ICONUK 2015 - Installing Connections Add-Ons Tips and Tricks

UKLUG 2012 – Cardiff, Wales September 2012
Presenter: Victor Toal
Company: ToalSystems
* And other nifty stuff
ICON UK 2015
IBM Connections - Installing the
Free "Extras" and Integrating with
other Products*

UKLUG 2012 – Cardiff, Wales
Victor Toal
aka “Dr. Vic”
20+ Years of talking tech
IBM Connections, Sametime, WebSphere, DB2,
Notes and Domino
victor@toalsys.com
Twitter: @TheToal
Skype: victor_toal

IBM Connections is IBM’s Flagship product in the Social Network Software
Category.
It comes with everything you need to set up and run a social community
inside of your firewall – and since Version 5 – also make it easily available
outside of your firewall as well:
Activities (similar to to-dos)
Blogs – stand-alone or as part of a Community
Bookmarks – share and store important bookmarks
Files - individual user file and community files
Forums – discuss topics, ask questions, find answers
Wikis – stand-alone or as part of a Community
Communities – A place where all of the above applications can be
grouped around a specific theme or group of people

CCM – Connections Content Manager / IBM Filenet integration
Requires a license for any user accessing the CCM portion of Connections. Can be integrated with an existing
FileNet implementation for the full document lifecycle experience.
IBM Connections Mail
Integrate your Domino or Exchange email into IBM Connections and display links in the Website header to access
email and calendar entries from your email system
IBM File Viewer
A subset of the IBM Docs features – but without any editing ability. View all office type documents that are uploaded into Files
of CCM directly in the browser without having to download them first
Surveys / IBM Forms limited integration
Sametime – Awareness Integration
See the online status of other Connections users and initiate IM/chat sessions with them
IBM Docs
Similar to Google Docs or Office Online – this gives you the ability to view, edit and save documents and
spreadsheets directly in the browser without having to download the files onto a PC and edit them with an MS
Office or other like software.

** IBM Connections Mail **
** IBM File Viewer **
** IBM Forms **
Why?
These are the most commonly installed add-
ons, or in he case of Sametime, the most
common integration

•Most Applications will run on either Linux/AIX
or Windows
•Surveys (IBM Forms) requires DB2, will not
work with other database systems at this time
•You install the app, enable with by updating
config files – mostly as a widget that gets
added to a community
•Most add-ons can run either on single
WebSphere servers or in a clustered
environment

Architecture - Clustered
Web Layer
Application Layer
Services Layer
User HTTP Traffic
Connections Server 1
Deployment Manager
Application Node1
Application Node2
DB2 Server File Server Share
Shared File Services
Web Server 1
Access to shared
file repository
DB Access Share File Services
CNX5.ToalSys.Social
Connections 5.0 Architecture
Clustered
Clustered Components:
Connections URL: http://cnx5.toalsys.social
Server1: CNXSrv01.intranet.toalsys.com
HTTP: HTTP01.intranet.toalsys.com
DB2: dbSrv01.intranet.toalsys.com
File server: space01.intranet.toalsys.com
Connections Data File Share: fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdata

Architecture – Non Clustered
Web Layer
Application Layer
Services Layer
User HTTP Traffic
Deployment Manager
Application Node1
DB2 Server File Server Share
Shared File Services
Web Server 1
Access to shared
file repository
DB Access Share File Services
CNX5.ToalSys.Social
Connections 5.0 Architecture
Non-Clustered
Non Clustered Components:
Connections URL: http://cnx5.toalsys.social
HTTP: HTTP01.intranet.toalsys.com
DB2: dbSrv01.intranet.toalsys.com
File server: space01.intranet.toalsys.com
Connections Data File Share: fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdata
OR
D:IBMConnectionsDatashared

IBM Connections Mail
Let’s start with email - It’s Simple, Really:
1.Add Repository
2.Install Product
3.Create socialmail-discovery-config.xml
4.Edit the application security for COMMON
5.Sync nodes
6.Restart Common
Ta-Taaaa!

