11.1 Integrating Messenger with Vibe

Novell Vibe 3 and later enables you to integrate with Novell Messenger 2.2 and later. This integration displays a user’s Messenger presence information within Vibe. For information about where presence information is displayed in Vibe, see Sending an Instant Message from within Vibe in the Novell Vibe 3.3 User Guide.

When you click a user’s presence icon, the Profile Quick View is displayed, which enables you to send an instant message to the user, view the user’s personal workspace, follow the user, and more.

To successfully integrate Novell Messenger with Novell Vibe, you must complete the following tasks:

11.1.1 Defining an Allowed Service User in ConsoleOne

The Allowed Service User’s function is to log in to the Messenger system and retrieve presence information, which is then displayed in Vibe.

For information about how to create an Allowed Service User in ConsoleOne, see Integrating Novell Vibe with Novell Messenger in the Novell Messenger 2.2 Administration Guide.

11.1.2 Configuring Messenger Integrations in the Vibe Installation Program

After you have defined an Allowed Service User in ConsoleOne, as described in Integrating Novell Vibe with Novell Messenger in the Novell Messenger 2.2 Administration Guide, you need to run the Vibe installation program and configure Messenger.

For information about the presence configuration page in the Vibe installation program, see Configuring Presence in the Novell Vibe 3.3 Installation Guide.

11.1.3 Configuring Presence

You should use LDAP to sync users with a directory service such as eDirectory in order to populate the Presence ID field in Vibe.

  1. Log in to the Vibe site as the Vibe administrator.

  2. Click the Settings icon Configure Weekends and Holidays page in the upper right corner of the page, then click the Administration Console icon Configure Weekends and Holidays page.

  3. Under System, click Configure LDAP.

  4. In the Users section, map the identifier presenceID to the LDAP attribute that identifies the user. For example, presenceID=cn.

  5. Click Apply > Close.