GroupWise 2012 Install

Install GroupWise 2012

Preparing System: GroupWise

UPDATE: 3/20/2012

Install VMtools (Only if running system on a virtual machine)

• Yast – Software manager install: gcc, kernel sources
• UPDATE: Install path and commands

Configure the NTP ( Network Time Protocol )

time.nist.gov

Install OpenSLP ( Service Location Protocol )

The OpenSLP project is an effort to develop an open-source implementation of the IETF Service Location Protocol suitable for commercial and non-commercial application.

• Check YaST for slp (if not installed, install it)
• YaST Control Center
  • System
  • System Services (Runlevel)
  • Set to “Expert Mode”
  • Highlight “slpd”
  • Select runlevels “3” and “5”. All others should be unchecked.

Enable multicast routing

multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires it.

/bin/netstat -nr

• look for 224.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
• route add -net 244.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0

Install eDirectory

X.500-compatible directory service software product initially released in 1993 by Novell for centrally managing access to resources on multiple servers and computers within a given network.

Run Setup Program:

./nds-install
. /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath

• ndsconfig new
• admin.gwava
• gwava
• gwava_tree
• server.gwava
• Gwava
  • Servers
  • GroupWise
  • Users
• cn=admin.ou=users.o=gwava

Install ConsoleOne

As of October, 2011, GroupWise® is the only Novell product that uses ConsoleOne as its primary management utility.

./home/software/GroupWise2012/gw12.0.0-98709_full_linux_en/ConsoleOne/Linux
./c1-install

Edit the hosts file

The hosts file is a computer file used in an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses.

cd /etc/hosts
vi hosts

• 10.1.0.0 yourdomain.com

Installation: GroupWise

[UPDATE: 3/20/2012]

Install GroupWise

./home/software/GroupWise2012/gw12.0.0-98709_full_linux_en/
./install

• Create / Update - GroupWise
• Install / Configure - GroupWise agents
• MTA (Mail Transfer Agent)
• POA (Post Office Agent)
• GWIA (GroupWise Internet Agent): Gateway
• DNS Host
• gwava-groupwise

Install GWIA (GroupWise Internet Agent): Gateway

./home/software/GroupWise2012/gw12.0.0-98709_full_linux_en/

• Install Products
• GroupWise Internet Agent
• Install /Configure Internet Agent
  • Address:127.0.0.1 port:7102
  • Domain: IP/yourdomain.com
  • user@yourdomain.com
  • LDAP IP: 127.0.0.1 port:389
  • cn=admin,o=gwava password
• ConsoleOne – GroupWise system
  • Server – LDAP Group > Properties
  • Temp. uncheck require TLS
• (GroupWise fails deleting the 'uid.run' files)
  • rm /gw/mta/uid.run
  • rm /gw/pos/uid.run
  • rm /gw/wpgate/uid.run

Control GroupWise

rcgrpwise status | start | stop (GroupWise fails to start try deleting the 'uid.run' files)

Prepare for Web Access (GroupWise Web Access)

• Apache & Java
• Yast – Software Manager > libapr-util
• Yast – Software Manager > java

• Create an index.html file

cd /srv/www/htdocs/
touch index.html
vi index.html

• POA object
  • Enable SOAP
• Disable postfix

Install Web Access (GroupWise Web Access)

• Install / Configure Web Access
• Install Tomcat6
• Site: 127.0.0.1 port: 7191
• Document Viewer: 127.0.0.1 port: 8301
• http://yoursite.com/gw/