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Using Domino features in a hosted server environment
There are several IBM® Lotus® Domino® features that need to be set up for a hosted environment, just as they would need to be set up in a non-hosted, enterprise environment. This section describes the features are required in a hosted environment and explains when to set them up.

Domino certificate authority

For some Internet certificates and for IBM ® Lotus ® Domino® Off-Line Services (DOLS), you must use the Domino certificate authority (CA). The Domino CA is required only if a hosted organization uses DOLS or wants to generate IBM® Lotus® Notes® IDs. For example, a hosted organization may require Notes IDs for its users if it uses a third-party application that uses the C API to perform a function. If a hosted organization uses the Web Administrator to manage their own users and groups, the hosted organization must use certifiers issued by the Domino server-based CA.

If a hosted organization's users are registered at the service provider site, they can be registered with certifier IDs and passwords or with the Domino server-based CA.

Using SSL in a hosted environment

To use SSL in a hosted environment, for each hosted organization you must follow the procedures to create a new Domino server-based Certificate Authority (CA) and create a Certificate Requests database. Two or more hosted organizations cannot share the same Domino CA.

Directory Assistance

Directory assistance is not supported in a hosted environment. You cannot use Domino's directory assistance feature with Domino's xSP configuration. The Directory assistance database name field on the xSP Server document should be blank.

Policies

Policies are required when using the Domino service provider software. Before registering a hosted organization, the service provider administrator must decide which policy settings to implement. Before registering a hosted organization, the service provider administrator can create policy documents and policy settings documents and then assign those documents during registration, or the service provider administrator can create the documents during the hosted organization registration process.

Domino Off-Line Services

Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS) is supported in a hosted environment. If a hosted organization uses DOLS, the hosted organization must be registered with the Domino server-based CA. The registration process for hosted organizations that support DOLS is almost identical to the setup and registration of hosted organizations that do not support DOLS.

Using the C API Extension Manager in a hosted environment

The C API Extension Manager is fully supported in a hosted environment; however, there can be only one Extension Manager on a server. If the Extension Manager must provide different services for each hosted organization, program the Extension Manager to do the filtering.

For more information, see the C API User's Guide and the C API Reference Guide on the IBM Web site, www.ibm.com.

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