Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5 Help - Customizing the Notes install kit

NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE

Customizing the Notes install kit
You can customize the IBM® Lotus® Notes® install kit to add new or third-party features at install or upgrade or to remove certain supplied features from the kit prior to install or upgrade using the procedure outlined here.

For an overview of the files and directories in the Notes install kit, see the topic "Eclipse files and folders in the install kit."

Note If using "Linux, see Customizing Notes install for Linux RPM or DEB".

1. Customize the Notes install manifest (deploy\install.xml) to add new or third-party features or remove certain supplied features.

You can customize the Notes install kit to, for example, add a third-party feature to the installer or remove one of the optional installation panel choices, such as IBM Lotus Symphony™, from the installer.

If you are adding a new or third-party feature, see the topic "Customizing the Notes install manifest for new or third-party Eclipse features."

If you are removing a supplied feature from the Notes install kit, see the following topics in this guide:

Customizing the Notes install manifest for supplied Eclipse features
Reducing the Notes install kit size
Removing features from the Notes install kit using a supplied tool

2. If you are adding a new or third-party feature, sign the feature and plug-in JAR files and optionally establish signing preferences in the deploy\plugin_customization.ini file).

See the topic "Signing custom or third-party features and plug-ins for install and update."

3. Optionally add features to or remove features from the supplied Notes install kit.

If you are adding a new or third-party feature, add the feature and plug-in JAR files to the correct features and plugins subdirectories in the Notes install kit's updateSite.zip and ensure that the update site manifest (SITE.XML) correctly lists the contents of those subdirectories.

Optionally use the supplied AddToKit tool to copy the contents of a customized update site (features subdirectory, plugins subdirectory and SITE.XML file) to the update site in the Notes install kit structure (UPDATESITE.ZIP).

See the topic "Adding new features to the Notes install kit using a supplied tool."

If you are removing a supplied feature , remove the feature and plug-in JAR files from the correct features and plugins subdirectories in the Notes install kit's updateSite.zip and ensure that the update site manifest (SITE.XML) correctly lists the contents of those subdirectories.

Optionally use the supplied trimUpdateSite tool to remove the contents of a customized update site (features subdirectory, plugins subdirectory and SITE.XML file) from the update site in the Notes install kit structure (UPDATESITE.ZIP).

See the topic "Removing features from the Notes install kit using a supplied tool."

4. Test the customized Notes install kit before distributing it to your users.

5. Distribute the customized Notes install kit for Notes install or upgrade.

Signing custom or third-party features and plug-ins for install and update

Obtaining a tuner and creating a transform file

Customizing an install kit to set certifier and trust defaults

Pushing trusted certificates to Lotus Notes clients

Customizing the Notes install manifest for supplied Eclipse features

Reducing the Notes install kit size

Customizing Notes install for Linux RPM or DEB

Adding new features to the Notes install kit using a supplied tool

Removing features from the Notes install kit using a supplied tool