Setting up a Community on an Apple device

You can configure and subsequently change the Sametime® community connection information, but typically you use the connection information specified by your administrator. When you first start the app and do not configure any communities, welcome screen displays that prompt you to set up a community. If you already have one or more communities configured, starting the app brings you to the Login screen. If you want to manage existing communities or add a new community, tap the Community item on the login screen. This displays a list of your currently configured communities. From there you can swipe left to Delete, swipe right to Edit or tap the plus icon to add a new community.

About this task

Adding a new community

Selecting Setup a Community on the Welcome screen or tapping the plus icon on the Communities screen displays the Add Community Screen.

Procedure

  1. For Name, enter a display name that you would like to use for this community.
  2. For Host Server, enter the server host name.
  3. For Port, enter the server port.

    These are the minimum fields needed to configure a Sametime community. Tapping Validate attempts a connection to the server and determine if a user ID and password are required for authentication. If this is the case, a prompt display to enter your Sametime credentials. If your organization uses corporate credentials for Sametime, then you do not need to enter credentials with the community. Tap Save to return to the Login screen or the Communities screen.

    If the Validate step fails, you may need to provide additional configuration via Advanced Properties:

    Table 1. Advanced Properties
    Option Description
    Allow Self Signed Certificate This property is OFF by default. With it ON the identity of the community server cannot be verified. If you are configuring for a test environment your administrator may require you to set this to ON.
    Connection Type This property is typically set to Direct Connection. However, if your host server is behind a firewall, you may need to use an authenticating proxy. Selecting Authentication Proxy requires credentials used to authenticate with the proxy. Your administrator provides any needed details.

    When finish configuring advanced properties, tap Back to return to the Add Community screen where you can once again attempt to validate the configuration.

    Note:

    Your system administrator may provide a link or QR code that fills in some of the above values for you automatically. They may also add pre-configured communities to your community list. If your administrator has provided you with a QR code, you can use the Sametime app or the iOS camera app to read the code and configure the community for you. You can also use the HCL Sametime browser client to generate a custom QR code that will configure the mobile client with the same community and user ID the browser is using. To accomplish this, log in with the browser client, click the menu icon, then Settings,and then Configure Mobile Client to generate and display the QR code.Simply use the app to read the code and configure the community.