Platform and user directory considerations

There are unique considerations for operating systems that you should be aware of before you proceed with integrating collaboration software with WebSphere® Portal. Also, in the context of collaboration integration, there are two types of user directories, Domino® directory and then all other supported user directories.

Platform considerations

Depending upon platform, Domino servers in your environment have slightly different task and/or registry requirements:

  • All platforms: Domino IIOP is used to pre-populate drop-down lists shown when users personalize the collaborative portlets.
  • Windows: Any Domino data source servers must have HTTP, LDAP, and Domino IIOP enabled.
  • AIX®SolarisLinux: Any Domino data source servers must have HTTP, LDAP, and Domino IIOP enabled.
  • IBM® i: Any Domino data source servers must have HTTP and Domino IIOP enabled, and must use an LDAP user registry.

User directory considerations

Directory considerations for Domino LDAP:

From the portal perspective, there are two types of Domino servers: the Domino server as a user repository (Domino Directory server as an LDAP server), and any Domino server that acts as a Domino data source for portlets: such a server is called a messaging/application server.

Because WebSphere Portal supports the use of Domino Directory as an LDAP server, you can set up the portal to use a Domino server as the user repository for users who access both the portal and any portlets that access Domino and collaboration products.

You can use a Domino server with LDAP enabled both as the user repository for the portal and for auto-detection of users' mail files, unless your portal user repository is so large that you want to use separate machines for performance reasons (see Performance considerations).

Directory considerations for Sametime® :

If you will be using portlets for Domino and Sametime, the Sametime user directory can be any supported LDAP (including Domino) directory, or a native Domino directory. But it is recommended that Sametime use the same directory as the one configured for the portal, to avoid the additional configuration necessary to support both directories.