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Preparation

Before Bravura Security Fabric can perform operations, you must:

  • Configure a target system administrator

  • Install and configure the client software

  • Create a template account

Configuring a target system administrator

Bravura Security Fabric uses a designated account (for example, psadmin) on the Domino server to perform Bravura Security Fabric operations. Create the account if one does not already exist, and ensure that it has the correct permissions.

Copy the designated administrator’s ID file to a directory on the Bravura Security Fabric server and note the password to the account. You will be required to enter the path to the ID file and its password when you add the target system to Bravura Security Fabric . You will also require this file to access the Domino server for configuration activities.

Installing and configuring the client software

  1. Ensure that you have access to Lotus Domino Designer and Admin applications. These will be used to work on the Domino server hosting the database.

  2. Install the Lotus Notes Client on the Bravura Security Fabric server. You will need the Notes ID file and password for the administrative account that you are going to use to connect to the Domino server with.

  3. Update the system PATH on the Bravura Security Fabric server to include the directory where the Lotus Notes Client software was installed.

  4. If you run IIS, reboot the Bravura Security Fabric server to ensure that the new path information is loaded.

  5. Copy the getpass.dll and psynchpwd.dll files from the util directory into the Lotus Notes Client directory that contains the nnotes.dll file. The default location is normally C:\Program Files\lotus\notes.

  6. Edit the notes.ini file located in the same Lotus directory. At the end of the file, add this line followed by a blank line:

    EXTMGR_ADDINS=psynchpwd.dll

    Ensure that the permissions on the notes.ini file allow all users to read and write.

  7. Close any open Lotus Notes software, and restart it so that it re-loads the updated notes.ini file.

    Note

    Ensure that the Lotus Notes client is not used by human users on the Bravura Security Fabric server and that the last user to have logged in was the administrative account. Never log into Lotus Notes from the Bravura Security Fabric server using any login ID other than the one which is used by Bravura Security Fabric.

Creating a template account

Bravura Security Fabric uses template accounts as models or "blueprints" for creating new accounts on Lotus Domino Server targets. .

The following illustrates an example of how you can create a template account:

  1. From a Windows workstation, select Programs > Lotus Applications > Lotus Domino Administrator.

  2. Log into Lotus Domino Administrator by typing your user name and password in the appropriate fields.

  3. Select the People and Groups tab and expand Domino Directories .

  4. Right-click People and select Register Person to view the Choose a Certifier dialog box.

  5. Enter the Certifier password.

  6. Click OK to view the Register Person – New Entry dialog box.

  7. Type the new account’s names and password in the appropriate fields.

  8. For Lotus Notes users, ensure that the Create a Notes ID for this person checkbox is selected.

  9. Click the checkbox next to Advanced in the left section of the dialog box.

    For a Lotus Notes user:

    1. Click ID Info to view the Location for storing user ID section of the dialog box.

    2. Ensure the checkboxes next to In Domino Directory and In file are selected.

    3. Click Set ID File to search for and select the ID file location.

  10. Click the check 27134.png mark button (add user).

    The account’s name displays in the User Registration Queue.

  11. Click Register.

    A message is displayed to confirm if the registration is successful.

  12. Click Done to close the Register Person window.

  13. Configure any additional attributes in the template account that you want to be automatically set for new accounts.

    For non-Notes Internet-only users:

    1. Double-click the user you just created.

      The Person Record for:<User Name> window displays.

    2. Click Edit Person to edit the user’s details.

    3. Click the Basics tab.

    4. Type an Internet Password for the user.

  14. Click Save and Close to close the Person Record for:(User Name) window.

See your Lotus Notes system administrator or Lotus Notes documentation for more information if necessary.

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