Audience

This Installation Guide assumes that you have prior experience with products that support enterprise web applications.

IBM® Connections has dependencies on a number of other products. This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of those products, including how to:
  • Install, configure, secure, and administer IBM WebSphere® Application Server.
  • Install IBM Tivoli® Directory Server, Microsoft™ Active Directory, Sun Java™ System Directory Server, Novell eDirectory, or IBM Domino® LDAP directory, and then configure WebSphere Application Server to use that LDAP directory with federated repositories.
  • Create, manage, and drop IBM DB2®, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server databases.
  • Install IBM HTTP Server, and then configure it to interact with IBM WebSphere Application Server over HTTP and HTTPS.