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Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
Configuring users and servers
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
Configuring Web servers
This section describes how to set up the HCL Domino® Web server, and the Domino Web Navigator.
The Web Navigator
The Web Navigator lets Notes® workstations access the Web, without having a direct connection to the Internet. The Web Navigator server, which has a direct connection to the Internet, retrieves pages for users. The Web Navigator retrieves pages on Internet servers -- for example, servers that use Internet services such as HTTP, FTP, or Gopher.
Customizing the Web Navigator database
You can customize the Web Navigator database in a number of different ways.
Using the Refresh agent to update pages in the Web Navigator database
To keep the most up-to-date pages in the Web Navigator database, use the Refresh agent, which compares the date of each Web page inside the database with the date of the Web page on the server. If the Web page on the server is newer, the Refresh agent replaces the Web page in the Web Navigator database. By refreshing out-of-date pages, the Refresh agent ensures that users can quickly access the latest version of a page. You can refresh pages using the Refresh agent or set an interval for the update cache.

Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
  - Understanding the Server document
    The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
  - Policies
    Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
  - Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
    Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
  - Using groups
    Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
  - Replicas
    You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
  - Calendars and scheduling
    The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
  - Editing the notes.ini file
    The Domino and Notes notes.ini files contain the settings required for the server and client to operate correctly. If you modify or add settings in a notes.ini file, do so cautiously and never edit the file directly with a text editor.
  - Configuring directory services
    This section describes how to plan, set up, and use HCL Domino® directory services.
  - Configuring messaging
    This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
  - Configuring iNotes®
    HCL iNotes® provides HCL Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of HCL iNotes.
  - Configuring Web servers
    This section describes how to set up the HCL Domino® Web server, and the Domino Web Navigator.
    - The Domino® Web server
      Domino® provides an integrated Web application server that can host Web sites that both Internet and intranet clients can access, and that can serve up pages that are stored in the file system or in a Domino database.
    - The Web Navigator
      The Web Navigator lets Notes® workstations access the Web, without having a direct connection to the Internet. The Web Navigator server, which has a direct connection to the Internet, retrieves pages for users. The Web Navigator retrieves pages on Internet servers -- for example, servers that use Internet services such as HTTP, FTP, or Gopher.
      - Setting up a Web Navigator server
        The first time you start the Web task, Domino® creates the Web Navigator database (WEB.NSF) and enters default settings for the Web Navigator database.
      - Customizing the Web Navigator
        After you set up the Web Navigator on a server, you can customize it.
      - The Web Navigator database
        The Web Navigator database (WEB.NSF) resides on the Web Navigator server and stores all pages that users retrieve from Web sites. Storing Web pages in a central database reduces connection costs, since after one user retrieves a page, the page is available in the database for others to browse.
      - Customizing the Web Navigator database
        You can customize the Web Navigator database in a number of different ways.
        Displaying who retrieved a page in the Web Navigator database
        By default, the Web Navigator database uses a view named ($All) to display information about each page that users retrieve. However, this view does not display the name of the user who retrieved a particular page.
        Customizing the default appearance of pages in the Web Navigator database
        Web page authors use HTML tags to specify elements of a Web page. The Web Navigator interprets these tags to determine how to display these elements. You can customize the default appearance of many elements on retrieved Web pages.
        Saving and viewing HTML sources in the Web Navigator database
        You can save and view the HTML source for a Web page. Domino® saves the source in the Body field in the Web Navigator database.
        Renaming and moving the Web Navigator database
        You can rename or move the Domino® Web Navigator database.
        Setting agent preferences for the Web Navigator
        The Web Navigator database includes three agents -- Purge, Refresh, and Averaging -- that help you manage the database. Before you use the agents, set up the preferences for them in the Server document for the server on which the Web Navigator runs. You can specify agent security, execution time, and schedule.
        Using the Purge agent to manage the size of the Web Navigator database
        As users open Web pages, the Web Navigator database gets larger. To manage the database, use the Purge agent. The Purge agent uses settings in the Web Navigator Administration document, which is in the Web Navigator database (WEB.NSF), to determine what and how much to purge. Each night at 1 AM, the Purge agent goes through the database three times, each time purging documents according to the criteria you specify. As soon as the database size you specify is obtained, the Purge agent stops and queues to run the following night.
        Using the Refresh agent to update pages in the Web Navigator database
        To keep the most up-to-date pages in the Web Navigator database, use the Refresh agent, which compares the date of each Web page inside the database with the date of the Web page on the server. If the Web page on the server is newer, the Refresh agent replaces the Web page in the Web Navigator database. By refreshing out-of-date pages, the Refresh agent ensures that users can quickly access the latest version of a page. You can refresh pages using the Refresh agent or set an interval for the update cache.
        Using the Averaging agent to calculate page ratings in the Web Navigator database
        The Averaging agent collects ratings that users assign to Web pages and calculates the rating of pages in the Web Navigator database (WEB.NSF). The pages appear in the Recommended by Top Ratings view in the database. The Averaging agent also calculates the average rating for pages that have multiple ratings from different users.
  - Setting up a cluster
    Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.
  - Configuring Widgets and Live Text
    Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including HCL Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
  - Domain Search
    Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.

Using the Refresh agent to update pages in the Web Navigator database

To keep the most up-to-date pages in the Web Navigator database, use the Refresh agent, which compares the date of each Web page inside the database with the date of the Web page on the server. If the Web page on the server is newer, the Refresh agent replaces the Web page in the Web Navigator database. By refreshing out-of-date pages, the Refresh agent ensures that users can quickly access the latest version of a page. You can refresh pages using the Refresh agent or set an interval for the update cache.

To use the Refresh agent to update pages

Before you begin

Make sure that you have already set up security for Web Navigator agents (in agent preferences) and that you have the WebMaster role in the ACL of the Web Navigator database.

About this task

The Refresh agent refreshes only HTTP pages. It does not refresh FTP pages, Gopher pages, or private pages stored in a user's private folder in the database.

By default, the Refresh agent is scheduled to run at 3 AM, but it does not start this schedule until you enable the agent.

Procedure

From the Notes® client, select the Web Navigator database (WEB.NSF) using a network connection to the server.
Choose View > Go to, and then select All Documents.
Choose Actions > Administration.
Click the Enable Refresh agent button.
Select the name of the server on which the Web Navigator runs in the Choose Server To Run On dialog box, and then save the document.

To update pages when users retrieve pages

About this task

Domino® stores each retrieved Web page in the Web Navigator database. You can specify how often you want Domino® to check the Web page on the server to determine if the page has changed.

Procedure

From the Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Server document for the Web Navigator server.
Click the Server Tasks > Web Retriever tab.
For the Update Cache field, choose one:
- Never (default) -- To perform no verifications
- Once per session -- To check only the first time the user accesses the page during a session
- Every time -- To check each time the user opens a page that is already in the database