First prepare the box so network and everything else is setup correctly.
Make sure you have those documentations available: Lotus Domino R5 for Linux or Lotus Domino 6 for Linux to answer your questions.
Create 2 additional LVs (see harddisk support):
dominobin 500 MB dominodata ?? GB
Format the partitions with a journaling filesystem, my personal preference is ReiserFS. Of course you can use whatever you prefer.
mkfs.reiserfs /dev/devil-linux/dominobin mkfs.reiserfs /dev/devil-linux/dominodata
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Don't safe on the swap space, Lotus Domino will need it! |
The next step is to create the notes user and group:
groupadd notes useradd -g notes -s /bin/bash -d /tmp notes
Now we can start installing Lotus Domino
Mount the LVs.
mkdir /opt mkdir /var/data/ mount /dev/devil-linux/dominobin /opt mount /dev/devil-linux/dominodata /var/data
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When you update the Server at a later time, you will have to shut down the Domino server and mount the LVs to the same mount points. |
Now throw in your CD, mount your network drive, or do whatever so you have the installation files available.
ie. to mount a windows: smbmount //servername/share /mnt -o username=john,workgroup=domain
The installer has a problem with the long LV device names, so let's create a workaround:
mv /bin/df /bin/df.old cat > /bin/df << "EOF" #!/bin/bash /bin/df.old -P $* EOF chmod +x /bin/df
Unpack the tar files and start the Domino Server installation:
tar -xzf Cxxxxxx.tar.gz cd linux ./install
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The data directory must be /var/data/notesdata and the program directory /opt/lotus ! |
You can speed up things, by modifying the file script.dat (install type and notes data directory) and using the following command: ./install -script script.dat
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Install all available updates, before you continue with the setup. |
Copy the server id file to /var/data/notesdata as server.id . Later in the http setup just specify server.id as filename, without a path.
Now we have to fix the access rights:
chmod 600 /var/data/notesdata/server.id chown notes.notes /var/data/notesdata/server.id
Configure the Domino Server as described in the documentation from IBM:
su - notes cd /var/data/notesdata /opt/lotus/bin/http httpsetup
Now you have to connect via a Browser to this host on port 8081 (ie. http://my.notes.server.com:8081) and finish the configuration of the Domino Server.
When everything is finished, disable the shell for the notes user, so nobody can login with this account: chsh -s /bin/false notes.
Now it's time to start the Domino Server for the first time:
umount /opt umount /var/data /etc/init.d/domino start
You should soon see the Domino console on tty9 ( press ALT+F9 ).
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The Domino Server is already running in a secured chroot environment. |
You can stop the Domino server with the command: /etc/init.d/domino stop
To autostart the Domino Server after a reboot, change the following line in /etc/sysconfig/domino :
START_DOMINO=yes
Have fun with your Lotus Domino Server !
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Make sure that all Domino directories and files are owned by notes ! |
Here is a script to correct the file permissions. It's a good idea to let it run at least once, because it sets better access rights then the Domino installer.
#!/bin/bash /etc/init.d/domino stop mkdir -p /opt mkdir -p /var/data mount /dev/devil-linux/dominobin /opt mount /dev/devil-linux/dominodata /var/data find /var/data/notesdata -type f | xargs chmod 660 find /var/data/notesdata -type d | xargs chmod 770 chown -R notes.notes /var/data/notesdata chmod 750 /opt/lotus chown -R root.notes /opt/lotus find /opt/lotus -name bindsock | xargs chmod 4750 umount /opt umount /var/data