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Introducing Sametime
What's new in Sametime?
Planning
Installing
Configuring
Securing
Administering
Troubleshooting
Uninstalling
Migrating & Updating

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Introducing Sametime
What's new in Sametime?
What's new in Sametime?
- What's New in Sametime 12.0.3
- What's New in Sametime 12.0.2
Planning
Planning
- Sametime versus Sametime Premium
- Prerequistes
  Prerequistes
- Platforms
  Platforms
  - Running and managing containers with Docker and Podman
  - Planning for Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
    
    Planning for Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
    
    Planning for a Kubernetes cluster configuration
    
    Planning for Openshift
- Meeting server FAQ
- Sametime Clients
- Planning the network topology and connectivity
  Planning the network topology and connectivity
  - Planning considerations for chat
  - Considerations for Sametime Premium
    
    Considerations for Sametime Premium
    
    Managing Sametime features
  - Considerations for telephony
  - Ports used by Sametime services
- Network planning for meetings
  Network planning for meetings
  - Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
  - Determining where to install Sametime
- Clustering and high availability
  Clustering and high availability
  - Configure high capacity for chat
  - Configure high capacity for meetings
    
    Configure high capacity for meetings
    
    Configuring autoscaling for recorder
    
    Configuring autoscaling for video
  - Configuring MongoDB for high availability
Installing
Installing
- Installation road map
- Installing the MongoDB
  Installing the MongoDB
- Installing Sametime
  Installing Sametime
  - Information to provide during installation
  - Enabling Grafana
  - Installing Sametime on Windows using Docker Desktop
  - Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
    
    Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes environment
    
    Preparing to install an Openshift environment
    
    Preparing the network
    
    Preparing the network
    
    Configuring host aliases for Kubernetes deployments
    
    Using Sametime images from the HCL Harbor registry
    
    Loading the Sametime images to a Docker repository
    
    Installing Sametime in a Kubernetes using managed charts
    
    Preparing the deployment
    
    Creating the persistent volume
    
    Deploying Sametime to Kubernetes cluster
    
    Installing Ingress
    
    Installing Ingress
    
    Configuring Ingress for Mux
    
    Installing Prometheus
    
    Installing Sametime with multiple video bridges
  - Installing Sametime in a Docker or Podman environment
    
    Installing Sametime in a Docker or Podman environment
    
    Installing Docker
    
    Installing Sametime on Docker or Podman
    
    Defining extra hosts for Docker deployments
    
    Configuring container networking with Podman
- Installing Sametime clients
  Installing Sametime clients
Configuring
Configuring
- Adding corporate branding to meeting pages
  Adding corporate branding to meeting pages
  - Adding corporate branding to meeting pages using Kubernetes
  - Adding corporate branding to meeting pages using Docker or Podman
- Downloading content to the server
- Adding virtual backgrounds to the global library
  Adding virtual backgrounds to the global library
  - Adding default virtual backgrounds on Docker and Podman
  - Adding default virtual backgrounds on Kubernetes
- Configuring alternate STUN servers
- Setting up business cards
  Setting up business cards
- Configuring LDAP
  Configuring LDAP
- Updating the time-to-live index for persistent chat
- Managing secrets in Kubernetes
  Managing secrets in Kubernetes
- Applying configuration changes in Docker or Podman
- Applying configuration changes in Kubernetes or Openshift
- Chat
  Chat
  - Configuring the sametime.ini file
    
    Configuring the sametime.ini file
    
    Configuring the sametime.ini file on Docker or Podman
    
    Configuring the sametime.ini file on Kubernetes
  - Configuring Chat Read receipts
- Meetings
  Meetings
- Integrating with other applications
  Integrating with other applications
- Push messaging through a proxy
  Push messaging through a proxy
  - Configuring Docker and Podman to use a proxy server for push messaging
  - Configuring Kubernetes to use a proxy server for push messaging
Securing
Securing
- Encryption usage in Sametime
- Securing connections
  Securing connections
  - Obtaining the cert.key and cert.crt files for Sametime
  - Creating a truststore with a third-party certificate
    
