Configure External Collaboration
Enable external collaboration so that internal and external users can work together in the Connections deployment.
The External Collaboration feature is enabled by default but we must register external users manually and add them to the Profiles database. External users must have a special LDAP attribute and Profiles role to identify them as external. For an overview of external collaboration, see the Manage external user access topic.
Internal users cannot, by default, create communities that can have external users as members. You must manually change an internal user's role to allow that user to create such a community.
To configure external collaboration:
- Determine where external users are registered in the directory.
If necessary, add a new branch to the exsting LDAP directory.
- Add external users to the LDAP directory.
The registration process differs for each organization and cannot be described here. See organization's registration guidelines.
- Synchronize the LDAP with the Profiles database.
See Registering external users with Profiles topic.
- Allow internal users to collaborate with external users by changing their Profiles roles.
- If the deployment does not use an authentication mechanism such as IBM Tivoli Access Manager or SiteMinder, disable anonymous access to IBM Connections.
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