Workplace 2.6 : Using the Domino HTTP Server
Monday, February 13, 2006 6:00 PM
Before deploying the managed client you need to setup your Workplace server so that it uses an external HTTP server. Setting up the Domino server to provide services for Workplace is actually fairly easy. For my test environment my Domino server is running on the same server as the workplace server but the you can use the same proceedure for remote HTTP servers, you just need to copy the plugin config file from the workplace server to the Domino server. I'm going to concentrate on the single server option.
The first requirment for using the Domino server as the workplace HTTP server is that you are using Internet Site Documents. If your not already using Internet Site Documents on your Domino server then go ahead and convert them over now. It's easy and much handier for administration. The only gotcha is the inbound SMTP document but a quick trip to Chris Linfoot's entry on that will help you out.
Once you have your internet site document sorted out open your HTTP document and go to the configuration tab and add in the following to the DSAPI Filters section : c:\progra~1\ibm\workplace\appserver\bin\domino5_http.dll This is the path from the default install of Workplace, If you have changed your paths then change it as required. Make sure you don't put any spaces in the path as Domino will think that you have entered two seperate DSAPI filters. In the 'Allowed Methods' section below turn on everything, including the WEBDAV option.
Now before restarting the HTTP server you need to tell Workplace to regenerate the Plugin-cfg.xml file. Load up the portal administration site and open the 'Environment --> Update Web Server Plugin' section and then click the OK button, in a few moment the plugin will be refreshed and then you can restart the Domino HTTP server. You should see a message during the restart saying that the Websphere DSAPI Plugin has loaded successfully.
If everything has worked correctly you should now be able to access your Workplace server using http://yourserver/lwp/workplace
Next Stage : Installing the Managed Client.