Setup Domino Server Locally

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I’m looking to install Domino locally only with no external access. I would then like to try and mimic a production environment with a Domino server and then a Notes client connecting to it. I don’t need mail, just a connection to the server on the SAME machine. What is the trick in accomplishing this?

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Subject: Setup Domino Server Locally

  1. install Domino software2) copy over data dir from production

  2. copy notes.ini from production and change directory= parameter (maybe check some other file paths that are different in production)

  3. disconnect the network cable !!

  4. change hosts file on that PC so that YourServer/MyCert is listed next to localhost (so 127.0.0.1 localhost YourServer). This prevents any ‘outbound’ connections to the production environment

  5. install the client on that PC, it should connect to your local server (at least if you don’t have explicit connection docs that would override the hosts file)

  6. remove all connection documents in the address book (to prevent replications/mail routing to production) and check the Net Address field in the server documents to prevent mail routing between servers in the same NNN

  7. you can now reconnect the network cable (or work disconnected)

/stijn.

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Subject: RE: Setup Domino Server Locally

This is a completely new install so I don’t have any settings that I can copy from production. I want to “mimic” a production environment, not clone an existing one.

Thanks

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Subject: RE: Setup Domino Server Locally

ah k that simple. Install Domino and Notes on the same machine, start Domino and perform the config (settings don’t really matter if you just want a server). Add the CN server name to your local hosts file. Create some user and you’re rolling.

There’s never 1 production environment. It depends on what you expect your Domino server(s) to do. Is it a web server, mail server, just Notes apps, … It all requires a slightly different approach.

/stijn.

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Subject: RE: Setup Domino Server Locally

Great, I’ll give it a shot.

2 more notes though…

  1. I’d like applications on there as well

  2. Where is local hosts file?

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Subject: RE: Setup Domino Server Locally

Hi,

local hosts file on Windows XP :

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

Localy you can do all what you want with your server !

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Subject: RE: Setup Domino Server Locally

and if you want to put applications on the server you can copy them from a production server (but I guess you don’t have one) or create a new database based on a specific template (templates are on the server once you’ve installed it).

/stijn.