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HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12.0.1
Configuring
This section provides information on configuring the HCL Sametime server. Configuration tasks are dependent on the deployment environment.
Configuring LDAP
Sametime supports LDAP directory servers as the user repository.
Creating custom Java classes for searching LDAP
These topic are in progress Create custom Java™ classes that provide greater control over how Sametime conducts name searches of an LDAP directory and how results are formatted.

HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12.0.1
- Accessibility features for Sametime
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, use information technology products successfully. HCL® strives to provide products with usable access for everyone.
- What's new
  HCL Sametime and HCL Sametime Premium 12.0.1 provide many new features, enhancements and fixes to servers and clients. Additional releases to version 12.0.1 also provides updates to the product.
- 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 the servers for Sametime and Sametime Premium.
- Configuring
  This section provides information on configuring the HCL Sametime server. Configuration tasks are dependent on the deployment environment.
  - Adding corporate branding to meeting pages
    You can customize meetings to reflect your company's branding and visual presence.
  - Downloading content to the server
    When downloading content to the Sametime sever, it must be downloaded to the web/download directory.
  - Adding virtual backgrounds to the global library
    By default, you can customize your meetings with virtual backgrounds. As an administrator, you can choose which backgrounds are available to all users.
  - Configuring alternate STUN servers
    Sametime Meetings uses public Google STUN servers by default. To use different STUN servers, you must complete this procedure before installing Sametime Meetings.
  - Setting up business cards
    You can configure the Sametime server so that business card information about an individual displays when a user hovers over a name in a chat window or a contact list. Business card information also displays at the top of an active chat window.
  - Configuring LDAP
    Sametime supports LDAP directory servers as the user repository.
    - Changing the LDAP service account password in Kubernetes
      If you are using an authenticated bind for LDAP, with a password that expires periodically, you'll need to update the LDAP bind credentials for Sametime clusters in Kubernetes with a new password.
    - Overriding the default LDAP configuration in Kubernetes
      Configuration settings can be overridden using the extra-community-config secret.
    - Configuring additional LDAP servers on Docker and Podman
      You can configure the Sametime server to connect to two or more LDAP servers.
    - Configuring additional LDAP servers on Kubernetes
      You can configure the Sametime Community pod to connect to two or more LDAP servers.
    - Creating custom Java classes for searching LDAP
      These topic are in progress Create custom Java™ classes that provide greater control over how Sametime conducts name searches of an LDAP directory and how results are formatted.
      - Example: Writing a Java™ class to format names returned in a search
        To return a user name in a format that is not available in an LDAP directory entry attribute, you can write a Java™ class that manipulates existing information in the LDAP directory to produce the user name in the desired format.
      - Example: Writing a Java™ class to filter searches for people and groups
        If a single search filter is not adequate to resolve user or group name searches, you can write a Java™ class containing a method that specifies exactly how directory searches are conducted. The class can invoke different LDAP search filters depending on search criteria entered by users.
      - Configuring the class file on Docker and Podman
        Use a custom Java class file to transform your searches for LDAP for the community pod.
      - Configuring the class file on Kubernetes
        You can use a custom Java class file to transform your searches for LDAP for the community pod.
  - Updating the time-to-live index for persistent chat
    The time-to-live (TTL) setting defines how long the chat history is stored in the database. The default value is 90 days. However, administrators can update the value based on the organization's preferred setting.
  - Managing secrets in Kubernetes
    Sensitive information such as passwords, service account names, certificates, and other confidential data needed by Sametime pods are stored in secrets. In addition to helm charts and configuration map, the Sametime configuration is also derived from secrets.
  - Applying configuration changes in Docker or Podman
    Configuration files contain environment variables that can be changed and applied to the Sametime server.
  - Applying configuration changes in Kubernetes or Openshift
    Configuration files contain environment variables that can be changed and applied to the Sametime server.
  - Chat
    This section contains Chat configuration considerations.
  - Meetings
    This contains configuration steps specific to the HCL Sametime Meetings server.
  - Integrating with other applications
    Integration with an application such as Verse prior to Sametime 12.0 requires the legacy web-client interface. Beginning in Sametime 12.0 the legacy web-client is not enabled by default, but can enabled when needed for integration with other products.
  - Monitoring your meeting and chat metrics with Grafana
    Sametime uses the third-party software, Grafana, to generate insightful graphs and visualizations derived from time-series database (TSDB) data. Integrating Grafana into your Sametime environment allows you to see analytic metrics about Sametime meetings and chats on a Grafana dashboard. The metrics can be used to monitor Sametime usage and resources.
  - Push messaging through a proxy
    Depending on your network settings, your firewalls could prevent Sametime proxy from connecting to push networks like Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) through the Internet. Sametime supports the sending of APNS and FCM messages through a proxy server. If you need to send APNS or FCM message through a proxy server in your environment, you need to configure the settings for the messages you want routed through the proxy.
- 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 removed, follow the procedure for the platform that Sametime is installed on.
- Migrating and Upgrading
  This section provides information on migrating data from an earlier release to Sametime 12.
- Notices

Creating custom Java classes for searching LDAP

These topic are in progress Create custom Java™ classes that provide greater control over how Sametime conducts name searches of an LDAP directory and how results are formatted.

About this task

Implementing a custom Java class file to transform LDAP searches helps with performance when the LDAP service has a complex directory schema.

If your configuration is using the UUID attribute as the attribute of the person entry that defines the internal ID of a Sametime user, include UUID in your customized filter.

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