Integrating with Connections
You can configure IBM Verse™ On-Premises to work with IBM Connections™ 6 or 5.5 CR2.
Before you begin
About this task
Integrating with Connections is optional. This integration leverages Connections profiles to enable business cards, photos, and electronic email signatures in Verse. It also enables Verse users to attach and download Connections files when composing and reading messages.
Requirements:
- IBM Connections™ 6 (or 5.5 CR2). For Verse On-Premises system requirement details, see the technote IBM Verse On-Premises 1.0.5 System Requirements.
- The user email address in the Domino Person document Internet Address field must match the email address in the Connections profile. To retrieve information such as a photo, the Domino user address is encoded and a call is made to Connections. The Domino encoded address must match the Connections encoded address to retrieve the information.
This procedure describes the Connections 6 steps to install and configure Connections in your environment and then to enable it to work with IBM Verse™ On-Premises. For clarity, only Connections 6 procedures are referenced. If you have Connections 6 or 5.5, you do not have to set up a new environment.
Procedure
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Install IBM Connections™6. See the Installing section
of IBM Connections™ 6
documentation.
Note: If you upgraded from a Connections release that is earlier than 5.5, complete the procedure Upgrading older profiles.
- Configure the IBM HTTP Server that is used to access Connections. See Configuring IBM HTTP Server.
- Enable SSL on the IBM HTTP Server. See Configuring IBM HTTP Server for an encrypted connection .
- Enable single sign-on for Domino. See Enabling single sign-on for Domino.
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Edit the IBM HTTP Server httpd.conf file as follows. This file is
typically in the <IHS_ROOT>/conf directory. This step enables cross-origin
resource sharing (CORS) so that Verse can access IBM Connections™ APIs.
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To enable Verse users to connect to the Connections server, add the following line to the
notes.ini file in the Domino data directory:
VOP_LLN2_BSSUIServer_URL=https://ibm_http_server_hostname
Note: If the setting is the last line in the notes.ini file, press ENTER after the line. -
Restart the Domino® server:
Restart server