Post-Installation Tasks

This section is intended to provide sample configurations and script examples common to long-term operation of a Jive installation. As opposed to the Run Book (Linux), these operations are common to a new installation, but generally not for day-to-day operation of this platform.

Using Commands to Work with Your Managed Instance

Jive includes several command-line tools you can use to perform maintenance tasks with your managed instance. With these tools, you can start and stop the application, upgrade the application, collect information needed by Jive support, and more.

You'll find these documented in the Application Management Command Reference.

Enabling SSL Encryption

The Jive platform is capable of encrypting HTTP requests via SSL or TLS. Enabling encryption of HTTP traffic requires several steps on a platform-managed host. For more about this, see Enabling SSL Encryption.

Disabling the Local Jive System Database

Many deployments will not wish to use the locally managed Jive platform database, choosing instead to use an RDBMS that is controlled by an internal IT group. In this case, the local database should be disabled. For information on disabling the application database, see the Operations Cookbook

Note that disabling the database does not stop the service if it is running. Likewise, re-enabling the database does not start the database service.

Setting Up a Document Conversion Node

If you have purchased the Document Conversion module, see Setting Up a Document Conversion Node Some documents -- including PDFs and those from Microsoft Office -- are supported in a preview view in Jive. If you want to convert content from its native format into a form that can be previewed without altering the original document, you'll need the Document Conversion module, which you'll need to deploy on a server that is separate from your core Jive production instances.