Worksheet for installing IBM Connections

Record your installation and configuration data.

Recording installation data

While installing and configuring IBM® Connections, it can be difficult to remember all the user IDs, passwords, server names, and other information that you need during and after installation. Print out and use this worksheet to record that data.

LDAP server details

Table 1. LDAP server details
LDAP data type Details
LDAP server type and version
For example: IBM Domino® 9.0.1		  
Primary host name
For example: domino_ldap.example.com		  
Port
For example: 389		  
Bind distinguished name
For example: cn=lcadmin,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com		  
Bind password  
Certificate mapping  
Certificate filter  
Login attribute
For example: mail or uid		  

WebSphere Application Server details

Table 2. WebSphere Application Server details
WebSphere® Application Server item Details
WebSphere Application Server version 8.5.5.1  
Installation location
For example: C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer		  
Update installer location
For example: C:\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller		  
Administrator ID
For example: wsadmin		  
Administrator password  
WebSphere Application Server URL
For example: http://was.example.com:9060/ibm/console		  
WebSphere Application Server secure URL
For example: https://was.example.com:9043/ibm/console		  
WebSphere Application Server host name  
HTTP transport port  
HTTPS transport port  
SOAP connector port  
Run application server as a service? (True/False)  

Database details

Table 3. Database server details
Database item Details
Database type and version
For example: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 2 11.2.0.3		  
Database instance or service name  
Database server host name
For example: database.example.com		  
Port
The default values are: DB2=50000; Oracle=1433; MS SQL Server=1523.		  
JDBC driver fully qualified file path
For example: C:\IBM\SQLLIB		  
Database client name and version
For example: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 		 
Database client user ID
The default is db2admin. 		 
Database client user password  
DB2® administrators group (Windows only)
The default is DB2ADMNS.		  
DB2 users group (Windows only)
The default is DB2USERS.		  
Activities database server host name  
Activities database server port number  
Activities database name.
The default name is OPNACT.		  
Activities database application user ID  
Activities database application user password  
Blogs database server host name  
Blogs database server port number  
Blogs database name.
The default name is BLOGS.		  
Blogs database application user ID  
Blogs database application user password  
Cognos® database server host name  
Cognos database server port number  
Cognos database name.
The default name is COGNOS.		  
Cognos database application user ID  
Cognos database application user password  
Communities database server host name  
Communities database server port number  
Communities database name
The default name is SNCOMM.		  
Communities database application user ID  
Communities database application user password  
Dogear database server host name  
Dogear database server port number  
Dogear database name.
The default name is DOGEAR.		  
Dogear database application user ID  
Dogear database application user password  
Files database server host name  
Files database server port number  
Files database name.
The default name is FILES.		  
Files database application user ID  
Files database application user password  
Forums database server host name  
Forums database server port number  
Forums database name.
The default name is FORUM.		  
Forums database application user ID  
Forums database application user password  
Home page database server host name  
Home page database server port number  
Home page database name.
The default name is HOMEPAGE.		  
Home page database application user ID  
Home page database application user password  
Metrics database server host name  
Metrics database server port number  
Metrics database name.
The default name is METRICS.		  
Metrics database application user ID  
Metrics database application user password  
Mobile database server host name  
Mobile database server port number  
Mobile database name.
The default name is MOBILE.		  
Mobile database application user ID  
Mobile database application user password  
Profiles database server host name  
Profiles database server port number  
Profiles database name.
The default name is PEOPLEDB.		  
Profiles database application user ID  
Profiles database application user password  
Wikis database server host name  
Wikis database server port number  
Wikis database name.
The default name is WIKIS.		  
Wikis database application user ID  
Wikis database application user password  

Tivoli Directory Integrator details

Table 4. Tivoli Directory Integrator details
Tivoli® Directory Integrator item Details
Tivoli Directory Integrator installation location
For example: C:\IBM\TDI\		  
Tivoli Directory Integrator version.
For example: 7.1.1		  
Solutions Directory path
For example: C:\IBM\TDISOL\TDI		  

