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Click the Add partition icon (+) to add the partition to the selected environment.
Fill in the Partition and Base URL fields, then click the Open Connect Dialog button.
Select whether you want to authenticate using Password, SSO (Single sign-on), or connect to Platform Manager.
Password
Enter a username and password. Optionally, enter the TFA Token, if the two-factor authentication is enabled for the user. For more details about how the passwords are stored, refer to the Password Management section below.
SSO
Enter the name of the SAML configuration for the corresponding partition.Platform Manager
See the Connect with Single Sign-on via Platform Manager section below.
Click the Connect button. If the connection was successfully established, the following dialog appears:
Connect with Single Sign-on via Platform Manager
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Now, connect to the desired partition with the PlatformManager Auth Method option selected in the Partition Connect dialog accessible via the Open Connect Dialog button.
Password Management
All credentials for partitions you define in config.json are stored in the default IDEA password manager (KeePass for Windows and KeyChain for Mac). In these tools, you will set up a master password and load all the configurations from IDEA. Then you get a screen where you can view and manage all the passwords.
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