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Administering Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
InstallingTo install IBM® Connections, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Pre-installation tasksComplete the following tasks before installing IBM® Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of IBM® Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
Installing IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and IBM® HTTP ServerIBM® Connections requires an environment where the WebSphere® Application Server Deployment Manager and one node are installed and configured in advance. IBM® HTTP Server and the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server are also prerequisites. This software is provided with the IBM® Connections package.
Defining IBM® HTTP ServerDefine IBM® HTTP Server to manage web connections. If you select to configure HTTP Server at the beginning of the Connections installation, you would perform this task at that point; otherwise you would perform this after installation completes.
Installing IBM® HTTP Server and web server plug-insThis software is provided with IBM® Connections in the WebSphere® Application Server Supplemental package.

Installing IBM HTTP Server and web server plug-ins

This software is provided with IBM® Connections in the WebSphere® Application Server Supplemental package.

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Install the versions and fixes that are described in the Detailed system requirements for IBM Connections document on the IBM Support site.

For more information about IBM HTTP Server, see Migrating and installing IBM HTTP Server in the IBM HTTP Server Knowledge Center.

For more information about web server plug-ins, see Implementing a web server plug-in in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Knowledge Center.

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