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Subscribe via EmailIn the course of installing many Domino servers on Redhat Linux (RHEL5 ES) this week, there have been a few stumbling blocks so I thought it would be worth getting them out in the open...
1) The graphical installer for Domino 8.0.1 will not run on a vanilla install of RHEL5, citing an error opening your DISPLAY, no matter how much you play with xhost settings! This is documented in the 8.0.1 Release Notes:
Running the Domino server installer on RedHat platforms To successfully install the Domino server in graphical mode on supported RedHat platforms, install the following RPM: libXp-1.0.0-8.i386.rpm (or later)Once these packages are installed (using Applications,Add/Remove Software) it works fine.
If you are using the 64-bit version of RedHat, also install : libXp-1.0.0-8.x86_64.rpm (or later)64-bit version of RedHat only You must install the following 32-bit library on your 64-bit RedHat server to run the Domino server installer in graphical mode:
libXmuTo check the rpms you have installed , run:
/bin/rpm -q -aIf you want to select local setup during installation, or select manual setup during installation and then manually launch the Domino server setup in graphical mode, you will also need to install compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386.rpm, in order to get the Domino server setup GUI. Please see the "Linux system requirements" for full package requirements for Domino on Linux.
2) You must disable the SELinux security settings during install (or at least before installing Domino). This is switched on by default in RHEL5, and is not supported in Domino 8.0.1.
Having said the above, I am really liking Redhat as a server platform, especially when hosted to VMWare ESX as in this case. If you are looking for an alternative to Windows in your environment, you could do worse than taking a good look at what RHEL5 has to offer...
Besides, you have this great option for a desktop wallpaper!
(Full size image available from VDEL)
By: Stuart McIntyre | 4 Comments | On: 6 March 2008 16:26:47 | Tags: domino linux redhat
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Great tips. I'll probably need it when I upgrade some of our servers during the next couple of months. Running CentOS by the way, but as that is a RHEL downstream, I'm sure I will get the same issues.
Great wallpaper too :-)
But I never run in graphical mode, so that doesn't say much.
The wallpaper may convince me though ;)
I'm currently testing openSUSE 10.3 with Domino 8.0.1, and it seems to work fine too (although it's totally supported, but only SUSE Enterprise).
I've been trying different Linux distros for both server and client needs, so I was wondering if RHEL 5 brings some additional benefits over other Linux server distros? Or what would be the main differences between openSUSE 10.3 and RHEL 5 as Domino 8.0.1 OS?
I have used both SUSE and RH over the years, but didn't see much difference in Domino handling/tools (read: none). And since the kernels are the same, you won't see much difference in performance either.