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HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12
Installing
This section provides information on installing and configuring the servers for HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium.
Installing Sametime
You can install Sametime Premium and Sametime in a Docker or Kubernetes container environment. The following platforms are supported: Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.
Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
A Sametime deployment on Kubernetes requires a properly configured cluster consisting of a minimum of four nodes: a control plane and three worker nodes with an Ingress Controller.

HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12
- Accessibility features for Sametime
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. HCL® strives to provide products with usable access for everyone.
- New features in Sametime 12
  The current version of HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium includes new features and enhancements.
- Planning
  This section describes the system requirements and server configurations needed for HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium.
- Installing
  This section provides information on installing and configuring the servers for HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium.
  - Installation road map
    The installation road map list the high-level steps for installing your product. Reviewing the high-level steps before you start the installation process helps you be prepared when prompted for information during the installation.
  - Installing the MongoDB
    The MongoDB Community Server can be downloaded from the MongoDB website. You can install MongoDB on Windows and Linux platforms.
  - Installing Sametime
    You can install Sametime Premium and Sametime in a Docker or Kubernetes container environment. The following platforms are supported: Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.
    - Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
      A Sametime deployment on Kubernetes requires a properly configured cluster consisting of a minimum of four nodes: a control plane and three worker nodes with an Ingress Controller.
      - Preparing the network
        This section provides information on the network considerations needed to install Kubernetes.
      - Loading the Sametime image to Docker
        This section provides information on the network considerations needed to install Kubernetes.
      - Preparing the deployment
        This section provides information to configure secrets for deployment.
      - Create the meeting recordings volume
        This section provides information to create the meeting recordings volume.
      - Deploying Sametime
        This section provides information to deploy Sametime to Kubernetes cluster.
      - Configure persistent storage for a single node deployment
        This procedure describes an approach to configuring persistent local node storage for the meeting recordings pod in a Kubernetes environment.
      - Verifying the service
        This section provides information to verify if you are able to join a meeting, see and hear the other participants.
      - Installing Sametime with multiple video bridges
        This section covers the steps on how to enable multiple video bridges. Below are a list of several secrets defined in the sametime-global-secrets resource. There are others not mentioned here as well. Refer to managing_secrets_kubernetes.html for the basic guidelines regarding post-installation configuration.
    - Installing Sametime in a Docker environment
  - Uninstalling Sametime
    You can use the Uninstall xxx in to uninstall Sametime or Sametime Premium.
  - Installing Sametime clients
    Sametime clients can be installed on a Windows or Mac machines.
- Configuring
  This section provides information on configuring the HCL Sametime server.
- Securing
  This section provides information on securing your HCL Sametime environments.
- Administering
  This section provides information on administering on Sametime environments.
- Troubleshooting
  This section provides information on troubleshooting and supporting Sametime environments.
- Uninstalling Sametime
  In the event that Sametime must be uninstalled, follow these steps to uninstall the Community, Proxy, and Meetings servers.
- Migrating and Upgrading
  This section provides information on migrating data from an earlier release to Sametime 12.
- Notices

Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes environment

A Sametime deployment on Kubernetes requires a properly configured cluster consisting of a minimum of four nodes: a control plane and three worker nodes with an Ingress Controller.

The following whitepapers are available to review this setup for GKE (Google), AWS (Amazon) and on-premise configurations. Use these whitepapers for additional details on the installation and configuration steps for Kubernetes for Sametime 12.

Note: For version 12, the cluster.yaml file is found in the location where the Sametime 12 installation package is located: /kubernetes/stack/eks/cluster.yaml.

Supported versions for Sametime are as follows:

Kubernetes v1.22
Helm v3.7.1

After Kubernetes cluster is built, complete the following tasks to deploy Sametime.

Note: The helm charts and templates provided were tested with 1.22. Later versions of Kubernetes might not be compatible.