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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 Connections
To install HCL Connections™, you need to follow a detailed series of procedures.
Installing HCL Connections
Select the HCL Connections applications that you plan to use and install them in a clustered deployment.
Installing silently
Silent installation is a tool to simplify the installation process in enterprises that need multiple, identical instances of HCL Connections™.
Modifying the installation in silent mode
Modify your deployment of HCL Connections by adding or removing applications in silent mode.

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.
  - 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.
    - Installing as a non-root user
      Grant permissions to a non-root user to install HCL Connections.
    - Installing HCL Connections 7.0
      Install HCL Connections.
    - Installing in console mode
      Install HCL Connections in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not want to use the graphical mode.
    - Installing silently
      Silent installation is a tool to simplify the installation process in enterprises that need multiple, identical instances of HCL Connections™.
      - Installing HCL Connections in silent mode (with an existing IBM® Installation Manager)
        Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation of HCL Connections on multiple systems.
      - Installing HCL Connections and IBM® Installation Manager in silent mode
        Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation of HCL Connections and IBM® Installation Manager on multiple systems.
      - The default response file
        Response files provide input parameters for silent installations of HCL Connections.
      - Modifying the installation in interactive mode
        Modify your deployment of HCL Connections by adding or removing applications.
      - Modifying the installation in silent mode
        Modify your deployment of HCL Connections by adding or removing applications in silent mode.
        Adding applications in silent mode
        Add applications to your deployment of HCL Connections without using the installation wizard.
        Removing applications in silent mode
        Silently remove applications from your deployment of HCL Connections.
      - Modifying the installation in console mode
        Using console mode, modify your deployment of HCL Connections by adding or removing applications.
- Installing or upgrading Component Pack for Connections
  HCL Connections 7.0 now supports the latest Component Pack based in Harbor, an open-source container and Helm registry hosted by HCL for the Component Pack build. Deployments that are new or carrying Component Pack 7 will use this approach for a simplified installation/upgrade process, while releases prior to 7.0 will first need to upgrade to Component Pack 7 using a zip file and a local Docker registry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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™.

Modifying the installation in silent mode

Modify your deployment of HCL Connections by adding or removing applications in silent mode.

About this task

With the help of a response file, use the Modify function of the IBM® Installation Manager to add or remove HCL Connections applications.

To modify your installation in silent mode, complete one of the following tasks: