest/update

Now you can click the Finish button in the Wizard to continue to the next step.  Choose to install the Vault Eclipse Plugin.

Now you may finish the rest of the install process normally, and you will be able to use Vault just as you would any other Eclipse Team provider.  You can add a project to a Vault server with by choosing Team->Share from the project’s right-click menu.  You may import a project from Vault by choosing Import… from the File menu.

For an introduction to using source code control, see http://ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

Vault Minimum System Requirements

Client:

• Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• 1.5 GHz CPU or better
• 512 MB RAM
• 20 MB available hard disk space

• Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Professional or Windows 2003 server.
• MSDE 2000 (SP3a), SQL Server 2000 (SP3a), SQL Server 2005 (SP1), or SQL Server Express 2005 (SP1)*
• IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• 2.4 GHz CPU or better
• 1 GB RAM
• 20 MB available hard disk space