Installing the IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint

The IBM® Connections Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint brings IBM Connections features such as searching by tag, searching by profile, and viewing business cards, into the SharePoint environment.

Before you begin

IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint requires Microsoft SharePoint 2010 or later.

Install language packs for Microsoft SharePoint to the server farm before you install this plug-in. The plug-in automatically installs language pack solutions for all the supported languages that are installed in the server farm. If you install more language packs to the server farm after you install the plug-in, run the configuration wizard again to make the additional languages available to the plug-in.

About this task

Follow these steps to install the plug-in.

Procedure

  1. On your SharePoint server, extract the plug-in contents to a location you can remember.

    For example, C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Connections.

  2. Run the Install.bat program to launch the plug-in installation and configuration wizard.
  3. Select the correct version for the SharePoint server.
  4. Review the URLs for accessing the IBM Connections Profiles and Search servers, for example, https://Connections/Profiles and https://Connections/Search.
  5. Click OK to complete the installation. Information from the installation is logged to plugin directory\logs\install-<timestamp>.log.
    Note:

    If you must modify your configuration after you install, navigate to where you extracted the plug-in files for installation. Then, run ModifyPluginConfig.bat This command launches the plug-in configuration wizard and allows you to change your settings. Update information is logged to plugin directory\logs\update-timestamp.log.

What to do next

After the installation you'll find 5 solutions that can be activated:
  1. connectionsconnectivitycore.wsp - Contains the endpoint that's responsible for IBM Connections to consume SharePoint information
  2. connectionsplugincore.wsp - Contains the elements that are shared by the TagCloud, Profile Search and Business Cards
  3. connectionsplugincore.wsp (*) - Language pack (you might have more than one depending on the Sharepoint Language Packs that are installed) has all the resources translated to the LCID specified
  4. connectionsprofilesearch.wsp - Contains the WebPart that can be added into a webpage that enables a profile search
  5. connectionstagcloud.wsp - Contains the WebPart that can be added into a webpage that list all the tags existing on Connections
Follow these steps to deploy the plug-in on the server or farm. Run the Sharepoint Powershell console and execute the following script for each feature you wish to activate
  • SharePoint 2010
    Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsplugincore.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsconnectivitycore.wsp -GacDeployment
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsprofilesearch.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionstagcloud.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsplugincore.wsp -Language 1033 -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment
  • SharePoint 2013
    Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsplugincore.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment -CompatibilityLevel All
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsconnectivitycore.wsp -GacDeployment -CompatibilityLevel All
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsprofilesearch.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment -CompatibilityLevel All
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionstagcloud.wsp -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment -CompatibilityLevel All
Install-SPSolution -Identity connectionsplugincore.wsp -Language 1033 -AllWebApplications -GacDeployment -CompatibilityLevel All