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HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12.0.1
Securing
This section provides information on securing your HCL Sametime environments.
Setting up TLS for the Mongo database
You can update the MongoDB connection with the Sametime server to encrypt data flowing between the Sametime server and a TLS-enabled MongoDB. This step is optional but is recommended for multi-Kubernetes-cluster deployments.
Enabling TLS for the Mongo database on Docker or Podman

HCL Sametime® Administration Guide 12.0.1
- Accessibility features for Sametime
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- 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.
- Securing
  This section provides information on securing your HCL Sametime environments.
  - Encryption usage in Sametime
    HCL Sametime uses several types of encryption to protect data.
  - Securing connections
    The various connections to Sametime can be secured using TLS.
  - Enabling Single Sign-on
    The HCL Sametime server installer enables required JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication. Additionally, the Sametime server supports Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA) Single Sign-on (SSO).
  - Setting up TLS for the Mongo database
    You can update the MongoDB connection with the Sametime server to encrypt data flowing between the Sametime server and a TLS-enabled MongoDB. This step is optional but is recommended for multi-Kubernetes-cluster deployments.
  - Replacing the TLS certificates for Web Chat and Meetings
    The Sametime server is pre-configured with a self-signed certificate. You can replace the self-signed certificate with a third party certificate.
  - Applying Let's Encrypt certificates
    This topic describes how to replace the self-signed certificate with a third-party certificate.
- 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

Enabling TLS for the Mongo database on Docker or Podman

Before you begin

Ensure that the following conditions have been satisfied.

You have read the introductory topic.
You have verified that the TLS connection itself can be established. For more information, refer to Verifying if TLS connection can be established.

Procedure

Locate the local .pem file to use with your Mongo deployment. For more information, refer to the official MongoDB documentation.
Modify your Mongo URL to use TLS. For more information, refer to Setting up TLS for the Mongo database.
Open the docker-compose.yml file in edit mode.
Add the volume mount to the Community section of the YAML file.
```
/opt/sametime/cacert.pem:/local/notesdata/cacert.pem
```
Save the changes.
Start the Sametime server to apply the changes.
```
docker compose up -d
```

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