    Creating a truststore with a third-party certificate
    
    Creating a truststore when using SAML
    
    Creating a truststore when using LDAP
    
    Creating a truststore when using business card photos
  - Implementing the Global TLS Scope for Docker
  - Securing connections between the Sametime mux and the Connect and Embedded clients
    
    Securing connections between the Sametime mux and the Connect and Embedded clients
    
    Creating a keystore for Sametime mux
    
    Creating a keystore for Sametime mux
    
    Creating a keystore for Sametime mux
    
    Creating a keystore for Sametime mux
    
    Configuring TLS for Sametime mux on Kubernetes
    
    Configuring TLS for Sametime mux on Docker and Podman
  - Securing connections between Sametime servers and LDAP
    
    Securing connections between Sametime servers and LDAP
    
    Securing LDAP on Kubernetes
    
    Securing LDAP on Docker or Podman
    
    Specifying a cipher for Sametime to connect to Domino LDAP on Kubernetes
    
    Specifying a cipher for Sametime to connect to Domino LDAP on Docker or Podman
- Enabling Single Sign-on
  Enabling Single Sign-on
  - Setting up SSO using LTPA
    
    Setting up SSO using LTPA
    
    Generating LTPA keys
    
    Configuring LTPA in Docker or Podman
    
    Configuring LTPA in Kubernetes
    
    Integrating with HCL Connections
    
    Integrating Sametime with HCL Domino
    
    Integrating with HCL Verse
    
    Configuring the LTPA token expiry interval on Docker or Podman
    
    Configuring the LTPA token expiry interval on Kubernetes
  - Setting up SSO using SAML
    
    Setting up SSO using SAML
    
    Configuring SAML on Docker and Podman
    
    Configuring SAML in Kubernetes
    
    Configuration settings related to SAML authentication
    
    Enabling SAML authentication in client installation packages
    
    Enabling SAML authentication in installed clients
- Setting up TLS for the Mongo database
  Setting up TLS for the Mongo database
- Replacing the TLS certificates for Web Chat and Meetings
  Replacing the TLS certificates for Web Chat and Meetings
  - Updating the TLS certificates on Docker
  - Updating the TLS certificates on Kubernetes
- Applying Let's Encrypt certificates
Administering
Administering
- Sametime Admin overview
- Managing policies
  Managing policies
  - Policy weight
  - Policy types
  - Policy sections
    
    Policy sections
    
    Chat
    
    Meeting
    
    File transfer
    
    Mobile
    
    Administration
  - Adding a policy
    
    Adding a policy
    
    Copying a policy
    
    Creating a policy
  - Deleting a policy
  - Modifying a policy
  - Assigning users and groups to policies
  - Finding active policies associated with user or group
- Monitoring your meeting and chat metrics with Grafana
  Monitoring your meeting and chat metrics with Grafana
  - Configuring Grafana on Docker and Podman
  - Configuring Kubernetes to run Grafana
- Managing Sametime clients
  Managing Sametime clients
  - Sametime client configuration options
    
    Sametime client configuration options
    
    Sametime client preferences
    
    Sametime client preferences
    
    Accessibility preferences
    
    Auto-status change preferences
    
    Calendar preferences
    
    Chat preferences
    
    Community preferences
    
    Contact list preferences
    
    External application preferences
    
    File transfer preferences
    
    Live Text and Widgets preferences
    
    Location preferences
    
    Login preferences
    
    Notes® preferences
    
    Sametime® Advanced preferences (Sametime 9.0.1 only)
    
    Notification preferences
    
    People preferences
    
    Rules manager preferences
    
    Spell checker preferences
    
    Update preferences
    
    Selecting preferences in the client
    
    Configuring Sametime client preferences with the Expeditor managed settings framework
    
