Setting up the administrator access on Connections

IBM Connections needs an actual user account, not wasadmin, to be set up with admin and search-admin privileges. The following procedure describes how to set up the administrator access on Connections.

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This procedure needs to be done in the WebSphere® Application Server Administrative Console by the administrator.

1. In the Administrative Console, follow these steps.
   1. Go to Users and Groups > Administrative user roles.
   2. Select Add... > Administrator role.
   3. Search for the Connections user account that is used to add the Connections volume in IBM® StoredIQ® and add it to the role.
   4. Click OK and select Save directly to the master configuration.
2. Follow these steps for each of these applications: Activities, Blogs, Communities, Dogear, Files, Forums, News, Profiles, RichTextEditors, Search, URLPreview, and Wikis.
   1. In the Administrative Console, go to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.
   2. Select an application from the list.
   3. Select Security role to user/group mapping > Search-admin > Map Users....
   4. Search for the Connections user account that is used to add the Connections volume in IBM StoredIQ and add it to the role.
   5. Click OK > OK.
   6. Select Save directly to the master configuration.
3. Follow these steps for each of these applications: Activities, Blogs, Common, Communities, Files, Forums, Homepage, Metrics, News, Profiles, PushNotification, RichTextEditors, Search, URLPreview, WidgetContainer, and Wikis.
   1. In the Administrative Console, go to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.
   2. Select an application from the list.
   3. Select Security role to user/group mapping > admin > Map Users....
   4. Search for the Connections user account that is used to add the Connections volume in IBM StoredIQ and add it to the role.
   5. Click OK > OK.
   6. Select Save directly to the master configuration.