I did not get any responses to my previous posts, so should I assume no one does that? or further I CANNOT do this with Domino?
Here is what I’m asking for:
Currently the only databases accessible via web are user mailboxes (iNotes) but in near future we will have a need of implementing Sametime as well as third party application based on domino, my question is how do I host multiple web based applications on 1 domino server, so users are redirected to correct database based on what they type in web browser.
i.e. I’d like to install Sametime on the same server which iNotes users are accessing their mailboxes, I do setup A records on external DNS where webmail.my_company.com and im.my_company.com are resolved to same IP address, now how do I set this up on domino side so I get to right place? Sort of like when you use host headers on IIS…
I know I can to this by creating virtual server and add second/third/fourth IP address to NIC but this is also forcing me to create as many objects in firewall rules as many web enabled domino databases I have, in addition every firewall object needs to have single public IP address, this is overhead …how about 1 IP… CAN Domino do this???
Subject: does this mean domino cannot do it?
Yes,
But try to read admin help to understand how.
THEN if you have a question just ask it. But don’t ask the whole procedure, no one will help you.
Another option is to contract a domino admin to do this for you.
Daniel
Subject: Check the admin guide for Internet Sites Documents
Subject: RE: does this mean domino cannot do it?
where in my post you see that I’m asking for whole procedure??? I never did so, all what I’m asking is if this can be done with domino… I found info taking about multiple IPs but couldn’t find any document describing how to use host headers in domino…
Subject: RE: does this mean domino cannot do it?
I don’t think you need to get this complicated. What I have done in the past is the following:
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set up the Domino server( that say is running iNotes) so that you can access it via the web… www.mynotes.com
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the set the default homepage in the server document Internet Protocols/Domino Web Engine to point to a specific doc in the homepage database eg homepage.nsf/launcher?OpenPage
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then code that page, using the information we have about the user as they are logged on, to create links to the various things they need to access eg MyMail, MyDatabases etc.
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we ended up placing this in a frame across the top and had links directing users to various databases on various servers, worked quite well without the need for portal servers etc.
I suspect there is a way to use the host headers in Domino but like I said maybe you dont need to get that complicated and could look at this from a different angle.
Also please note its a few months since I did coding for the web so the steps may not be exact, if you want further help let me know and I will try and dig out some of the code…