IC Mail - Resources
•Latest version is currently 1.6
•But the version to install depends on what version of
Connections you are running
•Different versions of ICMail have different WebSphere and
Connections version requirements and compatibility
limitations (mainly regarding Exchange) – check the
Greenhouse Catalog for details:
•ICMail V1 -> Connections V4.0 – Greenhouse link: http://ibm.co/1WwMtxe
•ICMail V1.3 iFix2 -> Connections 4.5 – Greenhouse link: http://ibm.co/1fj77z4
•ICMail V1.6 iFix2 -> Connections 5.0– Greenhouse link: http://ibm.co/1qzXtYE

•ICMail can be enabled for all users, individuals or on a group
membership basis for both Exchange and Domino back-ends
•This is done by updating the COMMON application in WebSphere
with either individuals, all users or groups.
Some Gotchas:
•If you have customized the Connections header.jsp, make sure
you have the latest version, there is code in it that helps the
browser recognize whether ICMail is enabled and if the user is
allowed to access it.
•The config file [socialmail-discovery-config.xml] can contain
username and password information so be sure to utilize the
encrypted methods so not to leave potential security holes in your
environment

ICMail with Domino
•Install documentation link: http://ibm.co/1UML83j
•Requires only WebSSO with the Domino server, easiest if
Domino is your LDAP source
•Must exchange LTPA Token/key between WebSphere servers
and the Domino WebSSO document
•Domino servers must be set to authenticate HTTP as multi-
session using LtpaToken
Here is a good document with all the details on how to enable
SSO between WebSphere / Connections and Domino:
http://ibm.co/1Nl1tv2

ICMail with Exchange
•Install documentation link: http://ibm.co/1UML83j
•Requires SPNEGO with KERBEROS as your WebSphere
SSO authentication method
•Easiest if LDAP is AD based and the same AD domain as
Exchange
•Requires much more in terms of configuration and settings
•AD Settings also needed
•Make sure you read this document by Michele Buccarello
http://bit.ly/1MCXJVN
TIP: when configuring KERBEROS, always write all domain
names, server names, URLs etc. in UPPER CASE

ICMail Installation
•Install is via the IBM Installation Manager on the
Deployment Manager
•Add the package as a new repository to your existing IIM

ICMail Installation Continued . . .
Choose the Install
Package and click next
Enter the location you
want the files to be
installed on

ICMail Installation Continued . . .
Review the settings one
final time and install.
When the system is done
you will see the below
screen

Set the correct access settings for mail users in the
COMMON application.
Go to ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS -> WEBSPHERE
ENTERPRISE APPLCIATIONS -> click on COMMON and
choose SECURITY ROLE TO USER / GROUP MAPPING

<config id="socialmail-discovery-config" version="1.3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="socialmail-discovery-config.xsd">
<discovery>
<ServerConfig name="exchangeconfig" enabled="true">
<ConfigType>EXCHANGE</ConfigType>
<DirectoryServer>FQHNofDomainController</DirectoryServer>
<DirectoryServerDomain>FQDomainName</DirectoryServerDomain>
<DirectoryUser>LDAPBindUSer</DirectoryUser>
<DirectoryPW>Password</DirectoryPW>
<CertificateFile>E:IBMWebSphereAppServerjavajrelibsecuritycacerts</CertificateFile>
<CertificateFilePW>changeit</CertificateFilePW>
<ADDomainUser>ADDomainNameUSerAccountLDAPBind</ADDomainUser>
<ADDomainPW>Password</ADDomainPW>
<MailPattern type=“Domain.com"/>
</ServerConfig>
</discovery>
<GadgetConfig>
<GadgetPreference id="MailSearchInterval">15000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailPollOnBadge">false</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailCheckOnLoadInterval">300000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailPollInterval">300000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="ExchMaxUploadSize">15800000</GadgetPreference>
</GadgetConfig>
</config>
Example: socialmail-discovery-config.xml for Exchange

<config id="socialmail-discovery-config" version="1.3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="socialmail-discovery-config.xsd">
<discovery>
<ServerConfig name="waters-redirect" enabled="true">
<ConfigType>REDIRECT</ConfigType>
<RedirectURL>https://URL_TO_REDIRECTOR:443?nocache=1&nostore=1</RedirectURL>
<MailPattern type=“DOMAIN.COM"/>
</ServerConfig>
</discovery>
<GadgetConfig>
<GadgetPreference id="MailSearchInterval">5000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailPollOnBadge">false</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailCheckOnLoadInterval">300000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="MailPollInterval">900000</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="UseConfiguredProtocol">true</GadgetPreference>
<GadgetPreference id="useConfiguredProtocol">true</GadgetPreference>
</GadgetConfig>
</config>
Example: socialmail-discovery-config.xml for Domino

