The Mivida Installer start screen shows all the products that you have access to via your license key. In this case, there should be an alternative to installing Mividas Meeting Portal.
Note that Mividas Meeting Portal requires a Mividas Core product for communication.
See other instructions to install multiple Meeting Portals and connect them to the correct customers
Start by clicking on “Configure” for the Mividas Core product on the Mividas Installer start screen. This takes you to the configuration of your installation of Mividas Meeting Portal before it is ready for deployment. The first thing you need to do is to select “Mividas Meeting Portal” as the product you are about to install.
Hostname
The first thing to fill in is information regarding the hostname to be used for your Mividas Meeting Portal installation. Typically this will be a public FQDN but can of course be used in a strictly private network. For secure connections to the portal, be advised to use a SSL certificates validated by the end users computers. Read more about certificates.
Dial info and presentation
Add a site title for your Meeting Portal, usually the name of your organization.
The “Example login username” will decide what the username should look like, e.g. “[email protected]”
The SIP-domain and H.323 Gateway IP will be used for the invite sent to meeting participants. If your Cisco or Pexip meeting platforms and conference systems uses a specific SIP-domain, you will add that here, e.g. “mividas.com”. The H.323 gateway typically uses a gateway IP address, e.g. “88.83.48.200”.
Local settings
Here you specify which language and time zone to use. Note that Mividas Meeting Portal will first and foremost use the language setting in the web browser for selecting language for the user interface, if the web browser language is not available then the default language will be used instead.
Outgoing email settings (SMTP)
Fill in the SMTP settings that will be used for example for e-mail invitations. If you have filled in these settings when you did your onboarding of Mividas Installer, the fields will be pre-filled with what you specified in that step, but can now be changed if desired.
This is a key configuration for Mividas Meeting Portal.
Optional settings
There are also optional settings. Often these are not necessary to fill in but are available to make more specific changes.
Book API settings
This setting is relevant if you are installing split VM/several Mividas Meeting Portal instances that will communicate with Mividas Core installed on another server. Follow the instructions to set up the right information and use the API keys to connect the portal to the right customer in Mividas Core. Note that the public certificate used by the hostname of the Mividas Core installation must be approved for communication to work.
LDAP authentication settings
By default, settings for LDAP will be filled in with what was specified when onboarding Mividas Installer, but can here be changed for your Mividas Meeting Portal installation. Please be advised to contact your IT department for this part of the configuration.
See LDAP and SAML SSO login for more information
SAML SSO settings
The Mividas Meeting Portal supports SAML2-based SSO (single-sign-on) for easy integration for users as no user name or password will be necessary. The Mividas Meeting Portal is also ADFS compatible.
SMS settings
You can combine meeting invitations by e-mail with SMS, adding the provider and credentials. Please contact your Mividas partner for more information to integrate with your choice of SMS provider. This feature can be used for 2FA scenarios (2-factor authentication).
Save configuration and continue
Note that all the Settings you have entered in these steps can be changed at a later time. you can read more about this under Update settings after deployment.
After you have gone through and filled in the necessary settings, you proceed by clicking on “Configure” at the bottom of the page that takes you to the step to deploy Mividas Meeting Portal with the settings you have selected.
Deployment
After you have gone through and filled in the necessary settings during the configuration and clicked on “Configure”, you will be redirected to the deployment step of your installation.
Start by selecting which version of Mividas Meeting Portal to install in the drop-down list to the right then click on “Deploy changes” to start the installation. You can now follow the installation process in a terminal that appears under the deploy button. When the installation is complete, you may reload the page and then you should see the correct version displayed for Mividas Meeting Portal.
The next step is to move on to the onboarding for your Mividas Meeting Portal installation. Open a web browser and navigate to the hostname that you entered for the installation. Read more in the Onboarding wizard section. Note that the hostname you selected for your installation must be a valid record in your DNS.
Update settings after deployment
After the installation of Mividas Meeting Portal is complete, you still have the option to change settings. To do this, click on the installation you want to change from the Mivida Installer start screen.
Then click on “Configure” for the product you wish to change settings for and make the changes you desire. After you are satisfied, click on “Save” which will take you back to the deployment of the product. Finally, you need to click on “Deploy changes” to apply the new settings to your installation.
After the installation process is complete you may now reload the page and your update is completed.