LDAP-Profiles mapping details

Note: This table is derived from the map_dbrepos_from_source.properties file.
Table 5. LDAP-Profiles mapping details
Profiles database attribute LDAP attribute (example) Profiles database column
alternateLastname null PROF_ALTERNATE_LAST_NAME
bldgId null PROF_BUILDING_IDENTIFIER
blogUrl null PROF_BLOG_URL
calendarUrl null PROF_CALENDAR_URL
countryCode c PROF_ISO_COUNTRY_CODE
courtesyTitle null PROF_COURTESY_TITLE
deptNumber null PROF_DEPARTMENT_NUMBER
description description PROF_DESCRIPTION
displayName cn PROF_DISPLAY_NAME
distinguishedName $dn PROF_SOURCE_UID
email mail PROF_MAIL
employeeNumber employeenumber PROF_EMPLOYEE_NUMBER
employeeTypeCode employeetype PROF_EMPLOYEE_TYPE
experience null PROF_EXPERIENCE
faxNumber facsimiletelephonenumber PROF_FAX_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
floor null PROF_FLOOR
freeBusyUrl null PROF_FREEBUSY_URL
givenName givenName PROF_GIVEN_NAME
givenNames givenName  
groupwareEmail null PROF_GROUPWARE_EMAIL
guid (Javascript function: {func_map_from_GUID}) PROF_GUID
ipTelephoneNumber null PROF_IP_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
isManager null PROF_IS_MANAGER
jobResp null PROF_JOBRESPONSIBILITIES
loginId employeenumber PROF_LOGIN and PROF_LOGIN_LOWER
logins mail PROF_LOGIN
managerUid $manager_uid
Note: This attribute represents a lookup of the UID of a manager using DN in the manager field.
 PROF_MANAGER_UID
mobileNumber mobile PROF_MOBILE
nativeFirstName null PROF_NATIVE_FIRST_NAME
nativeLastName null PROF_NATIVE_LAST_NAME
officeName physicaldeliveryofficename PROF_PHYSICAL_DELIVERY_OFFICE
orgId ou PROF_ORGANIZATION_IDENTIFIER
pagerId null PROF_PAGER_ID
pagerNumber null PROF_PAGER
pagerServiceProvider null PROF_PAGER_SERVICE_PROVIDER
pagerType null PROF_PAGER_TYPE
preferredFirstName null PROF_PREFERRED_FIRST_NAME
preferredLanguage preferredlanguage PROF_PREFERRED_LANGUAGE
preferredLastName null PROF_PROF_PREFERRED_LAST_NAME
profileType null PROF_TYPE
secretaryUid $secretaryUid
Note: This attribute represents a lookup of the UID of a secretary using DN in the secretary field.
 PROF_SECRETARY_UID
shift null PROF_SHIFT
surname sn PROF_SURNAME
surnames sn PROF_SURNAME
telephoneNumber telephonenumber PROF_TELEPHONE_NUMBER
timezone null PROF_TIMEZONE
title null PROF_TITLE
uid (Javascript function - {func_map_to_db_UID}) PROF_UID
workLocationCode postallocation PROF_WORK_LOCATION

IBM Connections details

Table 6. IBM Connections details
IBM Connections item Details
IBM Connections installation location
For example: C:\IBM\Connections		  
Response file directory path.
For example: C:\IBM\Connections\InstallResponse.txt		  
DNS host name
For example: connections.example.com		  
Choose: DNS MX Records or Java Mail Session?  
DNS MX Records only: Local mail domain
For example: example.com		  
Java Mail Session only: DNS server name or SMTP relay host
For example: dns.example.com; relayhost.example.com		  
Domain name for Reply-to email address  
Suffix or prefix for Reply-to email address  
Server that receives Reply-to emails  
User name and password for that server  
URL and ports for admin and user access
Note: You can look up the URLs for each application in the text files that the installation wizard generates. These files are located under the connections_root directory.
 
