Planning
Before installing HCL Connections™, study the system requirements, deployment options, and documentation conventions.
- Audience
This Installation Guide assumes that you have prior experience with products that support enterprise web applications. - Directory path conventions
Directory variables are abbreviations for the default installation paths for Linux™ and Microsoft™ Windows™. This topic defines the directory variable and its matching default installation directory for each supported operating system. - Deployment options
Install HCL Connections in one of three deployment topologies to achieve optimum scaling, load balancing, and failover. - Deployment requirements for supporting 8.0 functionality
Learn which new features and functionalities are supported in your Connections 8.0 CR3 deployment, depending on whether or not you install Component Pack. - HCL Connections system requirements
A variety of hardware and software is required to run HCL Connections. - HCL Connections support statement
The statement proposes revisions to the definition of "supported" and "unsupported" with respect to the various products on which HCL Connections depends for proper operation. - Worksheet for installing HCL Connections
Record your installation and configuration data.
Parent topic: Administering Connections 8.0
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