Integrating with HCL Connections
You can integrate Sametime to enable chat services in HCL Connections.
Before you begin
About this task
If you are enabling the HCL Connections Profiles Photo URLs in your Sametime business card configuration, single sign on (SSO) might be required for Sametime to access the URLs.
When integrating with Connections, the LTPA key is generated by HCL Connections. To integrate with Sametime, you need to complete the steps in this topic on the Connections server and then complete the configuration on environment which Sametime is running: Docker or Kubernetes.
Procedure
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For SPNEGO and KERBEROS enabled environments, find the realm name.
This step is not needed if not using SPNEGO and KERBEROS.
- Log into the WebSphere Application Server Integrated Solutions Console on the Deployment Manager.
- Click .
- Click Configure …
- On the Federated Repositories page, the Realm Name field contains the name.
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Locating the domain name.
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If LTPA Export the LTPA key file.
- Log into the WebSphere Application Server Integrated Solutions Console on the Deployment Manager.
- Click .
- In Authentication > Authentication mechanism and expiration select LTPA.
- In the Password and Confirm password fields, enter the password that protects the exported key.
- In the Fully qualified key file name field enter the path and file name for the key file that you want to generate
- Click Export keys
- Select Apply and then select Save.
- Enter a file name and path to save the LTPA keys. The file will be exported to the Deployment Manager. This file needs to be retrieved from the Deployment Manager machine to be imported into Sametime.
- Retreive the exported LTPA key file.