How to book a conference room using Oracle Beehive

How to book a conference room using Oracle Beehive

Following are the steps used to book a conference room using Oracle Beehive.

1) Login to ZIMBRA  using your  SSO credentials

2)  Select the Calendar tab

3) Right click on the day you want to book the conference room

Select New Appointment

4) In QuickAdd Appointment tab Select More Details button

5) select Find Locations tab,

Find Conference Rooms based on Name, Capacity, Location, Building

6)  Select the conference you want to book,


7) Once selection completes , browse to Appointment Details then save

8) Conference Room booking is completed ... :-)

Steps to Configure Google Talk Account in Pidgin

If you’ve ever tried to setup your Google Talk account for your own domain in the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger client. Here’s how to do it.

Open up Pidgin and choose Accounts –> Manage Accounts.

Then click the Add button.

Then you’ll want to enter in your username as the beginning of your email address, and the Domain as the part after the @ symbol. For instance, mine is abc@gmail.com, so I’m using abc as the username and gmail.com as the Domain.

Then flip over to the Advanced tab, and Connection Security : Requires encrypiton and enter talk.google.com as the Connect server. You can pretty much leave the other settings alone if you want.

And flip to Proxy tab and enter proxy details

Proxy Type: HTTP

Host : www-proxy.xyz.com

Port : 80 

Click on Save Button and restart Pidgin. Now all google talk contacts will be visible in pidgin and able to initiate conversation.

How to Configure Pidgin to Connect to Oracle Beehive Messaging Server

How to Configure Pidgin to Connect to Oracle Beehive Messaging Server

1. On the Pidgin menu bar, Select Accounts and then Select either Add/Edit or Manage Accounts, depending on your version. The Accounts window opens.

2. Click Add.

3. On the Basic tab, choose XMPP from the Protocol list.

4. In the Screen Name box, enter your username. For example, if your e-mail address is abc.def@example.com, then would enter abc.def as your username. 

5. In the Domain field, enter your domain name. For example, if your e-mail address is abc.def@example.com, then you would enter example.com as your domain name. 

Resource : Laptop (any name)

Password: Enter pwd for the user

6. Click the Advanced tab.

Connection Security: Use old-style SSL
Connection Port : 5223
Connect Server : beehive.example.com
File Transfer Proxies : beehive.example.com
Check box must be checked for Show Custom Smileys

8) On Third Tab  Proxy -> Proxy Type : No Proxy

ldap_add: Invalid DN syntax

ldap_add: Invalid DN syntax :  error while trying to add/create new user (ldiff)  in Oracle Internet Directory (OID).

LDIFF File:

version: 1
DN: cn=udstest1,cn=users,dc=us,DC=ORACLE,DC=COM
objectclass: orclBeehive
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: orcluserv2
objectclass: orclcorpperson
objectclass: organizationalperson
objectclass: inetorgperson
cn: udstest1
givenname: udstest1
mail: udstest1@us.oracle.com
orclbeehiveuserstatus: false
orclisenabled: ENABLED
sn: udstest1
uid: udstest1@us.oracle.com
manager: udstest2600
userpassword: Welcome1

Invalid DN error occurs while trying to add above ldiff in OID.

Solution is manager field should be in absolute path  

cn=udstest2600,cn=users,dc=us,dc=oracle,dc=com

Modified Ldiff

version: 1
DN: cn=udstest1,cn=users,dc=us,DC=ORACLE,DC=COM
objectclass: orclBeehive
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: orcluserv2
objectclass: orclcorpperson
objectclass: organizationalperson
objectclass: inetorgperson
cn: udstest1
givenname: udstest1
mail: udstest1@us.oracle.com
orclbeehiveuserstatus: false
orclisenabled: ENABLED
sn: udstest1
uid: udstest1@us.oracle.com
manager: udstest2600
userpassword: Welcome1

Configuration: Windows Phone with Oracle Beehive for Emails

How to Configure Windows Phone with Oracle Beehive for Email


This blog will provide basic configuration details to connect Windows Phone Operating System with Oracle Beehive to Send/Receive Emails.

In my previous blog Configuration: Android Mobile with Oracle Beehive for Emails described about the settings required and Thunderbird with Oracle Beehive i described how to configure Mozilla Thunderbird with Oracle Beehive for Send/Receive Emails,Calendar Data,Address book(Contacts).

Now i will show how to configure Windows Phone OS(Nokia Lumia) with Oracle Beehive to Send/Receive Emails.

On Home Screen, Select Settings

Select System Applications --> Select Email + Accounts (setup emails,contacts, facebook)

Email + Accounts --> Add an Account ( setup emails, Contacts, Facebook)

Add an Account -> select Other Account ( Pop and IMAP)

Other Account --> 

Enter

Email address : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Password :  Welcome1

Above steps automatically configures beehive server settings, just by entering email address and password, no need to enter Server name and Port.

you can cross verify the email settings 

Account Name :  Oracle 

Email address : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Download New Content : Every 2 Hours
Download Email From : Past 7 Days
Your Name : abc.xyz
Incoming Email Server : xxbeehive.oracle.com:993:1
UserName : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Password : Welcome1
Outgoing SMTP Server : xxbeehive.oracle.com:465:1

Check Outgoing Server requires Authentication
Check use the same username and password for sending Email
Check requires SSL for Incoming Email
Chck requires SSL for Outgoing Email

Once above settings are completed , you can Send/Receive Emails from your Android Mobile.

