Connecting a Sametime Proxy server to a Meeting Server

Connecting the Sametime® Proxy Server to the Sametime Meeting Server allows browser clients to log in to a Community Server and authenticate automatically with Meeting Servers.

Before you begin

Configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between the Meeting Server and the Community Server that this Sametime Proxy Server will connect to. For instructions, see the topic Setting up single sign-on for Sametime clients.

About this task

Complete the following steps to connect the Sametime Proxy server to a Meeting Server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Sametime System Console with administrator privileges.

    Example: https://yourserver.com:8701/ibm/console

  2. Click Sametime System Console > Sametime Proxy Servers.
  3. Select the Deployment Name for the Sametime Proxy Server deployment you are configuring.
  4. (Optional) Enable SSL.
  5. Enter the fully qualified host name of the Meeting Server.

    For example: sametime_meeting.example.com

  6. Enter the port number for that Meeting Server.

    If you choose Sametime Classic Meeting server, the host name and port fields will be grayed out since the same fully qualified host name and port is used for the Sametime Community server.

  7. Click Apply.
  8. Click the Save link in the "Messages" box at the beginning of the page.