Many people know, that i prefer Ubuntu for my testing environments and several production servers. So one of my first tries to install Lotus Connections 3.0 was on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Best thing in Ubuntu is the package management with aptitude or apt (First developed from Debian GNU/Linux Community). It is easy to use and powerful in installation and upgrade processes.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Installation
Installed Standard Server 64 Bit with OpenSSH, nothing else. After the first start i prepared network, dns and /etc/hosts.
First hint: Ubuntu normaly includes a line in the /etc/hosts with 127.0.1.1 hostname. I got an error on the first Websphere Application Server start, so i changed this line to the ip address of my host and the hostname.
Additional packages
I didn’t install a complete x-server environment. It works great with OpenSSH Server and xauth.
apt-get install xauth xterm ia32-libs vim-nox libaio1 libstdc++5
xauth, xterm: Minimal X-Server Environment
ia32-libs: Libraries for 32 Bit
libaio1: not shure if you need it, but i think so
Update: libaio1 is needed from DB2 Installer
libstdc++5: Installation of Tivoli Directory Integrator don’t start without this lib
Remap SH
In Ubuntu /bin/sh links to dash, this makes a lot of troubles with IBM Software. You can change it with dpkg-reconfigure dash and answer the question with no, then /bin/sh links to bash.
Test environment
My demo installation are to vmware machines in Vmware Fusion. System1: Domino.stoeps.de (Domino Server, LDAP), System2: connections.stoeps.de (All in one installation: WAS, TDI, DB2, IHS, LCS).
Network configuration
Domino
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Domino works great with this fake loopback device in /etc/hosts:
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Connections
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WAS will not start with fake loopback, so here the /etc/hosts:
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Installation
Installation was pretty easy, when you know the installation process of connections 2.5. IBM made a lot of points simpler and i got only one error with the database wizard, but i could manage it with the sql scripts.