Enabling and disabling People Service

This document outlines configurations to enable and disable People Service in HCL Digital Experience (DX) Compose using the values.yaml file. People Service provides a layer for social connectivity by helping team members to connect, especially in large projects. It enhances user profiles with additional data and interactive features, improving team collaboration and project execution.

Note

In this release, instructions for using this feature is located in the HCL Digital Experience Help Center. These will be documented in the HCL Digital Experience Compose Help Center in future releases.

People Service configuration

Refer to the following sample snippet for configuring the DX WebEngine server to enable People Service:

peopleservice:
  enabled: true

Set the value of the key peopleservice.enabled to true to enable or false to disable People Service.

Validation

After updating the values.yaml file, perform the following actions:

• If running the server for the first time, refer to Installing WebEngine.
• If upgrading previous configurations, refer to Upgrading the Helm deployment.

Access People Service by using the following sample URL:

https://your-portal.net/dx/ui/people

People Service with Search V2

You can integrate People Service with Search V2 to enhance user discoverability and search performance. This integration provides efficient access to user profile data with real-time synchronization.

You can enable the Search V2 integration through the parameter configuration.search.middleware.enabled in the People Service Helm chart.

For more information on how to integrate People Service with Search V2, refer to the People Service and Search V2 integration topic.