Environment
Novell GroupWise 7 Support Pack 3 Hot Patch 3
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1
Situation
How to configure setupip with software distribution on NetWare and webserver on Linux.
Resolution
Configure the apache server with the following settings
Enabled=Yes
SetupIPEnabled=Yes
ForceUpdate=Yes
GraceLoginCount=0
PromptUntilUpdated=No
[Languages]
Default=English
English=Yes
If need to use a different language specify it as well.
Copy setupip.exe file and setup.cfg file that was created in the above steps to GroupWise distribution folder|client|win32
- Create a folder named gwclient under /srv/www/htdocs/. The folder name must be gwclient, any other name it doesn't work.
- From software distribution|admin|utilities|setupip folder copy setupip.en and setupip.fil files to the gwclient folder, created in the first step.
- Restart the apache service with rcapache2 restart command
- Open GroupWIse Software distribution folder|admin|utilities|setupip
- Execute the file writeip.exe file
- Specify the location of the setupip.fil file (eg: http://172.16.5.18/gwclient). DNS name also can be specified it the server is listed in DNS server.
- There are other options to select as may be required, or can leave it to the default one.
- Click Ok, a setupip.exe file will be created in the folder along with a writeip.ini file.
- Open GroupWise software distribution folder|client|setup.cfg
- Make sure the file is configured as below
Enabled=Yes
SetupIPEnabled=Yes
ForceUpdate=Yes
GraceLoginCount=0
PromptUntilUpdated=No
[Languages]
Default=English
English=Yes
If need to use a different language specify it as well.
Copy setupip.exe file and setup.cfg file that was created in the above steps to GroupWise distribution folder|client|win32
Additional Information
Folder name in the webserver should be gwclient. Tried with other names and the install failed.