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Configure Sametime Proxy


If IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Sametime are both authenticating with the same LDAP server, SSO configuration is simple.

  1. Install WebSphere Portal and configure it with an LDAP.

  2. Install and configure the IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 server.

  3. Install and configure the Lotus Notes Administrator client.

  4. Install the IBM Sametime server with the IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 server and configure the same LDAP we used with WebSphere Portal.

  5. Install the Sametime Proxy server and Sametime Proxy Hotfix with the Sametime server. Configure it to work with the WebSphere Portal server.

  6. Reboot the Sametime Proxy sever and the WebSphere Portal server.

Only users in the LDAP will have awareness functions.

Use the following steps to configure WebSphere Portal with the Sametime Proxy server.

Configure Sametime single sign on to work with WebSphere Portal.

  1. Install WebSphere Portal 8.

  2. Log in to the IBM WAS Integrated Solutions Console and click Security > Global Security.

  3. Click Web and SIP security > Single Sign-on SSO.

  4. Set the single sign-on domain and save it to Master Configuration.

  5. From the main Global Security page, click LTPA.

  6. Enter a password for the token, then enter a path for the token.

  7. Click Export Keys and then OK.

  8. Save to Master Configuration.

  9. Copy the key to the Sametime Proxy server machine.

  10. Open the Address Book for the domain.

  11. Open the Web > Web Configuration section. Open the Web SSO Configuration twistie and delete the existing token.

  12. Click the Configuration tab. Click Server > All Server documents.

  13. Open Web > Web SSO Configuration. The Web SSO Configuration for: page opens.

  14. Open Keys > Import LTPA Key.

  15. Enter the path and password for the key createdd. The key imports.

  16. Set the domain starting with a period.

    For example, .rtp.myco.com.

    There must be a period at the beginning of the domain.

  17. Choose the Lotus Domino server name from the twistie. Choose the Domino Address Book as the source.

  18. Set the token format to LtpaToken and LtpaToken 2.

  19. Click Save and Close to save the token.

Create the Resource Environment Providers

  1. Log in to the IBM WAS Integrated Solutions Console.

  2. Click Resources > Resource Environment Providers.

  3. Open the WP CommonComponentConfigService provider.

  4. Create the following custom properties if the are not already created:

      cc.sametime.proxy.enabled

      Set the value to true.

      cc.sametime.proxy.scheme

      Set the value to http or https. It must match the way the Sametime Proxy Server is accessed.

      cc.sametime.proxy.host

      Set the value to the name of the server.

      For example, hostname.domainname.com.

      cc.sametime.proxy.port

      Set the value to the port of the server.

      cc.sametime.connect.client

      Set the value to false. If set the value to true Sametime Proxy uses the Sametime connect client which is installed on Sametime Proxy server machine.

      cc.sametime.proxy.version

      Set the value to 8.5.2.

  5. Save to Master Configuration.

Update the full profile to include the Sametime Proxy module

  1. Connect to the WebSphere Portal server using a WebDav client.

  2. Navigate to the profiles folder /fs-type1/themes/Portal8.0/profiles.

  3. Copy the profile_full.json file to your WebDav client.

  4. Edit the json file and add the wp_sametime_proxy to the moduleIDs section of the profile.

  5. Copy the profile back to WebSphere Portal.

  6. Restart WebSphere Portal to activate the profile.

  7. Restart the WebSphere Portal server.

  8. Log in as a user in the LDAP and open the page with the Sametime Web 2.0 Contact List portlet. Click Applications > Collaboration > IBM Sametime. The portlet showthat the user is online and we can use other Sametime Web 2.0 Contact List functions to see other online users


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