IBM File Viewer
It’s Simple, Really:
1.Create WebSphere Servers/Cluster
2.Choose version – download - unpack
3.Update properties.config files
4.Install Conversion, Viewer and Viewer Extension (in this order)
5.Synch nodes, regenerate HTTP plug-in and deploy
6.Restart Common, Files and CCM (or just the whole server)
7.Ta-Taaaa!

IBM File Viewer – Some Details
•Is a subset of the full IBM DOCS product. You get conversion (so the office
file can be rendered in a browser) and the viewer, but no editing capability
•The latest version 1.0.7 will also work with CCM/Libraries – but is more
work to install
Tip 1: If you don’t have CCM, install 1.0.6 – the code is the same for
Conversion and Viewer and the install is significantly easier
•If you need additional languages other than English, install more language
packs on Windows. You can buy or download fonts or language packs. For
example, you can download Windows Server 2008 R2 Multilingual User
Interface Language Packs.
•Also, you can get font packages from third-party venders, then get the .ttc
and .ttf files from the package, and install them on your server.

IBM File Viewer Continued . . .
•Choose the right documentation:
•1.0.6: http://ibm.co/1LjGpSs
•1.0.7: http://ibm.co/1E61Czw
•Read the documentation – then create the WebSphere server
infrastructure you intend to use it on.
Tip1: even if you only want ONE WebSphere server to run it
on, create that server as a cluster member – that way you can
more easily expand in the future if you want to
•If you are installing on a separate physical/virtual server from
your existing Connections environment (=add a new node) make
sure this server can access the shared file resources or this will
not work . . . .
• Tip2: make sure you read SW requirements for Linux –
python!!

IBM File Viewer Continued . . .
•Fill in ALL the cfg.properties for all three components first.
There are variables in them that have to match for each of
the components. If you do not, there is trouble!
•Pay attention to anything that is called
[xxx_shared_storage_xxx] -> those have to be the same
value for all systems. Create the actual folders manually,
the installer will not create them during the install.

IBM File Viewer Continued[Conversion]
conversion_install_root=D:IBMIBMConversion
docs_shared_storage_type=local
viewer_shared_storage_type=local
docs_shared_storage_local_path=D:IBMDocSharedStorage
docs_shared_storage_remote_server=nas-docs.ibm.com
docs_shared_storage_remote_path=/opt/IBM/docs_data
viewer_shared_storage_local_path=D:IBMDocSharedStorage
viewer_shared_storage_remote_server=nas-docs.ibm.com
viewer_shared_storage_remote_path=/opt/IBM/viewer_data
viewer_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/viewer
was_install_root=D:IBMWebSphereAppServer
was_soap_port=8879
scope=Cluster
scope_name=ConversionCluster
node_name=
sym_count=4
sym_start_port=8100
software_mode = Premise
[Viewer]
viewer_install_root=D:/IBM/FileViewer
shared_data_dir=D:/IBM/DocSharedStorage
was_install_root=D:/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
was_soap_port=8879
conversion_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/conversion
files_path=D:/IBM/Connections/data/shared/files/upload
editor_installed=No
scope=Cluster
scope_name=ViewerCluster
node_name=
browser_cache=No
enable_print=No
auth_type=FORM
auth_host=
multi_tenancy=false
convert_on_upload=yes
housekeeping_frequency=weekly
housekeeping_age_threshold_of_rendition_latest_version=30
housekeeping_size_threshold_of_rendition_cache=256
[ICExt]
ext_install_root=D:/IBM/IBMViewer/extension
was_dm_profile_root=D:/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Dmgr01
was_soap_port=8879
enable_upload_conversion=Yes
auth_type=BASIC
viewer_admin_j2c_alias=
files_scope=Cluster
files_scope_name=CnxCluster
files_node_name=
news_scope=Cluster
news_scope_name=CnxCluster
news_node_name=
common_scope=Cluster
common_scope_name=CnxCluster
common_node_name=
viewer_server_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/viewer
restart_connections=False
Non-Clustered / Local Server
Install WINDOWS

