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Deploying
IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Integrating Sametime® with other products
Expand the range of features in your IBM® Sametime® deployment by integrating with other products.
Integrating Sametime® with Connections
Integrate IBM® Sametime® servers such as the Sametime Advanced Server and the Sametime Meeting Server with IBM Connections.
Deploying Connections community widgets for Sametime®
There are two IBM® Connections community widgets forSametime®, the Meeting Rooms Widget and the Chat Rooms Widget.
Installing and configuring the Chat Rooms widget
Install and configure the Chat Rooms widget. The Chat Rooms widget provides IBM® Sametime® Advanced persistent chat room features within IBM Connections.
Installing the Membership Synchronizer in WebSphere® for use with Chat Rooms widget
To allow Community members to access the Community's chat rooms, a separate module must synchronize the membership. Install this module, ChatRoomsMembershipSynchroniser.jar, on the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console.
Supplying credentials for the membership synchronizer
The membership synchronizer makes HTTP and HTTPS requests to the IBM® Sametime® Advanced Server on behalf of a user, therefore, it must use credentials. Use the Java™ Authentication and Authorization Service to create administrative credentials for the membership synchronizer.
Creating a login resource for the membership synchronizer
Configure the administrative credentials for the membership synchronizer.

Creating a login resource for the membership synchronizer

Configure the administrative credentials for the membership synchronizer.

Procedure

On the server hosting the IBM® Connections Server, log in to the Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere® administrator.
In the navigation tree, click Security > Global security > Java Authentication and Authorization Service > J2C authentication data.
For compatibility with earlier releases, remove the mark from the field Prefix new alias names with the node name of the cell. If you are deselecting this, save the changes, synchronize the appropriate node, and restart the application server, before continuing to step 4.
Click New.
In the Alias field, enter sametimeAdvancedAdmin. This setting is case-sensitive and must be this exact value.
Enter the user name and password for the administrator of Sametime® Advanced.
Click OK, resynchronize the appropriate node, and restart the application server.