How to Backup/Restore Oracle Beehive Email,Calendar Data - Part II ( Using ThunderBird )

How to Backup/Restore Oracle Beehive Email,Calendar Data  - Part II           ( Using ThunderBird )

In my previous article i demonstrated step-by-step process in backing up and restoring Oracle Beehive data( Email,Calendar,Contacts)  using Microsoft Outlook 2007 , In this blog i am demonstrating step-by-step process for ThunderBird Client.

There are 2 ways to backup/restore Oracle Beehive data using ThunderBird

1) Using ImportExportTools Add-on

This is a add-on to Mozilla Thunderbird, 

a) Install Add-on 

In Mozilla Thunderbird .. Tools -> Add-ons 

search for ImportExportTools Add-on then download and install .

After Installation 

Tools --> ImportExportTools 

Export : 

Choose on of the option

Export all the folders / Export all the folders with structure .. 

then select a folder to which all this folders will be exported.

you can also select a single folder (Inbox) instead of all folders 

Email Messages can be exported in multiple formats

EML / HTML ...etc , then select the folder to which this mails to be exported.

Above image represents the mails exported in EML format.

IMPORT :

select Tools --> ImportExportTools 

then select one of the option, import messages / import mbox / import all messages from a directory.

select import all messages from a directory --> also its subdirectories

select the location of the folder (backup) where you exported your mails .

then thunderbird imports all the EML messages to inbox of the thunderbird.

At the bottom of thunderbird you can check the status of import ...

2) Copy Thunderbird profile folder 

Export:

a) stop thunderbird

b) go to mozilla profile directory (C:\Users\rjuluri\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\drkctipd.default)

c) copy Mail, ImapMail, calendar-data folder on to a external disk

this folder consists of INBOX.msf , Sent.msf .. all the mails are stored as a single msf file

Import :

a) stop thunderbird on the machine to which you want to import

b) from external disk copy INBOX.msf , Sent.msf to the mozilla profile directory of the another machine to which you want to copy

c) start Mozilla thunderbird .. all the archived mails will be displayed.

Configuration: Android Mobile with Oracle Beehive for Emails

How to Configure Android Mobile with Oracle Beehive for Email


This blog will provide basic configuration details to connect Android Mobile to Oracle Beehive and Send/Receive Emails.


In my previous blog Thunderbird with Oracle Beehive i described how to configure Mozilla Thunderbird with Oracle Beehive for
Send/Receive Emails,Calendar Data,Address book(Contacts).


Now i will show how to configure Android Mobile(Samsung Galaxy S2) with Oracle Beehive to Send/Receive Emails.


Select Email application --> Add account


Email address : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Password :  Welcome1


Check Set as premium account and Send email from this account by default (if you have configured android mobile for only one Email account, generally you can configure to Gmail,yahoo mail also).


Select Manual Setup button and Choose IMAP account.


User name : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Password : Welcome1
IMAP server : hostname.com
Security type : SSL
Port : 993


After IMAP settings properly configured, SMTP settings needs to be configured 


SMTP server : hostname.com
Security type : SSL
Port : 465


Once above settings are completed , you can Send/Receive Emails from your Android Mobile.

Configuration: Mozilla Thunderbird with Oracle Beehive Server

How to Configure Thunderbird to receive Emails and Calendar data from Oracle Beehive Server


Oracle Beehive is the next generation of Oracle’s enterprise collaboration technologies.It provides a unified collaboration application and platform comprised of a comprehensive set of integrated Java-based services, offering a new paradigm for enterprise collaboration solutions.

Oracle Beehive unifies common yet typically disjointed collaborative services, such as e-mail, time management, instant messaging, and content management, among others, and delivers them through standard protocol clients, integrated Web services, and familiar desktop tools such as Microsoft Outlook. This unified offering enables teams, individuals, and organizations to more easily collaborate, generate new information, make timely decisions, and, ultimately, take action.


Users can access Oracle Beehive with standard protocol clients based on Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV), to name a few. Oracle Beehive supports many proprietary and open source clients including Apple Mail, Microsoft Windows WebFolders, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Pidgin, among others.

Using Thunderbird we can connect to Beehive and send/Receive mails,Calendar information,tasks,Addressbook (contacts).

Using Thunderbird we can Send/Receive Emails, but for Calendar data and Addressbook we need to Install 2 Add-ons

1) Oracle Beehive Extensions for Thundrbird (OBET) ---> 
Addressbook CardDav,

2) Lightning  ---> Calendar Information and Tasks.

Configuration:

Tools --> Account Settings

Account Actions --> Add Mail Account  .. fill in the details

Your name : abc
Email address : abc.xyz@oracle.com
Password : Welcome1

Check the Remember Password.

Click Continue button ... during process it displays Manual Configuration button, select this button for configuring Incoming and Outgoing Server host names and ports and Authentication details.

Incoming Server (IMAP) : 
Server Type: IMAP mail Server
Server Name: hostname.com
Port: Default IMAP port (993)
Connection Security :  SSL/TLS
Authentication Method : Normal Password

Outgoing Server (SMTP) :
Description : SMTP Configuration
Server Name: hostname.com
Port: Default SMTP port (465)

Connection Security :  SSL/TLS
Authentication Method : Normal Password

User Name: abc.xyz@oracle.com

IMAP Configuration:

SMTP Configuration :