You can access additional features and workflows on your Enterprise Server instance by enabling Connect. See About Connect.
What happens when Connect is enabled?
When you enable Connect, you configure a connection between your Enterprise Server instance and an enterprise account on Enterprise Cloud. The connection uses HTTPS over ports 443 or 80 and is secured by TLS.
Enabling Connect creates a App owned by the enterprise account on Enterprise Cloud. Enterprise Server uses the App's credentials to make requests to Enterprise Cloud.
Enterprise Server stores credentials from the App. The following credentials will be replicated to all nodes in a high availability or cluster environment, and stored in any backups, including snapshots created by Enterprise Server Backup Utilities.
- An authentication token, which is valid for one hour
- A private key, which is used to generate a new authentication token
Prerequisites
- You must have an enterprise account on .com that uses Enterprise Cloud.
- Your enterprise account on .com must be invoiced. Enterprise accounts on the free trial of Enterprise Cloud or that pay by credit card cannot be connected to your Enterprise Server instance.
- If your enterprise account on .com uses IP allow lists, you must add the IP address or network for your Enterprise Server instance to your IP allow list. See Enforcing policies for security settings in your enterprise in the Enterprise Cloud documentation.
- To configure a connection, your proxy configuration must allow connectivity to
.com,api..com, anduploads..com. For more information, see Configuring an outbound web proxy server. - If you have previously enabled Connect for an enterprise on GHE.com, you must change your configuration to allow connections to .com. See Enabling Connect for GHE.com.
Enabling Connect
To enable Connect, you must be an enterprise owner on both Enterprise Server and Enterprise Cloud.
Sign in to your Enterprise Server instance and .com.
In the top-right corner of Enterprise Server, click your profile photo, then click Enterprise settings.
On the left side of the page, in the enterprise account sidebar, click Connect.
Under " Connect is not enabled yet", click Enable Connect. By clicking Enable Connect, you agree to the Terms for Additional Products and Features.
To the right of the enterprise account you'd like to connect, click Connect.
