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Administering Connections 6.5 CR1
Welcome to the HCL Connections documentation site. HCL 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.
Installing
To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Optional: Installing and configuring Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
The Tiny editors are alternative rich-text editors which can be installed for HCL Connections™. They provide additional features and extensive customization options not available with the default editor.
Common tasks, concepts and reference information
Common tasks, concepts and reference information.
Determine customization path
The customization_path is required when performing most customizations.

Administering Connections 6.5 CR1
Welcome to the HCL Connections documentation site. HCL 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.
- What's new in HCL Connections
  Find out about features that are new or updated in this release of HCL Connections.
- Product overview
  Learn how to deploy, customize, and administer the HCL Connections social networking product.
- Planning
  Before installing HCL Connections™, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
- Installing
  To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
  - The installation process
    Review the steps that are required to install HCL Connections.
  - Pre-installation tasks
    Complete the following tasks before installing HCL Connections. If you are migrating from a prior release of HCL Connections, do not complete the tasks for creating databases or populating the Profiles database. The migration process handles those tasks automatically.
  - Installing HCL Connections
    Select the HCL Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
  - Post-installation tasks
    After installation, you need to perform further tasks to ensure an efficient deployment.
  - Optional: Installing and configuring Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
    The Tiny editors are alternative rich-text editors which can be installed for HCL Connections™. They provide additional features and extensive customization options not available with the default editor.
    - Installing Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
      Install the Tiny editors: TinyMCE and Textbox.io, to get a powerful editing experience inside HCL Connections™ with a streamlined user-interface and unparalleled customization.
    - Upgrading Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
      Instructions for upgrading Tiny Editors for HCL Connections to the latest version.
    - Modifying Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
      Modify the Tiny editors TinyMCE and Textbox.io to customize your editing experience.
    - Uninstalling Tiny Editors for HCL Connections
      Completely removes Tiny Editors for HCL Connections to restore HCL Connections™ to the base state or to allow a clean upgrade to a newer version.
    - Common tasks, concepts and reference information
      Common tasks, concepts and reference information.
      - Determine customization path
        The customization_path is required when performing most customizations.
      - Restart Common application
        Sometimes restarting the common application is needed to ensure all caches are cleared.
      - Tiny Editor Services configuration
        The Tiny Editor Services use a configuration file called application.conf, written in Human-Optimized Config Object Notation. These settings can be overridden by JVM environment variables named with the path of the setting.
      - List of valid application.conf settings
        A list of valid settings for the Tiny Editors application.conf.
      - Sample application.conf
        A sample configuration for the Tiny Editor Services.
      - Disable SSL certificate validation for testing
        This task outlines the process for disabling certificate validation. Do not use these settings in a production environment.
      - Toolbar components and the toolbar definition
        The toolbar is the main interface of the editor. This section covers how the components of the toolbar relate to the toolbar definition in the config.js.
      - The default toolbar configuration
        The default toolbar used by the Tiny editors.
      - The Toolbar customization syntax
        The syntax for the toolbar customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
      - List of predefined Toolbar objects
        Lists all available toolbar groups, menus, placeholders, and commands for Tiny Editors for HCL Connections.
      - Default fonts list
        The default list of fonts used by the Tiny editors' font picker.
      - Sample fonts list configurations
        Samples of font lists for the Tiny editors' font picker.
      - The fonts customization syntax
        The syntax for the fonts customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
      - Default colors list
        The default list of colors used by the Tiny editors' color picker.
      - Sample colors values
        Example colors using different formats.
      - The colors customization syntax
        The syntax for the colors customization option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
      - External Plugins for TinyMCE
        TinyMCE is a modular editor where the majority of features are enabled by loading plugins. External plugins give a mechanism for extending TinyMCE as required.
      - Connections locations for selectively loading plugins
        List of the locations for selectively loading plugins.
      - The external plugins customization syntax
        The syntax for the external plugins option is written using Extended Backus–Naur form.
      - Sample config.js
        A sample configuration file for the integration.
  - Optional post-installation tasks
    Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
- Uninstalling HCL Connections
  Uninstall HCL Connections.
- Migrating and updating
  Migrate HCL Connections™ and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest deployment, interim fixes, or Cumulative Refresh (CR).
- Administering
  Run administration and maintenance tasks to keep your environment up-to-date. For example, learn how to customize your deployment or how to use the wsadmin utility to edit configuration files. You can also schedule tasks, maintain application databases, moderate content, or manage users and their roles.
- Customizing
  Customize HCL Connections™ to fit your environment.
- Security
  HCL Connections™ provides a flexible security infrastructure that supports an open, easily shareable data model.
- Mobile
  See the HCL Connections™ Mobile documentation for Connections Cloud and Connections on-premises.
- Developing
  Get information about how to use the APIs provided with HCL Connections™ and how to use Connections Customizer to modify the Connections pages that are returned to users.
- Troubleshooting and support
  To isolate and resolve problems with your HCL products, you can use the troubleshooting and support information. This information contains instructions for using the problem-determination resources that are provided with your HCL products, including HCL Connections™.

Determine customization path

The customization_path is required when performing most customizations.

Procedure

Log in to the web interface of the WebSphere Application Server Console.
The default address is: https://host_name:9043/ibm/console
Expand Environment and click the WebSphere variables link.
Find the CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH in the variables list and record the value which will be referred to as customization_path from this point.

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