Version of Lotus Notes required

The Aspire Lotus Notes connector was created and tested using Lotus Notes 8.5.3.

Before installing the Aspire Lotus Notes Connector, make sure that:

  • Lotus Domino server up and running
  • You have a Lotus Notes login with sufficient permissions to crawl documents for indexing (at least Admin level permissions)
    • The login must have an Internet password set - that is, a password that would enable the user to browse Notes via the internet
    • You will need the client login information later, as part of installing the Lotus Notes Connector.

Windows or Linux

The Aspire Lotus Notes connector can run on either Windows or Linux. It uses an HTTP protocol which must be enabled on the Domino Server, in order to communicate.

The Domino server must be configured with the following:

  • Connections over HTTP enabled with an open TCP/IP port.
  • Remote Java / Domino IIOP server must be installed and assigned an open port.

These servers should be started and running automatically if Lotus Notes is up and running. These are required for the Aspire Lotus Notes Connector to successfully connect with the Lotus Domino server you want to index.

Lotus Notes Access Control List Requirement

A pre-requisite for obtaining consistent security information from a Domino Server, the server's Access Control List (ACL) must be configured in such a way that Database or Document ACL are a subset of the server's ACL.

This means that it is required that Databases or Documents, in their Access Control List options, do not have allow access entries to users or groups which do not have server access rights. This is required to avoid unauthorized members to access crawled information once it has been published to a search engine.

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