User`s guide

IBM Lotus Notes, Domino, Domino Designer 8 Release Notes

Lotus Notes

Installing the Notes server client installer

An administrator can install the Lotus Notes server client installer on an IBM WebSphere Portal server.

This is required for Notes 8 Beta users who will be using composite applications that contain portlet

elements. It is available as a Web download at the Beta Downloads site.

The Notes server client installer is required to install portlets onto the server and for Notes 8 Beta client

communication with the WebSphere Portal server. For example, if you want to users to be able to edit a

portal-based composite application using the Composite Application Editor, you must first run the Notes

server client installer. The Notes server client installer program installs the .war files that are required by

the Composite Applications Editor when it works with the WebSphere Portal server.

Note: If your users create composite applications that include portlets, you must install the WebSphere

Portal server. To use some of the functions enabled by WebSphere Portal in Lotus Notes 8 Beta, you

must also install the Notes server client installer on the WebSphere Portal server.

Note: The administrator must also create a Home Portal Account for Notes 8 Beta users in order for them

to create, edit, and view composite applications that contain portlets. Users can obtain help on modifying

a Home Portal Account using the preferences panel in their Notes online Help system.

Perform the following steps to install the Notes server client installer on your WebSphere Portal server.

1. Download the Notes server client installer from the Beta Web Downloads page and place it in a

temporary folder such as /temp.

2. Navigate to and unzip the download.

3. Open the unzipped folder and note its contents, which include the setup installation executable and a

portal folder in which various portlets and scripts reside.

4. Run the setup executable.

5. If a language selection panel appears, make your selection and click OK.

6. Read the Welcome screen. Click Information Center if you want to read related information. Click

Next to continue.

7. Read and accept the license agreement terms. Click Next to continue.

8. Accept the default installation directory or specify a new one. Click Next to continue.

9. Accept the default WebSphere Portal server or specify a new one. Enter your WebSphere user name

and password. Click Next to continue.

Note: For details about specifying the WebSphere Portal server value, see the WebSphere Portal

Information Center.

10. Read the preview screen for installation directory path and size and click Install.

Note: The installation process will take several minutes.

11. Read the installation summary screen and click Finish to exit the installation wizard.

Additional step if Web server or Portal server use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

If you have configured your Web server or Portal server to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and are using

a self-signed test certificate, you must perform additional steps before running the Notes server client

installer to ensure that SSL communications occur properly between the WebSphere Portal composite

application support for Lotus Notes program and the Web server or Portal server. These instructions are

detailed in the "Installing the Network Client Installer when using SSL with a self-signed test certificate" in

IBM Expeditor help at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ledoc/

6r1/index.

sp?topic=/com.ibm.rcp.tools.doc.admin/networkclientinstallSSL.html. See the Expeditor

release 6.1.1 Information Center as it becomes available. You do not need to additionally install the

Expeditor network client installer.