Enabling iNotes - Post server setup

[justcurious]

I recently installed Domino R6 on the new server at the office and have everything running the way the boss wants it. However, I wanted to start looking into getting iNotes access and the Admin Helps tell me I should have selected "Web Browsers (HTTP web services)" during server setup.

The boss hasn't asked for it yet, but I don't want to have to tell him I have to break his Domino server when that time comes.

Does anyone know of a way to set up iNotes without having to go through the server setup again?

 

[justcurious]

I guess I should also add that Domino is running on a Win2k server

 

[clintyboy12]

The HTTP task can be configured through the server document (Internet Protocols tab) and the task can be started either from the domino console (load http) or by editing the "servertasks" line in the notes.ini to include http.

This is, as far as I am aware, the way to configure it in R5. I am not sure it is the same in R6 so if this has changed please forgive me!

Regards

Chris

 

[justcurious]

Thanks, Chris. I should have been more clear in my explanation. I have HTTP running on the server. What I was trying to do was take advantage of using iNotes to access my mail file and make use of the calendaring feature.

I guess I was a little unclear on the concept and implementation of iNotes and I allowed the foggy directions in the Admin help database to confuse me further. Since my first post above, I have found out that it is simply a matter of replacing the design of my mail file with the proper template.

 

[Guy987]

Ready, this is real complicated......

Change the template of the users mail database file to iNotes6.ntf on the server. Set a password in the person document for the internet password.

If you have HTTP enabled. Voila! You have iNotes.

Now then...

Before you just open this up for access... ensure that names.nsf cannot be browsed anonymously, nor by default... (Check the ACL!)

Turn off directory browsing.

Decide whether or not you want to use "More Names with less security" or "Fewer names with more security". The first allows you to use the shortname or the full user name, the second allows you to only use the full user name...

If you have multiple servers, enable SSO.

Change the timeout settings so that the web connections don't remain active forever.

Make certain that the server is allowed to run Java agents.

Set up a policy that allows the password to by synced with the internet password. Warn the users. Expire all of their passwords. When they reset them, they will be in sync.

Consider setting up an ISA server to do a reverse proxy to the Domino server. You will be amazed at how simple this is to set up and lock down. You can go to isaserver.org for advice and articles on setting up a reverse proxy server for http sites. I have an ISA server running basically through three firewalls (not my choice, I work for the datacenter of a bank) and the performance is outstanding.

This is not a hard thing to implement or maintain.

I would highly recomment that you get the Login redirect database template off of the sandbox (notes.net). It has a very cool and very easy to set up method of authenticating users... even across multiple servers and through reverse proxy.

redbooks.ibm.com has a great book on setting up iNotes.