Installing and Configuring Novell Conferencing

Installing and Configuring Novell Conferencing Prakash Khot, CTO, Dimdim, Inc.

Topics for Discussion
Personal and Team Productivity – Overview
Dimdim Mission
Architecture
Installing Novell Conferencing Server
Provisioning, Customization & Administration
Q&A

Personal and Team Productivity Overview

Dimdim Mission

What is the ? Mission

Democratize Collaboration Text Rich Media Real-Time Non Real-Time 2007 2003 1996

Every Day: 10,000+ meetings & events • 25,000+ people • 1M minutes served 500M meeting minutes served Proven. 5M+ People Users Used in 195+ Countries 1 Million Open Source D/Ls

Architecture

Architectural Use Cases
Web 2.0 Web Conference
Real-Time Synchronous Applications
Accessibility Standards
Just Works
Service Oriented Architecture
Mashable API
Internet Scalable Infrastructure
Globally Optimized Application Delivery Strategy

Platform Architecture - I

Platform Architecture - II

On Premise Installation Options Installation Type Capacity Conference In-A-Box Up-to 500 Named Hosts Enterprise Deployment Up-to 10,000 Named Hosts Collaboration Cloud Up-to 100,000+ Named Hosts

Enterprise Deployment

Collaboration Cloud Deployment
Private Cloud Option
Large capacity that can support up to 100,000+ named hosts
Uses 40 moderately configured hardware server units for very cost effective solution
Solution design, implementation and managed by Consulting Services
Fully multi-tenant with deep customization capabilities

Installing Novell Conferencing Conference In a Box

What’s in the Box? Installable Media : RPM Constituents: All the required component to run the “Conference In a Box“ solution, it can be run as an unattended installer. Supported Platform : SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Documents:
Integration Guide.
Skinning and Customization Guide.
Administrator Guide.
User Guide.
Installation Guide

Client Prerequisites
Client OS/Browser Requirements:
Mac, Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 2.x+, and Chrome 4.x
Flash Version 9 onwards.
System requirements:
Computer with at least a 1GHz processor and 1 GB RAM.
Internet connection – 200 kbps.
Microphone and Speakers (built-in or separate).
High quality web camera.

Hardware Prerequisites
Quad Core Processor (2X)
32 GB Memory (8x4GB),
1 TB Storage
Duel NIC Cards
RAID Controller (Optional)
Powerful Graphics Card (Optional)

Port Prerequisites Ports Protocol 80 HTTP/RTMPT 443 HTTPS 1935 RTMP (Optional) 843 TCP (Optional)

Software Prerequisites
OpenLDAP v 2.4
MySQL v5.1 or above
Latest Open Office

Installation Checklist
Below details are required for running the Installation:
Domain Name / DNS Details.
SMTP Server Credentials.
Enterprise Administrator. Details
Time zone and Locale.
Contact Information.
Enterprise User List. ( Optional ).
OpenLDAP Credentials.
MySQL Database Credentials.

“ Lights Out” Installation Workflow
Check Hardware Requirements.
Install MySQL and OpenLDAP Schema
Check / Install Software Dependencies
Install Conferencing Components
Configure different Conferencing Components
Apply Default Customization and Skinning
Start all the Conferencing Components
Post Installation configuration script will perform below activities:
Create the default Enterprise.
Create Super Administrator Account.
Create the specified list of Users.
Send Email Notification to the Administrator.

Post Installation Verification

Provisioning, Customizing & Administrating Novell Conferencing

Provisioning & Administration Model String String represents installation. It consists of networks, hardware, services, enterprises, groups, individual accounts and different types of rooms for each account. String represents the entire installation that includes all the associated services, the storage array, a domain specific URL that is used as a URL for anchoring an enterprise installation and default values for all the inherited properties. Enterprise This entity represents organization of people created for specific business ventures. String can accommodate one or more enterprise. An enterprise can contain one or more groups. Enterprise contains customized resources created for that account. Depending on the type of an enterprise account - the extent of customization and content varies. Account :Account represents a Novell Conferencing account belonging to a particular person who should be part of an Enterprise and Group. An account can comprise of one or more Meeting Room. The short URL of the account is formed by using enterprise URL + account name. Room Meeting Room comprises of a specific set of properties, which defines a Web Meeting Room. Only one meeting can be held at a time in one particular Meeting Room. A room existing in the context of an account and inherits all its properties from the template assigned to it. A "default" room is created for each and every account. The additional rooms can have the custom names. The room URL consists of enterprise URL, account name and room name - if other than default.

Manage Enterprise Details

Creating New User

Generating Usage Reports

Meeting Report

Thank You! Questions and Answers
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