Configuring the Adapter for Lotus Notes

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Configuring the adapter consists of specifying connection and authentication information for each of the connections you want to establish.

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Declaring Connection Attributes

How to:

Reference:

In order to connect to Lotus Notes, the adapter requires connection information. You supply this information using the SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. You can:

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Procedure: How to Declare Connection Attributes

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters

    or

    from the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the appropriate group folder and the specific adapter folder. The group folder is described in the connection attributes reference.
  4. Right-click the adapter name/version and select Configure.

    The Add Adapter to Configuration pane opens.

  5. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter as described in the connecton attributes reference.
  6. Click Configure. The configured adapter is added to the Adapters list in the navigation pane.
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Reference: Connection Attributes for Lotus Notes

The Lotus Notes adapter is under the DBMS group folder.

This chart describes the connection attributes for which you can supply values. To complete the attribute declaration, click the Configure button.

Attribute

Description

xConnection Name

Is the logical name used to identify a particular set of attributes.

Note: For a local database connection, this is the only required entry.

xDomino Server host

The remote server name.

xPort

Domino Server port for remote (IIOP) calls.

xSecurity

There are two methods by which a user can be authenticated when connecting to a Lotus Notes database server:

Explicit. The user ID and password are explicitly specified for each connection and passed to Lotus Notes, at connection time, for authentication.

Password Passthru. The user ID and password received from the client application are passed to Lotus Notes, at connection time, for authentication.

xUser

Primary authorization ID by which you are known to Lotus Notes.

xPassword

Password associated with the primary authorization ID.

xSelect profile

Select a profile from the drop-down list to indicate the level of profile in which to store the CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. The global profile, edasprof.prf, is the default.

If you wish to create a new profile, either a user profile (user.prf) or a group profile if available on your platform (using the appropriate naming convention), choose New Profile from the drop-down list and enter a name in the Profile Name input box (The extension is added automatically).
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Syntax: How to Declare Connection Attributes Manually

Connection string for local database:

ENGINE LOTUS SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES connection_name

Connection string for remote database:

ENGINE LOTUS SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES connection_name 
 Domino_server/user_ID,password: 'PORT port'

where:

connection_name

Is the logical name used to identify a particular set of attributes.

Note: For a local database connection, this is the only required entry.

Domino_server

Is the remote server name.

port

Is the Domino Server port for remote (IIOP) calls.

user_ID

Primary authorization ID by which you are known to Lotus Notes.

password

Password associated with the primary authorization ID.
Example: Declaring Connection Attributes

Connection string for local database: 

ENGINE LOTUS SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES CON2

Connection string for remote database:

ENGINE LOTUS SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES CON1 
ibilotus/SYSTEM,FEE21945C4B7942A:'PORT 63148'
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