Deploying the IBM Connections Portlets for Connections Cloud

Deploy the IBM® Connections to bring social business to your portal applications.

Follow these instructions to install, configure, and deploy the IBM Connections portlets for IBM WebSphere® Portal in a Connections Cloud deployment.

Updating from a previous release
If you are installing from a previous release where you installed the Portal application archive (PAA) with the Portal Solutions Installer, update the installation to get the newest features. This installation method was available starting with the IBM Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal version 3.0.1.1 Refresh. If you installed a previous version of the IBM Connections portlets using the manual installation, you cannot update the installation. You must uninstall the portlets and then reinstall using the complete installation steps.
Importing a certificate to support SSL
Import a certificate so that IBM Connections and WebSphere Portal can communicate over Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
Updating the portlet theme
Update the theme profile for the Connections portlets to functions properly.
Configuring SSO for backend calls to Connections Cloud
Configure single sign-on for the Connections Cloud portlets.
Installation Scenarios for Connections Cloud
Choose between the complete deployment option which installs all of the infrastructure and portlet modules, or choose to just deploy the infrastructure to support the Social Rendering portlets.
Configuring the portlets on a page
By default, the installation process creates sample pages for the different portlets. You can customize those pages to fit your needs or remove them and create new pages. This article describes how to configure the IBM Connections portlets on a WebSphere Portal page
Testing the Ajax proxy configuration
Test the configuration of the application-specific Ajax proxy to manage authentication for the IBM Connections portlets.
Set public render parameter-sharing for the IBM Connections portlets
Public render parameters are set by default during installation but you can manually set these parameters when you deploy new portal pages. These parameters communicate what content to render when navigating between portlets and from IBM Connections content accessed from the search center portlet.
Removing the IBM Connections portlets
OPTIONAL: If you no longer want the Portlets that are installed, you can remove them from IBM WebSphere Portal.

Parent topic: IBM Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal for a Connections Cloud deployment