DOMINO SERVER INSTALLATION


Understanding Internet site documents
Internet site documents are used to configure the Internet protocols supported by IBM® Lotus® Domino® servers. A separate Internet site document is created for each protocol -- Web (HTTP), IMAP, POP3, SMTP Inbound, LDAP, and IIOP -- which is then used to provide protocol configuration information for a single server, or for multiple servers in a Domino organization. Specifically, you can create the following:
Internet site documents make it easier for administrators to configure and manage Internet protocols in their organizations. For example, prior to Domino 6, if you wanted to set up a Web site in your organization, it was necessary to configure each Domino server in the domain with Mapping documents, Web realms, and File Protection documents. If you had virtual servers and virtual hosts, you had to do the same thing for them. In Domino 6, you can configure a Web Site document so that all servers and hosts use it to get configuration information for a Web site, including mapping information, file protection information, and Web realm authentication information.

You must use Internet site documents if you:


The Domino server is configured to use Internet site documents if the option "Load Internet configurations from Server\Internet sites documents" is enabled on the Basics tab on Server document. If the option is not enabled, the server defaults to Server document settings to obtain configuration information for Internet protocols.

Note When creating or enabling Internet Site Documents, you will also need to configure Internet Site Documents for protocols you are already using or those protocols may stop functioning or they may behave differently. When Internet Site documents are enabled, protocol information that was previously taken from the Server document will be taken from the Internet Site documents.

Internet site documents are designed to be used as follows:


When you enter a Host name or IP address in an Internet site document, you do not gain control over which authentication controls are applied according to the IP address the user connects to. Instead, the first Internet site document located for the server and the organization is used. As a result, except for Web Site documents, you should have only one Internet site document for each organization, protocol, and server combination.

For example, do not do the following:

Server A has two IP addresses and you create the following two Internet site documents for POP3:


The IP address is used to determine the organization and both Internet site documents apply to the same organization. The first Internet site document that matches the server and the organization is used, in this case, the Internet site document that does not allow SSL.

Modifications to Internet site documents (including the creation of new Site documents) are dynamic. The server or protocol does not need to be restarted after you create a new Site document, or after you modify or delete an existing one. Changes generally take effect minutes after the change is made.

Internet site documents are created in the Internet sites view, which is used to help manage Internet protocol configuration information by listing the configured Internet site documents for each organization in the domain.

Caution If you use an Internet site document to configure one Internet protocol on a server, you must also use Internet site documents for all Internet protocols on that server. For example, you cannot set up an LDAP Internet site document and, on the same server, use the Server document to configure HTTP.

While most protocol settings are configured in Internet site documents, there are some settings that need to be configured in the Server document to support Internet protocol configurations. These include settings for:

Setting up Internet site documents on a Domino server

Do the following to set up basic Internet site functionality on a Domino server.

1. Create Internet sites document for the Internet protocols you want to use.

2. Set up security for each Internet site document.

3. Enable Internet site documents on the server.

For service providers only

Internet site documents are required for hosted organizations. These documents control each hosted organization's use of Internet protocols. A hosted organization can only use an Internet protocol if the hosted organization has an Internet site document for that protocol. A shared IP address may be used for all hosted organizations, or unique IP addresses may be set up for each hosted organization. Internet site documents link IP addresses to the individual hosted organizations for each Internet protocol.

When registering hosted organizations, you have the option to create Internet site documents during hosted organization registration, or you can choose to create them later.

Service providers need to consider the following when using Internet site documents:

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