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Administering Connections 7.0
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 or upgrading Component Pack for Connections
The Component Pack for HCL Connections introduces several offerings that enhance collaboration and boost productivity. Read on to understand the offerings, what resources Component Pack requires, some sizing considerations for Kubernetes, information on automating installation or upgrade, and sample steps for installation or upgrade.
Integrating with other apps
With Component Pack for HCL Connections, you can deploy microservices for apps that create points of integration between Connections and other products.
Integrating with Activities Plus
Huddo (formerly Kudos) Activities Plus is the team collaboration tool (replacement of Connections Activities) from Huddo Boards that makes work easier and more intuitive.
Configuring Activities Plus services
Configuring Connections Mobile for Activities Plus
Add the Activities Plus mobile app to the HCL Connections Mobile application.

Administering Connections 7.0
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 Connections
  To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
- Installing or upgrading Component Pack for Connections
  The Component Pack for HCL Connections introduces several offerings that enhance collaboration and boost productivity. Read on to understand the offerings, what resources Component Pack requires, some sizing considerations for Kubernetes, information on automating installation or upgrade, and sample steps for installation or upgrade.
  - Component Pack offerings
    The Component Pack for HCL Connections introduces new connectivity capabilities that enhance collaboration and boost productivity.
  - Overview of Component Pack architecture
    Component Pack for HCL Connections™ is both designed and deployed upon a different software stack from Connections. Therefore, it requires a separate hardware infrastructure.
  - Prerequisites for Component Pack
    On a very high level, to install and successfully run HCL Component Pack, you will need HCL Connections plus additional resources to satisfy the following requirements:
  - Installation and upgrade
    Experienced customers can download a package to do an automated installation or upgrade of Component Pack for HCL Connections. It is best for new customers to read this introduction and at least initially to do the manual steps in this section to gain a better understanding of Component Pack.
  - Uninstalling Component Pack
    Follow these steps to remove the Component Pack services from your Connections deployment.
  - Troubleshooting Component Pack installation or upgrade
    If you encounter issues when installing or deploying the Component Pack images, see the Troubleshooting Component Pack guide on the HCL Software product documentation site, or consult HCL Support Services for recent tech articles on Component Pack.
  - Configuring the Component Pack
    Configure the offerings and related components in the Component Pack for HCL Connections™.
  - Customizing email notifications using the app registry
    If Component Pack for HCL Connections™ is installed in your deployment, you can use the app registry to change the look and content email notifications and newsletters, making them particular to your organization.
  - Integrating with other apps
    With Component Pack for HCL Connections, you can deploy microservices for apps that create points of integration between Connections and other products.
    - Integrating with Connections Outlook Add-in for Microsoft Outlook
      With the HCL Connections Outlook Add-in, users can work with Connections content from within their Outlook inbox.
    - Integrating with Activities Plus
      Huddo (formerly Kudos) Activities Plus is the team collaboration tool (replacement of Connections Activities) from Huddo Boards that makes work easier and more intuitive.
      - Pre-installation tasks
        You must complete the following tasks before installing Activities Plus services for Connections Component Pack.
      - Installing Activities Plus services
        Activities Plus in Connections Component Pack (CP) uses the existing Component Pack infrastructure, assuming that you have a working Connections Component Pack environment.
      - Configuring Activities Plus services
        Configuring IBM HTTP Server as reverse proxy
        Configure the Activities Plus service to support IBM HTTP Server as a reverse proxy.
        Registering an OAuth application with a provider
        Register OAuth - In order for Actitivites Plus to authenticate with your Connections environment, you must define a new OAuth widget.
        Configuring Connections Mobile for Activities Plus
        Add the Activities Plus mobile app to the HCL Connections Mobile application.
      - Migrating Activities data
        If you want to move existing Activities data to Activities Plus, you must run the migration service.
      - Customizing Activities Plus
      - Uninstalling Activities Plus
        If necessary, you can remove the Activities Plus app from your Connections 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.
- Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for AIX and Linux
  To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
- Copying Search conversion tools to local nodes for Windows
  To enable full indexing of data, copy the Search conversion tools to local nodes.
- Optional post-installation tasks
  Complete the post-installation tasks that are relevant to your deployment.
- Uninstalling
  Uninstall HCL Connections.
- Upgrading and updating
  Upgrade HCL Connections and its supporting software to the latest release and then update the installation with the latest interim fixes or cumulative fixes. Refer to the What's New in HCL Connections to review the features in the latest release and gather download links or links to the latest fix list and update strategy information.
- 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™.

Configuring Connections Mobile for Activities Plus

Add the Activities Plus mobile app to the HCL Connections Mobile application.

Procedure

Check out the mobile-config.xml file to a temporary directory such as /tmp/LCCheckedOut by using the following command:
```
execfile("mobileAdmin.py")
MobileConfigService.checkOutConfig("/LCCheckedOut", AdminControl.getCell())
```
Download the Activities Plus icon and save it under the Connections Mobile customization directory as follows:
1. On the Connections server, create the directory [CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATIONS_PATH]/mobile/img if it does not already exist. You can find the value of [CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH] from the WebSphere administration console using Environment > WebSphere variables.
2. Using a browser, load the image URL https://[BOARDS_URL]/img/logo-small.png
3. Save this file logo-small.png to the mobile customization directory [CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATIONS_PATH]/mobile/img.

Edit mobile-config.xml as follows:

Find the Applications element and add the following application:

<Application name="ActivitiesPlus" enabled="true">
  <ApplicationIcon>
    <Android>
      <Hdpi>/img/logo-small.png</Hdpi>
      <Mdpi>/img/logo-small.png</Mdpi>
      <Ldpi>/img/logo-small.png</Ldpi>
    </Android>
    <IOS>
      <Reg>/img/logo-small.png</Reg>
      <Retina>/img/logo-small.png</Retina>
    </IOS>
	 <BB/>
    <DefaultLocation>/img/logo-small.png</DefaultLocation>
  </ApplicationIcon>
  <ApplicationLabel>Activities Plus</ApplicationLabel>
  <ApplicationURL>https://[BOARDS_URL]/auth/connections</ApplicationURL>
</Application>

where [BOARDS_URL] is your configured URL for Boards

Find the DefaultNavigationOrder element and append ActivitiesPlus.

For example:

DefaultNavigationOrder>profiles,communities,files,filesync,wikis,activities,forums,blogs,bookmarks,ActivitiesPlus</DefaultNavigationOrder>

Save and check-in mobile-config.xml:

MobileConfigService.checkInConfig("/tmp/LCCheckedOut", AdminControl.getCell())

Sync the Nodes as required.

Note: Activities Plus will now display in the HCL Connections mobile app’s application menu, allowing the mobile user to access Activities Plus data that is associated with a community or is standalone.