Installing Sametime Meetings

HCL Sametime® Meetings enables you to easily start a meeting. This documentation describes how to install and use HCL Sametime® Meetings.

Before you begin

  1. MongoDB is required for creating and reserving meeting rooms. Sametime Meetings can use the existing MongoDB used by Sametime Community and Proxy or a new independent MongoDB.
  2. Domino (64 bit) with Sametime Community 11.6.
  3. Sametime Proxy 11.6.
  4. Single Sign On (SSO) between Sametime Community and Proxy servers.
  5. Network Time Protocol (NTP) or similar service should be used to ensure clocks are synchronized between servers. This is especially important for Meeting server deployments utilizing JSON Web Token (JWT).

About this task

You can deploy Sametime Meetings in either of the two available options.
  1. Deployment on Docker.
  2. Deployment on Kubernetes.

Deployment on Docker

What is Docker?

Docker is an open-source lightweight containerization technology. It allows you to automate the deployment of applications in lightweight and portable containers and ship it all out as one package. It also allows you to run multiple Operating systems on the same host.

Deployment on Kubernetes

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is an open-source container management software developed in the Google platform. It is a highly flexible container tool to deliver even complex applications. It helps you to manage a containerized application in various types of physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It also allows you to manage your containerized application more efficiently.

For more information, see Docker and Kubernetes FAQ