Notes 8.5: Unattended client setup with ID Vault
Tags: IDVault Notes 8.5 Notes Client
Since ages Notes has powerfull tools to create an automated and unattended installation and configuration. The Installshield Tuner for example does a great job with a variety of possibilities for customizing the Notes installation. It generates an MST file (Microsoft Transform File) and automated installations using the MSI technology are possible.
If you don't want or like to create an MST file, maybe because your environment is smaller or you don't want to use the MSI technology or whatever, you are nevertheless able to customize the installation of Notes clients.
But the installation is just one part. The client setup needs to be done also. Today I asked myself if the unattended configuration of the client will work with a vaulted user? For an unvaulted user you create a TXT file and link to it through an entry in the the notes.ini ConfigFile=Z:/User/setup.txt. The file should contain at least those entries:
See the full list of available settings here.
Unfortunately this list (and I didn't found any documentation) doesn't say anything about how this works for a vaulted ID. But I assumed that omitting the line KeyFileName= will do the job. And it does.
The good news is you can use all your files created for unattended client configuration also for Notes 8.5 and vaulted IDs. Just delete this one line.
ID Vault is a really great feature. It save's a lot of work and time. If you haven't tried it out yet, go for it. It's easy and it just works.
Since ages Notes has powerfull tools to create an automated and unattended installation and configuration. The Installshield Tuner for example does a great job with a variety of possibilities for customizing the Notes installation. It generates an MST file (Microsoft Transform File) and automated installations using the MSI technology are possible.
If you don't want or like to create an MST file, maybe because your environment is smaller or you don't want to use the MSI technology or whatever, you are nevertheless able to customize the installation of Notes clients.
But the installation is just one part. The client setup needs to be done also. Today I asked myself if the unattended configuration of the client will work with a vaulted user? For an unvaulted user you create a TXT file and link to it through an entry in the the notes.ini ConfigFile=Z:/User/setup.txt. The file should contain at least those entries:
Username=Hans Tester/TestDomain
KeyFileName=z:/Notes/htester.id
Domino.Name=domino01/TestDomain
Domino.Address=10.97.93.200
Domino.Port=TCPIP
Domino.Server=1
See the full list of available settings here.
Unfortunately this list (and I didn't found any documentation) doesn't say anything about how this works for a vaulted ID. But I assumed that omitting the line KeyFileName= will do the job. And it does.
The good news is you can use all your files created for unattended client configuration also for Notes 8.5 and vaulted IDs. Just delete this one line.
ID Vault is a really great feature. It save's a lot of work and time. If you haven't tried it out yet, go for it. It's easy and it just works.
Comments
here is a nice howTo for the Installshield Tuner:
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Regarding your question... When using the ID Vault I thought there is no need to have a local ID file... so maybe we can leave this option out?
Posted by Bernd Langham At 10:35:57 PM On 03/29/2009 | - Website - |
Thanks for the link. Yes, with ID Vault you don't need to proive the ID file before the client setup. It will be downloaded automatically from the vault during the setup.
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