Mobile

A lot of people don’t like to store credentials in mobile apps or browsers. A good workaround is the usage of OAuth 2.0 tokens, but the application needs to support it and the server you’re talking to too. The IBM Connections Mobile App can use it for authentication.

OAauth2 can be used directly with WebSphere Application Server and Connections 6.0. There are no special OAuth servers or applications needed!

The Documentation at IBM was a little bit confusing for me, there are lots of sidenotes, but you just need to do following steps, to use OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication with the IBM Connections Mobile App.

Within the fixlist of the new released CR3 of IBM Connections 5 there are several new configuration options mentioned. One of the interesting ones for me is the mobile update parameter AllowRemoveAccount. The default value is “false” and your Connections environment still works before, but what’s changed when you set this to true?

The official documentation is already uptodate and shows us:

When you set this option to true, accounts can be removed from a mobile device without requiring the user to login and without any authorization check. The user is asked to confirm the deletion of an account before it is removed.

Luis Benitez announced an update for the mobile applications of IBM Connections.

Function is looking great. You can now view, approve and reject CCM Files with your mobile device.

Read more: http://www.lbenitez.com/2013/11/ibm-connections-mobile-apps-updated.html

Today IBM released CR1 on IBM Fixcentral. CR1 is a set of 17 cumulative fixes and enable Mobile Admin (didn’t verified this, hope it will be there) too.

1. Links for all CR1 Downloads (Multi OS Fixes)

2. Fix list for IBM Connections 4.0 CR1 – Very long, seems to fix a lot

3. IBM Connections 4.0 CR1 Post-install Deployment Configuration Steps

4. Update strategy for IBM Connections 4.0

5. Cross-product relationship information

You have to download 18 packages, because a new update installer is mandatory!

IBM releases a new version of Connections Mobile App. It looks good and works very smooth. Wiki integration is much better than in the old one. The new app supports multi Server Accounts.

http://feeds.lbenitez.com/ _{r/SocializeMe/}3/GZIIfL3uZho/demo-ibm-connections-mobile-app-for.html[Demo: IBM Connections Mobile App for Android]:

IBM today released a new update for the IBM Connections App for Android mobile devices. 

(Via Socialize Me )

New Mobile fix for IBM Connections available:

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm/Lotus&product=ibm/Lotus/Lotus+Connections&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=3.0.1.1-IC-Multi-Mobile-IFLO68457&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

The last two weeks i installed two IBM Connections 3.0.1.

After installing i went to IBM Fix Central and look for the latest fixes. There are 7 Fixes available and for Multi Mobile Patch it shows a superseded fix. So i decided to download patch one to seven and ignored july mobile update.

I installed the fixes as ever.

• Updating updateinstaller

• Disabled node synchronisation

• Disabled Application Server automatic starting

• shut down the Clusters

• synchronize nodes

• and so on.

After the installation i can’t use the mobile apps for iOS, android or Blackberry. The error messages shows “You have to install the July 2011 mobile patch to use this app.”