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HCL Connections Documentation
Administering Connections 6.5 CR1
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Administering Connections 6.5 CR1
Welcome to the HCL Connections documentation site. 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
HCL Connections™
, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Optional post-installation tasks
Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
Uninstalling HCL Connections
Uninstall HCL Connections.
Administering Connections 6.5 CR1
Welcome to the HCL Connections documentation site. 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
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 HCL Connections social networking product.
Planning
Before installing
HCL Connections™
, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
Installing
To install
HCL Connections™
, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
The installation process
Review the steps that are required to install HCL Connections.
Pre-installation tasks
Complete the following tasks before installing HCL Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of HCL Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
Installing HCL Connections
Select the HCL Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
Post-installation tasks
After installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
Optional: Installing and configuring
Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
The Tiny editors are alternative rich-text editors which can be installed for
HCL Connections™
. They provide additional features and extensive customization options not available with the default editor.
Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for AIX and Linux
To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for Windows
To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
Optional post-installation tasks
Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
Adding a node to a cluster
Add a node to an existing cluster.
Configuring a reverse caching proxy
Configure a reverse proxy that directs all traffic to your HCL Connections deployment to a single server.
JavaScript configuration
Enabling locked domains
Assuming that you have completed the server setup previously described, to enable locked domains in HCL Connections, specify an additional attribute in the LotusConnections-config.xml to ensure that only ConnectionsOpensocial application is mapped to the locked domain host.
Configuring the custom ID attribute for users or groups
Configure HCL Connections to use custom ID attributes to identify users and groups in the LDAP directory.
Post-installation tasks for Connections Touchpoint
The following topics cover tasks that apply to any environment in which Touchpoint is installed.
Configuring external collaboration
External collaboration allows internal and external users to work together in your HCL Connections deployment. You can either configure this feature to allow self-registration by external users who received an invitation, or you can manage registration with a custom setup tailored to your particular environment.
Integrating Connections Sidebar with a website
Configure a web application on a company-managed server to be able to display the Connections Sidebar, so that your users can see their important updates without leaving the website.
Configuring Files to use an object store
Configure HCL Connections™ Files to seamlessly work with an external object store, providing scalability and data recovery for your deployment, while enabling faster access to files for users.
Installing and deploying HCL Connections Docs 2.0
To extend HCL Connections to offer users a way to view documents, spreadsheets, and presentations within the Files application, install and set up Viewer from HCL Connections Docs 2.0 CR2.
Deploying URL preview in an environment where anonymous access is disabled
To deploy URL preview optionally in an environment where anonymous access is disabled within HCL Connections, you must define a system user as a proxy for the oEmbed/image proxy services so that it can perform HTTP requests.
Enabling anonymous access for the Rich Content Widget component
Define a system user to impersonate HTTP read-only requests to the File AppData API for the Rich Content Widget component.
Customizing browser cookie cleanup on user logout
You can manage and add to the list of browser cookies to be cleaned up on user logout.
Configuring an NGINX server for long polling
If you deploy an NGINX proxy server to manage push notifications for HCL Connections™, you can configure it to use load balancing and thus provide a greater long poll interval.
Setting up and configuring a WAS proxy server for long poll testing
HTTP long polling can be used to push updates to a web client. A connection is held open between the web client and the web server so that when the server has new information it can push it to the client. That connection is then closed. For
Connections Social Cloud
, a WebSphere® Application Server (WAS) proxy server must be used to test this function.
Configuring notifications
Enable support for email notifications in HCL Connections applications.
Uninstalling HCL Connections
Uninstall HCL Connections.
Removing applications
Remove selected applications from HCL Connections.
Uninstalling a deployment
Uninstall a deployment of
HCL Connections™
.
Uninstalling in console mode
Uninstall HCL Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
Uninstalling in silent mode
Uninstalling: delete databases with the database wizard
Use the database wizard to delete databases.
Uninstalling databases in silent mode
Remove databases with the database wizard in silent mode.
Uninstalling: Manually drop databases
After uninstalling an HCL Connections application, you can drop any related databases by using the database wizard or by following this manual procedure.
Reverting Common, Connections-proxy, and WidgetContainer applications for Uninstallation
The HCL Connections Installation Manager program requires that you revert the Common and WidgetContainer applications the News cluster for uninstallation if you previously separated those applications to their own clusters.
Uninstalling Cognos® Business Intelligence server
You uninstall Cognos® by uninstalling the Cognos® Business Intelligence server and Cognos® Transformer and removing the powercube refresh scheduler .
Uninstalling HCL Connections
Uninstall HCL Connections.
Migrating and updating
Migrate
HCL Connections™
and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest deployment, 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
HCL Connections™
to fit your environment.
Security
HCL Connections™
provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
Mobile
See the
HCL Connections™
Mobile
documentation for
Connections
Cloud and
Connections
on-premises.
Developing
Get information about how to use the APIs provided with
HCL 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 HCL 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™
.
Uninstalling HCL Connections
Uninstall HCL Connections.
Removing applications
Remove selected applications from HCL Connections.
Uninstalling a deployment
Uninstall a deployment of
HCL Connections™
.
Uninstalling in console mode
Uninstall HCL Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
Uninstalling in silent mode
Uninstalling: delete databases with the database wizard
Use the database wizard to delete databases.
Uninstalling databases in silent mode
Remove databases with the database wizard in silent mode.
Uninstalling: Manually drop databases
After uninstalling an HCL Connections application, you can drop any related databases by using the database wizard or by following this manual procedure.
Reverting Common, Connections-proxy, and WidgetContainer applications for Uninstallation
The HCL Connections Installation Manager program requires that you revert the Common and WidgetContainer applications the News cluster for uninstallation if you previously separated those applications to their own clusters.
Uninstalling Cognos Business Intelligence server
You uninstall Cognos® by uninstalling the Cognos® Business Intelligence server and Cognos® Transformer and removing the powercube refresh scheduler .