Install the ICVA extension

The extension is supplied as a separate archive file and should be installed after Polarion.

Follow the instructions for the operating system that Polarion was installed on:

For Windows:

  1. Download the com.siemens.polarion.icva.zip archive file containing the extension.

  2. Stop the Polarion server.

  3. Unpack the archive's content to C:\Polarion\polarion\extensions of the Polarion installation.

    (The com.siemens.polarion.icva folder should be directly under the extensions directory.)

  4. Delete the .config file. ([INSTALL]/data/workspace/.config)

  5. Open the polarion.properties file ([INSTALL]\polarion\configuration\polarion.properties), add the following property and save.

    icvaEnabled=true

  6. Restart the Polarion server.

For Linux:

  1. Download the com.siemens.polarion.icva.zip archive file containing the extension.

  2. Stop the Polarion server.

  3. Unpack the archive's content to /opt/polarion/polarion/extensions of the Polarion installation.

    (The com.siemens.polarion.icva folder should be directly under the extensions directory.)

  4. Configure the appropriate permissions for the directory and its files. The following example is if Polarion was installed and running under Polarion as the User and Group .

    chmod -R 755 /opt/polarion/polarion/extensions

    chown -R polarion:polarion /opt/polarion/polarion/extensions

  5. The extension's configuration file must be located in the following directory and should only contain Unix LF line endings:

    /opt/polarion/polarion/extensions/com.siemens.polarion.icva/eclipse/plugins/com.siemens.polarion.icva_1.0.0/plugin.xml

  6. Delete the .config file. ([INSTALL]/data/workspace/.config)

  7. Open the polarion.properties file ([INSTALL]/opt/polarion/etc/polarion.properties), add the following property and save.

    icvaEnabled=true

  8. Restart the Polarion server.