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Administering Connections 7.0
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.
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.
Common tasks, concepts and reference information
Common tasks, concepts and reference information.
Tiny Editor Services configuration
The Tiny Editor Services use a configuration file called application.conf, written in Human-Optimized Config Object Notation. These settings can be overridden by JVM environment variables named with the path of the setting.

Administering Connections 7.0
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 Connections
  To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
- Installing or upgrading Component Pack for Connections
  HCL Connections 7.0 now supports the latest Component Pack based in Harbor, an open-source container and Helm registry hosted by HCL for the Component Pack build. Deployments that are new or carrying Component Pack 7 will use this approach for a simplified installation/upgrade process, while releases prior to 7.0 will first need to upgrade to Component Pack 7 using a zip file and a local Docker registry.
- 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.
  - Installing Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    Install the Tiny editors: TinyMCE and Textbox.io, to get a powerful editing experience inside HCL Connections™ with a streamlined user-interface and unparalleled customization.
  - Upgrading Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    Instructions for upgrading Tiny Editors for HCL Connections to the latest version.
  - Modifying Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    Modify the Tiny editors TinyMCE and Textbox.io to customize your editing experience.
  - Uninstalling Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    Completely removes Tiny Editors for HCL Connections to restore HCL Connections™ to the base state or to allow a clean upgrade to a newer version.
  - Common tasks, concepts and reference information
    Common tasks, concepts and reference information.
    - Determine customization path
      The customization_path is required when performing most customizations.
    - Restart Common application
      Sometimes restarting the common application is needed to ensure all caches are cleared.
    - Tiny Editor Services configuration
      The Tiny Editor Services use a configuration file called application.conf, written in Human-Optimized Config Object Notation. These settings can be overridden by JVM environment variables named with the path of the setting.
    - List of valid application.conf settings
      A list of valid settings for the Tiny Editors application.conf.
    - Sample application.conf
      A sample configuration for the Tiny Editor Services.
    - Disable SSL certificate validation for testing
      This task outlines the process for disabling certificate validation. Do not use these settings in a production environment.
    - Toolbar components and the toolbar definition
      The toolbar is the main interface of the editor. This section covers how the components of the toolbar relate to the toolbar definition in the config.js.
    - The default toolbar configuration
      The default toolbar used by the Tiny editors.
    - The Toolbar customization syntax
      The syntax for the toolbar customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
    - List of predefined Toolbar objects
      Lists all available toolbar groups, menus, placeholders, and commands for Tiny Editors for HCL Connections.
    - Default fonts list
      The default list of fonts used by the Tiny editors' font picker.
    - The fonts customization syntax
      The syntax for the fonts customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
    - Default colors list
      The default list of colors used by the Tiny editors' color picker.
    - Sample colors values
      Example colors using different formats.
    - The colors customization syntax
      The syntax for the colors customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
    - External Plugins for TinyMCE
      TinyMCE is a modular editor where the majority of features are enabled by loading plugins. External plugins give a mechanism for extending TinyMCE as required.
    - Connections locations for selectively loading plugins
      List of the locations for selectively loading plugins.
    - The external plugins customization syntax
      The syntax for the external plugins option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
    - Sample config.js
      A sample configuration file for the integration.
- Optional post-installation tasks
  Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
- Uninstalling
  Uninstall HCL Connections.
- Upgrading and updating
  Upgrade HCL Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or cumulative fixes. Refer to the What's New in HCL Connections to review the features in the latest release and gather download links or links to the latest fix list and update strategy information.
- 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 HCL products, including HCL Connections™.

Tiny Editor Services configuration

The Tiny Editor Services use a configuration file called application.conf, written in Human-Optimized Config Object Notation. These settings can be overridden by JVM environment variables named with the path of the setting.

The configuration file is used to adjust settings, including:

Enabled services: The link-checking and media-embed services can be independently turned on or off.
Allowed origins: URLs for the domains loading the Tiny Editors which require access to the Tiny Editor Services (such as https://www.example.com). This is needed to allow a browser security feature called CORS to work correctly.
Proxy settings: The services can be configured to communicate with servers outside their network through a proxy server.
Security settings: The services can be configured to use custom settings for validating certificates, or for the purpose of testing the certificate validation, can be switched off.
Rules for embedding links: Endpoints can be specified for converting links using the OEmbed standard.

For a list of available settings, see: List of valid application.conf settings.