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Setting up Activity Engine

The Activity Engine powers the activity tracking functionality and is an integral part of the Jive Genius feature. This section describes how to configure and troubleshoot the Activity Engine, and provides an overview of the upgrade process from a previous version of Jive.

The Activity Engine facilitates communication between the Jive web application nodes and the Jive Genius SaaS service, which identifies and recommends additional relevant conversations and connections for community users. It is a required component for both on-premise and hosted customers, featuring a node and an associated database in typical configurations for on-premise setups.

  • What is Activity Engine? The Activity Engine powers the stream functionality in Jive. For more details, refer to the section on its role in Jive and importance for on-premise and hosted customers.
  • Configuring Activity Engine Configure the Activity Engine includes installing the Jive package on the Activity Engine node and configuring the basic settings that control Jive connection to the Activity Engine's core.
  • Activity Engine properties reference Here you can find Jive system properties that are relevant for Activity Engine.
  • Hardware requirements For Activity Engine hardware requirements, see this section to ensure proper setup.
  • Deployment sizing and capacity planning For Activity Engine sizing recommendations, refer to this section for optimal configuration.