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Administering Connections 6 CR6
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6 CR6 documentation. HCL Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
Installing
To install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Installing IBM® Connections
Select the IBM® Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.

Administering Connections 6 CR6
Welcome to the HCL Connections 6 CR6 documentation. HCL Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
- What's new in HCL Connections 6
  Find out about features that are new or updated in this release of HCL Connections.
- Product overview
  Learn how to deploy, customize, and administer the IBM Connections social networking product.
- Planning
  Before installing HCL Connections™, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
- Installing
  To install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
  - The installation process
    Review the steps that are required to install IBM® Connections.
  - Pre-installation tasks
    Complete the following tasks before installing IBM® Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of IBM Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
  - Installing IBM® Connections
    Select the IBM® Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
    - Installing as a non-root user
      Grant permissions to a non-root user to install IBM® Connections.
    - Installing HCL Connections 6
      Install HCL Connections.
    - Installing in console mode
      Install IBM® Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
    - Installing silently
      Silent installation is a tool to simplify the installation process in enterprises that need multiple, identical instances of IBM® Connections.
    - Modifying the installation in interactive mode
      Modify your deployment of IBM® Connections by adding or removing applications.
    - Modifying the installation in silent mode
      Modify your deployment of IBM® Connections by adding or removing applications in silent mode.
    - Modifying the installation in console mode
      Using console mode, modify your deployment of IBM® Connections by adding or removing applications.
  - Post-installation tasks
    After installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
  - Uninstalling IBM® Connections
    Uninstall IBM® Connections.
- Migrating and updating
  Migrate IBM® Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
- Administering
  Run administration and maintenance tasks to keep your environment up-to-date. For example, learn how to customize your deployment or how to use the wsadmin utility to edit configuration files. You can also schedule tasks, maintain application databases, moderate content, or manage users and their roles.
- Customizing
  Customize IBM® Connections to fit your environment.
- Security
  IBM® Connections provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
- Mobile
  See the IBM Connections Mobile documentation for Connections Cloud and Connections on-premises.
- Developing
  Get information about how to use the APIs provided with IBM® Connections and how to use Connections Customizer to modify the Connections pages that are returned to users.
- Troubleshooting and support
  To isolate and resolve problems with your IBM® products, you can use the troubleshooting and support information. This information contains instructions for using the problem-determination resources that are provided with your IBM products, including HCL Connections™.

Installing IBM® Connections

Select the IBM® Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.

An IBM® Connections deployment consists of the following components:

WebSphere® Application Server nodes:
- One node with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment Manager (DM) installed.
- One or more WebSphere® Application Server nodes that can be federated into the DM cell. These nodes are hosts for cluster members.
A system with a database server installed.
An LDAP server.
A system with IBM® HTTP Server installed.

Important: Before beginning the installation, you must understand the prerequisites for IBM® Connections. For more information, see the Before installing topic and ensure that you meet all the conditions that are prescribed for your deployment environment.

Restriction:

If you are installing Connections Content Manager as part of this deployment, make sure that you have NOT configured WebSphere Application Server to use Java 8. Switching to Java 8 must be done during post-installation.
If you are installing Connections Content Manager as part of this deployment, make sure that you are NOT using Windows 2016, as only Windows 2012 will work.

Procedures to install IBM Connections:

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