[Conversion]
conversion_install_root=D:IBMIBMConversion
docs_shared_storage_type=local
viewer_shared_storage_type=local
docs_shared_storage_local_path=fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdataDocSharedStorage
docs_shared_storage_remote_server=nas-docs.ibm.com
docs_shared_storage_remote_path=/opt/IBM/docs_data
viewer_shared_storage_local_path=fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdataDocSharedStorage
viewer_shared_storage_remote_server=nas-docs.ibm.com
viewer_shared_storage_remote_path=/opt/IBM/viewer_data
viewer_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/viewer
was_install_root=D:IBMWebSphereAppServer
was_soap_port=8879
scope=Cluster
scope_name=ConversionCluster
node_name=
sym_count=4
sym_start_port=8100
software_mode = Premise
[Viewer]
viewer_install_root=D:/IBM/FileViewer
shared_data_dir==fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdataDocSharedStorage
was_install_root=D:/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
was_soap_port=8879
conversion_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/conversion
files_path=fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdatafilesupload
editor_installed=No
scope=Cluster
scope_name=ViewerCluster
node_name=
browser_cache=No
enable_print=No
auth_type=FORM
auth_host=
multi_tenancy=false
convert_on_upload=yes
housekeeping_frequency=weekly
housekeeping_age_threshold_of_rendition_latest_version=30
housekeeping_size_threshold_of_rendition_cache=256
[ICExt]
ext_install_root=D:/IBM/IBMViewer/extension
was_dm_profile_root=D:/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Dmgr01
was_soap_port=8879
enable_upload_conversion=Yes
auth_type=BASIC
viewer_admin_j2c_alias=
files_scope=Cluster
files_scope_name=CnxCluster
files_node_name=
news_scope=Cluster
news_scope_name=CnxCluster
news_node_name=
common_scope=Cluster
common_scope_name=CnxCluster
common_node_name=
viewer_server_url=http://cnx5.toalsys.social/viewer
restart_connections=False
Clustered / Non-Local Server
Install
WINDOWS

•Run the installers . . . . In order

If you are installing on multiple Nodes
•Copy the install folders over to the other server
•Rename the [cfg.node.properties] to something else ad rename
the [cfg.properties] you updated earlier to [cfg.node.properties]
•Run the install_node.bat/.sh install executable
•Sit back and relax
•Look for error in the install log files -> they are inside the
installation folders you configured, in this case:
• D:IBMFileViewer
• D:IBMIBMConversion
• D:IBMIBMViewerextension

•Set up the scheduled tasks
NOTE: If you install on clustered servers, this has to run on all Nodes/servers that run the Conversion
task

Finally – do the usual WebSphere Stuff:
•Sync the Nodes (even though the scripts – allegedly
– do that
•Regenerate the HTTP Plug-in and deploy it
•Restart the HTTP server(s)
•Restart Connections (all apps)
•Restart the Viewer and Conversion server(s)
•Look for errors in the WebSphere log files

A potential Issue to look for – if you installed
as a cluster
•The installer uses the [shared_data_dir] as the location to put the WebSphere Cluster
Message Stores for the cluster you created
•When using UNC file locations, in some cases (depends on server) WebSphere does not
interpret them correctly and creates a new folder in the drive that WebSphere is installed
in named exactly as your share file folder – in our case:
D:fileserver.toalsys.socialcnxdataDocSharedStorage on both servers for the
WebSphere messages stores.
•Check the sib-engines.xml in the folder
C:IBMWebSphereAppServerprofilesDmgr01configcellsCNXCell01clustersViewerCl
uster
•Change the line to match the same location as the Connections cluster settings:
logDirectory="${MESSAGE_STORE_PATH}/ViewerCluster/log“
permanentStoreDirectory="${MESSAGE_STORE_PATH}/ViewerCluster/store"
temporaryStoreDirectory="${MESSAGE_STORE_PATH}/ViewerCluster/store“
This puts all WebSphere specific message stores into the same location in the share file
location

Surveys / IBM Forms Builder Experience
It’s Simple, Really:
1. Create WebSphere Servers/Cluster
2. Create the DB2 Database
3. Download - unpack
4. Install the First Server, Then The cluster server (if you plan to)
5. Update widget-config.xml, Map app to HTTP server, Synch nodes
6. Regenerate HTTP plug-in and deploy – Restart HTTP server
7. Connect to the Forms Screen and run the setup
8. Add extra Indexes to the DB2 server
9. Add the Widget information into the widget.config.xml
10. Synch nodes, restart Connections and Forms server(s)
11. Ta-Taaaa!

