Optional:Installing stand-alone Mux on Linux

HCL Sametime 11.6 added support for Stand-alone HCL Sametime Community Mux server installs. If you have a large number of Sametime users, the HCL Sametime Community server can be expanded and extended for chat and awareness using a stand-alone Sametime Community Mux. Mux is a connections synchronizer that can take in thousands of connections and send them to back-end Community servers, making the Community Server more scalable. HCL Sametime Community Mux installs are supported on both Windows and Linux platforms.

About this task

Note: HCL Sametime 11.6 is required to support Stand-alone HCL Sametime Community Mux servers.

The minimum system requirements for the Sametime Community Mux are the same as the system requirements for the Sametime Community Server. A Sametime Community Mux hosted on a computer that meets the minimum system requirements supports approximately 20,000 simultaneous client connections. Tests indicate that computers with dual 1133 MHz CPUs and 2 GB of RAM support approximately 30,000 simultaneous client connections. TCP/IP connectivity must be available between the Sametime Community Mux and the Sametime Community Server. By default, the Sametime Community Server listens on port 1516 for connections from the Sametime Community Mux.

Procedure

Procedure

  1. On the computer where you will install Stand-alone HCL Sametime Community Mux, log on as root.
  2. Create a new Community Mux administrator user and group named stmux.

    useradd stmux

  3. Download and Extract the HCL Sametime Community 11.6 package.
  4. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the packages and from the /CommunityMux directory, start the installation program (install.exe).
  5. Select a language for the installer, and then click OK.
  6. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
  7. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.
  8. Browse to the directory where you want to install Community Mux program files (or accept the default), and then click Next.
    Attention:If you are upgrading an earlier version, you must modify the default installation path to match the path used previously.
  9. Browse to the directory where you want to install Community Mux data files (or accept the default), and then click Next.
  10. Enter information about the local system and the HCL Community Sametime server.
    • (Linux) Enter the Community Mux user name.
    • (Linux) Enter the Community Mux group name.
    • Enter the fully qualified host name of the Stand-alone HCL Sametime Community Mux server.
    • Enter the fully qualified name of the HCL Sametime Community Server.
    • For best results, do not use IP addresses.

    Click Next.

  11. At the summary screen, click Install.
  12. Click Finish.