To Federate Communication Between Two Instant Messaging Servers

1. Gather the information listed in Table 8–1.

2. Change to im-cfg-base on the server iim.company22.com.

   See Instant Messaging Server Directory Structure for instructions on locating im-cfg-base.

3. Open iim.conf.

   See iim.conf File Syntax for instructions on locating and modifying iim.conf.

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   Note –

   The iim.conf file should be owned by the Instant Messaging server account you created during installation. If the iim.conf file cannot be read by the Instant Messaging server account, the server and multiplexor will be unable to read the configuration. Additionally, you might lose the ability to edit iim.conf.

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4. Modify the parameter values to match your deployment.

   Table 8–1 lists the parameters you need to modify. If the parameters do not exist in iim.conf, add them. The following example shows the section of iim.conf on iim.company22.com corresponding to the server-to-server communications that you need to modify:

   iim_server.serverid=Iamcompany22 iim_server.password=secretforcompany22 iim_server.domainname=iim.icompany22.com iim_server.coservers=coserver1 iim_server.coserver1.host=iim.i-zed.com:5269 iim_server.coserver1.serverid=Iami-zed iim_server.coserver1.password=secret4i-zed iim_server.coserver1.domain=i-zed.com

5. Follow steps 2 through 4 for the iim.conf file on server iim.i-zed.com.

   The following example shows the section of iim.conf on iim.i-zed.com corresponding to the server-to-server communications that you need to modify:

   iim_server.serverid=Iami-zed iim_server.password=secret4i-zed iim_server.domainname=iim.i-zed.com iim_server.coservers=coserver1 iim_server.coserver1.host=iim.company22.com:5269 iim_server.coserver1.serverid=Iamcompany22 iim_server.coserver1.password=secretforcompany22 iim_server.coserver1.domain=company22.com

6. Save the changes and close iim.conf.

7. Refresh the configuration on both servers.

   imadmin refresh server