Activities server name  
Activities cluster member name  
Activities URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/activities		  
Activities secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/activities		  
Activities statistics files directory path  
Activities content files directory path  
Blogs server name  
Blogs cluster member name  
Blogs URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/blogs		  
Blogs secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/blogs		  
Blogs upload files directory path  
Bookmarks server name  
Bookmarks cluster member name  
Bookmarks URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/dogear		  
Bookmarks secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/dogear		  
Bookmarks favicon files directory path  
Communities server name  
Communities cluster member name  
Communities URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/communities		  
Communities secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/communities		  
Communities statistics files directory path  
Communities discussion forum content directory path  
Files server name  
Files cluster member name  
Files URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/files		  
Files secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/files		  
Files content store directory path  
Forums server name  
Forums cluster member name  
Forums URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/forums		  
Forums secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/forums		  
Forums content store directory path  
Home page server name  
Home page cluster member name  
Home page URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/homepage 		 
Home page secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/homepage		  
Home page content store directory path  
Metrics server name  
Metrics cluster member name  
Moderation server name  
Moderation cluster member name  
Moderation URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/moderation		  
Moderation secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/moderation		  
Profiles server name  
Profiles cluster member name  
Profiles URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/profiles		  
Profiles secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/profiles		  
Profiles statistics files directory path  
Profiles cache directory path  
Search server name  
Search cluster member name  
Search dictionary directory path  
Search index directory path  
Wikis server name  
Wikis cluster member name  
Wikis URL
For example: http://www.example.com:9080/wikis		  
Wikis secure URL
For example: https://www.example.com:9446/wikis		  
Wikis content directory path  

IBM HTTP Server

Table 7. IBM HTTP Server details
IBM HTTP Server item Details
IBM HTTP Server installation location
For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\		  
IBM HTTP Server version
For example: V7.0 fix pack 21.		  
IBM HTTP Server httpd.conf file directory path
For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\conf\		  
web server definition name
For example: webserver1
web server plugin-cfg.xml file directory path
For example: C:\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins\config\webserver1\		  
IBM HTTP Server host name  
IBM HTTP Server fully qualified host name  
IBM HTTP Server IP address  
IBM HTTP Server communication port
For example: 80		  
IBM HTTP Server administration port
For example: 8008		  
Run IBM HTTP Server as a service? (Y/N)  
Run IBM HTTP administration as a service? (Y/N)  
IBM HTTP Server administrator ID  
IBM HTTP Server administrator password  

Cognos BI Server and Transformer

Table 8. Cognos BI Server and Transformer details
Cognos BI Server and Transformer item Details
Cognos BI Server and Transformer Refer to the cognos-setup.properties file.
Installation location for BI server, such as:
  • AIX or Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosBI
  • Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\Cognos
 
Installation location for Transformer server, such as:
  • AIX or Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosTF
  • Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Cognos
 
Administrator ID  
Administrative password  
   

Connections Content Manager

Table 9. Connections Content Manager details
Connections Content Manager item Details
connectionsAdmin alias For multiple cells - must be defined to be same username/password.
filenetAdmin alias Stores object store administrator credentials used to access the FileNet® Collaboration Services URL.
FileNet Collaboration Services URL (HTTP) For example: http://fncs_server:port/dm
FileNet Collaboration Services URL (HTTPS) For example: https://fncs_server:port/dm
FileNet Collaboration Services anonymous role  
Global configuration data (GCD) admins  
Object store admins  
FileNet P8 domain name For new deployment of FileNet it is: ICDomain
Object store name For new deployment of FileNet it is: ICObjectStore

Libraries

Table 10. Libraries details
Connections Content Manager item Details
Libraries server name  
Libraries cluster member name  
Libraries FileNet object store database server host name  
Libraries FileNet object store database server port number  
Libraries FileNet object store database name The default name is FNOS
Libraries FileNet object store database application user ID  
Libraries FileNet object store database application user password  
Libraries FileNet global configuration database server host name  
Libraries FileNet global configuration database server port number  
Libraries FileNet global configuration database name The default name is FNGCD
Libraries FileNet global configuration database application user ID  
Libraries FileNet global configuration database application user password