    Configuring Sametime client preferences with the Expeditor managed settings framework
    
    Configuring Sametime® Connect Client preferences in the plugin_customization.ini file
    
    Configuring Sametime® Connect Client preferences in the plugin_customization.ini file
    
    Changing the URL for the settings XML file in the plugin_customization.ini file
    
    Updating client preferences with the managed-settings.xml file
    
    Updating client preferences with the managed-settings.xml file
    
    Defining preferences in the managed-settings.xml file
    
    Defining preferences in the managed-settings.xml file
    
    Hosting client files for Sametime on Docker or Podman
    
    Hosting client files for Sametime on Kubernetes
    
    Hosting client files for Sametime on Kubernetes
    
    Hosting files containing the same file name
    
    Changing the update interval for managed preferences
    
    Discontinuing managed preferences
    
    Configuring Sametime preferences using HCL Notes policies
    
    Updating connectivity settings with the managed-community-configs.xml file
    
    Updating connectivity settings with the managed-community-configs.xml file
    
    Managed community settings
    
    Creating a community provisioning URL for mobile users
    
    Creating a community provisioning URL for mobile users
    
    Creating a community provisioning URL on Docker or Podman
    
    Creating a community provisioning on Kubernetes
  - Connecting the Sametime Connect client to the Sametime server
    
    Connecting the Sametime Connect client to the Sametime server
    
    Defining the host server and port for connecting to a Sametime server
    
    Choosing a method for connecting to the Sametime server
    
    Choosing a method for connecting to the Sametime server
    
    Connecting the client through a direct connection over TCP/IP
    
    Connecting the client through a TLS connection
    
    Connecting the client through a proxy connection
    
    Configuring alternate communities for clients
- Managing file transfer data
- Testing Sametime chat and meeting clients
- Starting and stopping the Sametime server
- Starting and stopping MongoDB
- Configuration files
- Enabling multi-tenancy
- Using the Sametime Database utility
  Using the Sametime Database utility
- MongoDB
  MongoDB
  - Changing MongoDB credentials in Sametime for Docker and Podman
  - Changing MongoDB credentials in Sametime for Kubernetes and Openshift
- Defining chat message deletion limits
- Managing Sametime Meetings
  Managing Sametime Meetings
  - Defining Meetings password requirements
  - Disabling guest access
  - Configuring live streaming
  - Increasing the number of displayed video streams
  - Managing recording options
    
    Managing recording options
    
    Recording lifecycle
    
    Disabling the recording feature
  - Disabling Sametime reports
  - Managing user sign-on
    
    Managing user sign-on
    
    Managing user sign-on on Docker or Podman
    
    Managing user sign-on on Kubernetes
  - Disabling virtual background
  - Disabling custom background uploads
  - Disabling the meeting timer
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
- Getting help
- Working with HCL support
- Troubleshooting Sametime on Docker
  Troubleshooting Sametime on Docker
  - Enabling Community trace in Docker
  - Viewing and saving log files
- Troubleshooting Sametime on Kubernetes
  Troubleshooting Sametime on Kubernetes
- Troubleshooting Sametime clients
  Troubleshooting Sametime clients
  - Collecting Sametime client configuration and log data
  - Logging and tracing on the Sametime Embedded and Connect clients
- Resolving problems with business cards
Uninstalling
Uninstalling
- Uninstalling Sametime on Docker or Podman
- Uninstalling Sametime on Kubernetes
Migrating & Updating
Migrating & Updating
- Planning for migration to Sametime 12
  Planning for migration to Sametime 12
- Upgrading to a new version or applying a fixpack
  Upgrading to a new version or applying a fixpack
  - Upgrading on Docker
  - Upgrading on Kubernetes
    
    Upgrading on Kubernetes
    
    Upgrade considerations for telephony
  - Reverting to a previous version on Kubernetes

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