Implement Lotus Notes Traveller on replica
Hi all,
i need to implement the Lotus Notes Traveller for Mobile users on a replica server.
Here is current scenario:
We have Domino server up and running, but we need to have mobile access to Lotus Notes mail so we came up with following solution.
We will add another server and set it to be replica server for smartphone users ( max 15 users) and install the Traveller on it.
Question is how this can be done ( steps, guidlines, etc) and what do i need in order to connect to the Lotus Notes server from smartphone?
I hope that i explained my problem clearly.
Any help would be appreciated.
i need to implement the Lotus Notes Traveller for Mobile users on a replica server.
Here is current scenario:
We have Domino server up and running, but we need to have mobile access to Lotus Notes mail so we came up with following solution.
We will add another server and set it to be replica server for smartphone users ( max 15 users) and install the Traveller on it.
Question is how this can be done ( steps, guidlines, etc) and what do i need in order to connect to the Lotus Notes server from smartphone?
I hope that i explained my problem clearly.
Any help would be appreciated.
Agreed with above. Yes if you WANtit bo a second server due to additional load or having to have it an a DMZ for policy reasons etc. then you just need it to communicate with the internal server(s) on NRPC (port 1352) and outside on http(s) port 80/443. For small installations it is quite normal to have traveler on the normal mail server or you can split and have in DMZ as policy dictates.
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Due to security policy it MUST be on different server which will be in the DMZ zone. So the idea is to have this second server to replicate mails for mobile users and then install Traveller on it and access it from internet.
Can you provide me with some more details on how to make this second server replicate mail files for selected users?
Can you provide me with some more details on how to make this second server replicate mail files for selected users?
You misunderstood.
There is no problem with having a separate Traveler server in the DMZ. This is actionally one of the officially suggested scenarios.
However, that separate Traveler server in the DMZ does not need to have replicas of the mail databases. In fact, it would be a security pitfall, to do so!
Instead, the Traveler server can access objects directly on the Mail server in the LAN (from where you planned to have it replicate them).
There is no problem with having a separate Traveler server in the DMZ. This is actionally one of the officially suggested scenarios.
However, that separate Traveler server in the DMZ does not need to have replicas of the mail databases. In fact, it would be a security pitfall, to do so!
Instead, the Traveler server can access objects directly on the Mail server in the LAN (from where you planned to have it replicate them).
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And how can i do this??
I don't understand your question. What I described is the standard scenario like described in the product documentation.
See the links I posted before to access that documentation.
The Traveler server is a member your normal Domino domain and thus shares the Domino directory with your Mail server(s). Thus for each user it automatically determines on which Mail server the user's mail database resides and directly talks with that server. There is no "how can I do this" - the product simply works this way.
See the links I posted before to access that documentation.
The Traveler server is a member your normal Domino domain and thus shares the Domino directory with your Mail server(s). Thus for each user it automatically determines on which Mail server the user's mail database resides and directly talks with that server. There is no "how can I do this" - the product simply works this way.
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I initially read the question as being a total of 15 users hence suggesting a seperate server was not necessarily needed, hough best for security of course.
Re-reading I guess the 15 is a subset of larger user base so agree with all above, just need second server which can communicate through hole in DMZ firewall to/from internal server ONLY and to outside world on web ports (older Traveler clients also needed another specific port open but only 443 (or 80 for unecnrypted..) are needed as open externally with current versions. Make sure you can TRACE between the servers and that your traveler server name is included directly or through groups in the ACL of the relevant mail databases.
Re-reading I guess the 15 is a subset of larger user base so agree with all above, just need second server which can communicate through hole in DMZ firewall to/from internal server ONLY and to outside world on web ports (older Traveler clients also needed another specific port open but only 443 (or 80 for unecnrypted..) are needed as open externally with current versions. Make sure you can TRACE between the servers and that your traveler server name is included directly or through groups in the ACL of the relevant mail databases.
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Thank you all for your comments.
Now i have better understanding of Lotus Notes Traveller setup.
To summarize all above comments - with my further issues ;)
1. I need SSL certificate. Can anyone provide me with info how can I have for the time being self -signed certificate while we obtain one from Verisign or ....
2. I need sub domain on our external web site to point to new Domino server ( Can i use the external IP adress instead of sub-domain)?
3. I have to add new Domino server to existing Domino domain. Honestly, no idea how to deal with this setup of this additional server under the current Domino domain? Can i cause any problem to existin server ?
4. Set up new Domino server to communicate to main Domino server.
5. Hope that evrything works fine. ;)
I know that my comments, are out of scope of my initial question, but any help wopuld be VERY appreciated.
Now i have better understanding of Lotus Notes Traveller setup.
To summarize all above comments - with my further issues ;)
1. I need SSL certificate. Can anyone provide me with info how can I have for the time being self -signed certificate while we obtain one from Verisign or ....
2. I need sub domain on our external web site to point to new Domino server ( Can i use the external IP adress instead of sub-domain)?
3. I have to add new Domino server to existing Domino domain. Honestly, no idea how to deal with this setup of this additional server under the current Domino domain? Can i cause any problem to existin server ?
4. Set up new Domino server to communicate to main Domino server.
5. Hope that evrything works fine. ;)
I know that my comments, are out of scope of my initial question, but any help wopuld be VERY appreciated.
You should hire an external consultant, given the amount of questions and your (apparent) lack of experience with Lotus Domino. Answering all this is beyond the scope of this forum, I guess. This is basic product installing and configuring.
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Thanks to all, i successfully install it and it is working now...
The product documentation is here (8.5.1):
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.help.lnt851.doc/LNT_overview.html
and here (8.5.2):
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=Lotus%20Notes%20Traveler
In any case, there is (in my opinion) no sense in making replicas of the user mail databases onto the Traveler server.
For replication, the Traveler and the Mail server would need to have NRPC connectivity anyway.
If that connectivity is there, then the Traveler server can use the original mail databases directly.
This is less data traffic between the two servers as not all data is needed for Traveler.
The Traveler clients (Smartphones) only need HTTPS connectivity to the Traveler server.
This is all described in the documentation and fairly straight forward.