Setting up DOLS on a Lotus Domino Server

Setting up DOLS on a server 

IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Off-Line Services (DOLS) must be configured on the Domino server for users to be able to take applications off-line and use only a browser to work with them. You can enable any application for DOLS. The following templates are enabled for DOLS by default:

• IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Web Access (MAIL8.NTF, DWA7.NTF, and iNOTES6.NTF)
• Discussion - IBM® Lotus® Notes® and Web (R7) database (DISCSW7.NTF)

To configure DOLS during Domino Server Setup

1. Under "Setup Internet services for," select "Web Browsers (HTTP services)," and then click Customize.

2. In the "Domino tasks" list, select "DOLS Domino Off-Line Services."

3. At the end of setup, when you have the option to create an access control list entry, add the group LocalDomainAdmins to all databases and templates.

4. Accept the default option "Prohibit Anonymous access to all databases and templates." If you deselect this option, you must open the ACL for each DOLS application and assign No Access to Anonymous.

5. Make sure the following names are identical:

• The TCP/IP DNS host name -- In Microsoft® Windows®, choose Start - Programs - Windows Explorer. Then choose Network Neighborhood properties - TCP/IP properties. On the DNS Configuration tab, look at the Host field.
• The server name -- Open the Server document and look at the Server name field.
• The Internet host name -- Open the Server document and look at the "Fully qualified Internet host name" field.

Note DOLS runs on Domino servers configured to work through a Microsoft IIS server.

To configure DOLS manually

If you do not configure DOLS during Domino Server Setup, you can configure DOLS manually by editing the Server document.

1. Open the Server document.

2. Click Internet Protocols - HTTP.

3. In the "DSAPI filter file names" field, enter the DSAPI filter file name that corresponds to the operating system that the server is running, and then restart the server:

• Microsoft Windows - ndolextn
• Linux® - libdolextn
• IBM® AIX® - libdolextn
• Solaris/Sparc - libdolextn
• S390® - libdolextn
• iSeries® - libdolextn
Note On the iSeries platform, the Server document is updated when a new server is configured or an existing server is modified using the CFGDOMSVR or CHGDOMSVR CL command with DOLS(*YES) specified.

4. Create a DOLADMIN.NSF database from the template DOLADMIN.NTF.

5. After the database is created, restart the Domino administrator and click the Configuration tab. The name of the DOLADMIN.NSF is an option in the Navigation pane.

To set up DOLS on clustered servers

Before using DOLS on a clustered Domino server, make sure that:

• The Domino server is either a Domino Utility Server or Domino Enterprise Server.
• All servers in the cluster run the same release of Domino with DOLS
• Clustered server management is running to handle both failover of replication and HTTP
• Internet Cluster Manager is running
• Subscription directories must have the same name on every clustered server. For example, if a subscription is under \data\Webmail user\7CD5957CB669AE2285256BDF00567AD8\, this name cannot be different on a different server in the cluster.

To configure DOLS on a server that uses Web Site documents

If you create a Web Site Document (a type of Internet Site document) on the Domino server, you must add the appropriate DOLS DSAPI filter filename to the DSAPI field in the Web Site document for DOLS to be enabled. If there are several Web Site documents, you must add the DSAPI filter filename to each one. To add the DOLS DSAPI filter filename to a Web Site document:

1. Open the Web Site document.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. In the "DSAPI filter" field, enter the DSAPI filter file name that corresponds to the operating system that the server is running, and then restart the server:

• Win32 - ndolextn
• Linux - libdolextn
• IBM® AIX® - libdolextn
• Solaris/Sparc - libdolextn
• S390 - libdolextn
• iSeries - libdolextn

For more information on Internet Site documents, see the topic "Configuring Internet sites with Web Site and Internet Site documents."

See also

Setting up Domino Web Access on a server
Setting up Domino Web Access with Sametime
Using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS) and Domino Web Access