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Configuring Mobile
Use the HCL Connections mobile app to perform common tasks from a mobile device.
Administering HCL Connections™ 7 mobile
Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.
Configuring OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication
Connections Mobile supports OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication using the internet standard RFC 6749 – The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework. Because Connections Mobile is a public application available on public app stores, it implements the Authorization Code Grant Flow to an Authorization Server.
Using device identity certificates
Enable the aunthentication checks using certain device certificates.

Configuring Mobile
Use the HCL Connections mobile app to perform common tasks from a mobile device.
- Accessibility features for HCL Connections™ iOS mobile app
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully.
- Configuring security for Mobile
  You can secure devices that access Connections content using the Connections mobile app.
- HCL Connections™ Social Cloud
  If your users log in to a HCL Connections™ Social Cloud server, there are mobile configuration properties that you can customize for the cloud environment.
- Administering HCL Connections™ 8 mobile
  Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.
- Administering HCL Connections™ 7 mobile
  Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.
  - Updating Mobile app configuration properties for HCL Connections 7 via the Mobile Administration console
    Configuration properties control how users can interact with the Connections mobile app.
  - Mobile configuration properties for HCL Connections™ 7
    Configuration properties in the mobile-config.xml file control how users can interact with the Connections mobile app.
  - Changing Mobile configuration property values
    Modify the configuration properties in the mobile-config.xml file to control how users can interact with the Connections Mobile native app.
  - Configuring Push Notifications for Mobile
    Enable notifications to be sent to mobile users about Connections events.
  - Configuring HTTP Proxy support for Push Notifications for Mobile
    Enable notifications to be sent to mobile users about Connections events.
  - Configuring OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication
    Connections Mobile supports OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication using the internet standard RFC 6749 – The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework. Because Connections Mobile is a public application available on public app stores, it implements the Authorization Code Grant Flow to an Authorization Server.
    - Roadmap for enabling OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication
      Here are the high level steps for enabling OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication. Consult the links for detailed instructions for each step.
    - Configuring the OAuth Authorization server
      HCL Connections Mobile uses internet standard OAuth 2.0 authentication flows when using the OAuth authentication feature. It has been explicitly tested using the following authentication servers: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.10 and Security Access Manager (ISAM) 9.0.4.
    - Configuring the Connections Mobile server for OAuth
      This is a two-step process to first update the WebSphere Trust Association Interceptor filter for OAuth, and then second, update the mobile-config.xml.
    - Configuring WebSphere as the OAuth Authorization server
      This section provides guidance on how to setup the Connections WebSphere Application Server as the OAuth Authorization server itself. If you are using a different server as the OAuth Authorization server, then this section would not apply to your environment and can be ignored.
    - Configuring ISAM as the OAuth Authorization server
      HCL Security Access Manager (ISAM) is a security appliance that is capable of providing OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server support as well as an edge proxy that can consume the tokens for authorization and authentication by means of its WebSEAL proxy. For documentation, see ISAM OAuth 2.0 and OIDC support.
    - Migrating from previous authentication types to using OAuth
      If there are users who have deployed the Connections Mobile app, they can be automatically migrated to using OAuth once the OAuth infrastructure is in place and the mobile-config.xml has been modified to indicate that OAuth should be used as the authentication type. If there are already users deployed with Connections Mobile, make sure that the OAuth Authorization server is in place and functional before making any changes to mobile-config.xml. Updating mobile-config.xml must be the last step, as once this is made, Connections Mobile apps will start using a new authentication method.
    - Using client identity certificates
      Connections Mobile 6.0.7 or later supports authentication using client identity certificates plus OAuth token-based authentication. This provides an additional authentication factor if this is desired.
    - Using device identity certificates
      Enable the aunthentication checks using certain device certificates.
    - Setting up Connections Mobile to authenticate using OIDC
      The Connections mobile apps can use the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework within the Open ID Connect (OIDC) authentication protocol .
- Administering HCL Connections™ 6.5 mobile
  Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.
- Administering HCL Connections™ 6.0 mobile
  Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.
- Administering HCL Connections™ 5.5 mobile
  Depending on the version of HCL Connections™ that your organization is using, there are specific configuration properties that you can customize for the mobile environment.

Using device identity certificates

Enable the aunthentication checks using certain device certificates.

About this task

Connections Mobile 7.0.6 or later supports authentication checks that enforce that certain device certificates are present. This often is used by mobile device management, to enforce that your device has installed a certificate that can only be obtained if the device has been enrolled with your device management platform, but there are other use cases as well.

The Connections mobile apps must use the device browser instead of the typical embedded web browser to perform a device certificate validation. If your environment requires this check, at your Connections server, you must enable a configuration setting in mobile-config.xml named OAuthUseExternalBrowserForAuthorization.

Follow these steps to enable this setting:

Procedure

On the WebSphere DMgr node, find the configuration directory. For example on a linux server it would typically be something like /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/DMgr01/config/cells/bvtdb2Node01Cell/LotusConnections-config.
Make a backup of the file mobile-config.xml and the file mobile-config.xsd.
Edit the file mobile-config.xsd and find the element named OAuthSessionURL.

Add the following line just below the element:

<xsd:element name="OAuthUseExternalBrowserForAuthorization" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />

Save the mobile-config.xsd file.
Edit the file mobile-config.xml and find the key named </SecuritySettings>.

Add the following line on the line before </SecuritySettings>:

<OAuthUseExternalBrowserForAuthorization>true</OAuthUseExternalBrowserForAuthorization>

Save the file.
Using the WebSphere console, perform a Full Synchronization on all nodes.
Restart the application server called mobile.

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