GW2012 Install

Installing GroupWise 2012 from Scratch

General Prerequisites for GW2012

• SLES 11
  • apache2.2
  • ModProxy module
• eDirectory
• ConsoleOne
  • tomcat6 (added by GW software installer)
  • IBM JRE 5 or later (installed by GW installer)

SLES 11

Just a normal install with ESXi 5.5 on the network card and thin provisioned hard drive.

• Create domain and postoffice directories

md /groupwise/domain
md /groupwise/po

HTTP Server Install

GroupWise needs a webserver and apache2 is fine.

• Open YaST
  • HTTP Server
  • take defaults
  • Make sure to set to start on boot.
• Open HTTP Server again
  • Go to Modules tab
  • Enable proxy and proxy_connect (mod_proxy module)

Open Firewall

For a lab it is ok to disable the firewall.

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eDirectory Install

Novell's LDAP directory system, much like Active Directory.

prerequisites

• static IP address
• network time protocol (NTP) set
• SLP
• multicast routing

Static IP address

Set in YaST/Network Settings, this should be set for any server.

Set time

Having good time set on the server is important. Open Control Center/Date and Time

• Set time zone
• Click Change button
  • Set Synchonize with NTP Server (time.nist.gov)
  • Synchronize now

SLP

Install OpenSLP.

Open YaST/SLP server

• Under Global SLP Configuration: Set to start service while booting
• Under SLP Server Configuration: Set response to: Multicast
• Finish

multicast routing

To check if the host is enabled for multicast routing, enter the following command on the command line:

/bin/netstat -nr

The following entry should be present in the routing table:

224.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

If the entry is not present, log in as root and enter the following command to enable multicast routing: The interface could be a value such as eth0, hme0, hme1, or hme2, depending on the NIC that is installed and used.

route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev interface

For example:

route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0

Start SLP

Open a command line and start the SLP service:

/etc/init.d/slpd start|stop

eDirectory Install

Install eDirectory. Download the edir installer from Microfocus or the Software Depository.

• From the command line run, The defaults should be good enough:

./nds-install

• Export the paths. The installer will display several paths that need to exported. Copy them one by one following an export statement on the commandline. They should look something like:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64:/opt/novell/eDirectory/lib64/nds-modules:/opt/novell/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export MANPATH=/opt/novell/man:/opt/novell/eDirectory/man:$MANPATH
export TEXTDOMAINDIR=/opt/novell/eDirectory/share/locale:$TEXTDOMAINDIR

• Import the paths. Run the following command to import the paths into eDirectory:

. /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath

Configure eDirectory

To configure eDirectory change to the eDirectory directory

cd /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin

run the following command changeing gw12-tree to the tree name, and the admin common name and organization to something appropriate:

./ndsconfig new -t gw12-tree -n gwava -a cn=admin.o=gwava 

The result should look something like this:

 Tree Name		: gw12-tree
 Server DN		: gw12server.gwava
 Admin DN		: admin.gwava
 NCP Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@524
 HTTP Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@8028
 HTTPS Interface(s)	: 10.1.4.101@8030
 LDAP TCP Port		: 389
 LDAP TLS Port		: 636
 LDAP TLS Required	: Yes
 Duplicate Tree Lookup	: Yes

 Configuration File	: /etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
 Instance Location	: /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
 DIB Location		: /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib

Make sure this worked by accessing iMonitor: Browse to the nds page on the server on port 8029. For example, http://10.1.4.150:8028/nds

Specify a user name, context, and password. For example, login cn=admin.o=novell See [1]

ConsoleOne

Prerequisites:

• eDirectory (installed above)

Install from GroupWise2012 .iso in the consoleone/Linux directory

./c1-install

• choose language 1 for English
• choose 8 for all snapins, so we don't have to worry about installing them later
• install the JRE

To determine if it worked. At the system prompt of a local session or an X terminal (remote) session, enter the following command:

/usr/ConsoleOne/bin/ConsoleOne

Log into the tree with the credentials created above in eDirectory. For example: cn=admin Tree sfgw12tree (browse should work if you got this far successfully, other trees on the network will show up too) Context o=gwava

GroupWise 2012

Prerequisites:

• SLES11
• eDirectory
• ConsoleOne

Run installer from .iso or top of untared directory.

./install

• 1 for English
• Configure GW for clustering? (n)
• 1 for English EULA
• click through and accept EULA
• Install New GroupWise system
• Configure GroupWise will open ConsoleOne
  • Log into tree
  • Go to Tools/GroupWise Utilities/New System
  • Give it a System name: sfgw12
  • Give it a Domain: gw12doc

Install Agents: Go Back tot he GW Installer

• Select "Install Products"
• Select "GroupWise Agents"
• Select "Install Agents" to install the software
• Select "Configure Agente" to configure by providing

Configure GW 2012

Double click ConsoleOne icon on desktop to start the program.

Login using credentials from eDirectory above.

Software Distribution Directory should be /opt/novell/groupwise/software by default

Tools/GroupWise Utilities/Create New System

• Domain:

domain: supportgw12dom
dir: /groupwise/supportgw12dom
context: gwava (watch out there is a dialog box that comes up but under the main window)

• Post Office

po: supportgw12po
dir: /groupwise/supportgw12po

• Add the admin user
• Install agents

Now add more users.

Start agents

MTA: open Terminal window

cd /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin
./gwmta --show --home /groupwise/supportgw12dom &

A window will pop up showing the MTA, go to ConsoleOne right-click on the domain and choose "Properties" and verify that Database Version field displays 12. Check connection by browsing to http://10.1.4.101:7180/ to show MTA web console.

POA: in the same directory as above with the MTA

./gwpoa --show --home /groupwise/supportgw12po &

A window will pop up showing the POA, go to ConsoleOne right-click on the post office and choose "Properties" and verify that Database Version field displays 12. Check connection by browsing to http://10.1.4.101:7181/ to show POA web console.

(The & allows the program to run in the background so you can reclaim the terminal window.)

If they won't restart Error: Running the agent with conflicting effective users [2]

• go to /groupwise/supportgw12mta and delete uid.run
• go to /groupwise/supportgw12po and delete uid.run
• then start as above.

Make sure apache and tomcat start on bootup:

chkconfig apache2 on
chkconfig tomcat6 on

GroupWise 2012 Client

Create a VM and install a gw12 client and have it connect to 10.1.4.212:1677.

for the webacc go to 10.1.4.212/gw/webacc but it seems to want to have the user logged in via the client first.