How to configure setupip with software distribution on NetWare and webserver on Linux.

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  • 11-Nov-2009
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell GroupWise 7 Support Pack 3 Hot Patch 3
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
  1. Create a folder named gwclient under /srv/www/htdocs/. The folder name must be gwclient, any other name it doesn't work.
  2. From software distribution|admin|utilities|setupip folder copy setupip.en and setupip.fil files to the gwclient folder, created in the first step.
  3. Restart the apache service with rcapache2 restart command
Follow the below steps to create a setupip.exe and setup.cfg files
  1. Open GroupWIse Software distribution folder|admin|utilities|setupip
  2. Execute the file writeip.exe file
  3. 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.
  4. There are other options to select as may be required, or can leave it to the default one.
  5. Click Ok, a setupip.exe file will be created in the folder along with a writeip.ini file.
  6. Open GroupWise software distribution folder|client|setup.cfg
  7. Make sure the file is configured as below
          [AutoUpdate]
          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.