Create the DB2 Database
•Surveys / Forms Experience Builder REQUIRES DB2 – so if you
use SQL or Oracle for your Connections environment and want
Surveys you need to install a DB2 server
•When creating the dB use these commands, the commands in the
documentation are partially incorrect and badly formatted:
CREATE DB FEBDB using codeset UTF-8 territory us PAGESIZE 32768
connect to FEBDB
CREATE BUFFERPOOL BUFFERFEB IMMEDIATE SIZE 250 PAGESIZE 32K
CREATE USER TEMPORARY TABLESPACE LARGE_USERTEMP PAGESIZE 32k
MANAGED BY AUTOMATIC STORAGE EXTENTSIZE 16 PREFETCHSIZE 16
BUFFERPOOL BUFFERFEB
grant dbadm on database to LCUSER

Add the Widget definition to the widget-config.xml
<widgetDef defId="Surveys" description="Surveys.desc" bundleRefId="formiwidget" primaryWidget="true" showInPalette="true"
modes="view edit fullpage" uniqueInstance="true" loginRequired="false"
url="{webresourcesSvcRef}/web/com.ibm.form.integrations.formiwidget/Surveys.xml"
helpLink="/topic/com.ibm.lotus.connections.communities.surveys.help/community_survey_frame.html"
iconUrl="{webresourcesSvcRef}/web/com.ibm.form.integrations.formiwidget/images/survey_widget_icon.png">
<itemSet>
<item name="formSeverBaseUrl" value="/forms"/>
<item name="surveyNumberInOverview" value="5"/>
<item name="communitiesSvcRef" value="{communitiesSvcRef}"/>
<item name="webresourcesSvcRef" value="{webresourcesSvcRef}"/>
<item name="opensocialSvcRef" value="{opensocialSvcRef}"/>
<item name="version" value="{version}"/>
</itemSet>
<lifecycle remoteHandlerURL="http://cnx5.toalsys.social/forms/secure/org/lifecycle"
remoteHandlerAuthenticationAlias="connectionsAdmin">
<event>community.members.added</event>
<event>community.members.removed</event>
<event>widget.added</event>
<event>widget.removed</event>
<event>community.updated</event>
<event>community.visibility.changed</event>
<event>community.prepare.delete</event>
<event>community.members.modified</event>
<event>community.org.changed</event>
</lifecycle></widgetDef>

Install Forms Experience Builder
•Using IBM Installation Manager on the actual
FORMS server, not the Deployment manager –
unless that is where FORMS is running
•Unpack FEB 8.5.1 and add the repository to IIM

•Run though the Install Process

•Surveys Continued . . .
•More Installation Joy

•Map The App to the HTTP server

Do the WAS Stuff
•Sync Nodes, Regenerate the HTTP plug-in, Deploy it,
restart HTTP server(s) and start the FORMS server(s)
•Connect to the Forms interface – in my example that is:
http://cnx5.toalsys.social/forms

•Do the Setup Steps …

Create some more DB2 indexes to improve
performance
•Use these commands …. Same reason as
before
Connect to FEBDB
CREATE BUFFERPOOL FEB4KBP IMMEDIATE SIZE 250 AUTOMATIC PAGESIZE 4 K
CREATE LARGE TABLESPACE USERSPACE4K PAGESIZE 4 K MANAGED BY AUTOMATIC
STORAGE BUFFERPOOL FEB4KBP
CREATE LARGE TABLESPACE USERSPACE8K PAGESIZE 8 K MANAGED BY AUTOMATIC
STORAGE BUFFERPOOL FEB8KBP
CREATE LARGE TABLESPACE USERSPACE16K PAGESIZE 16 K MANAGED BY
AUTOMATIC STORAGE BUFFERPOOL FEB16KBP

Ta-TAAAAAAA!
“Oohh, of questions many you
have?”

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