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Hope to see you there. #engageug #hclmaster #dominoforever

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Category IBM Domino CentOS Linux Admin Articles Technical

Just in time for Engage!

Although sadly I won't be there

Hope this helps!

-Devin

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Category Notes Domino engage conferences

I will be presenting at engage 2018 in Rotterdam in May.

I am so very humbled and excited to be presenting in two different sessions at engage 2018 this year. I am especially humbled to be sharing the stage with Mr. Red, Mr Pink, and Mr. Yellow.

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Category Notes Domino XPages Development Admin

crosspost from LearningXPages

Just to be clear and so there is NO CONFUSION, MWLUG 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Atlanta, GA next month (August 19-21) is all about content and value and crap we YellowBleeders care about.

It is NOT and IBM Marketing event. It is a TECHNICAL EVENT.

IBM is a huge sponsor, but so is redpill development, and so are BCC, DOCOVA, HADSL, Panagenda, PSC Group, Riva, teamstudio, Ytria, along with all the other MWLUG 2015 Sponsors.

Without these sponsors, awesome geek-focused conferences such as MWLUG simply could not exist. The costs putting together a decent conference at a good venue are phenomenonally high, and if the sponsors were not there with their money then the conference fee would be prohibitively expensive (take the cost of the last Lotusphere you attended and triple it).

MWLUG is a technical content focused conference, CREATED BY YellowBleeders FOR YellowBleeders. Quit your bitching, fork over your measly $50, and join me in Atlanta this August. I'll see you there.

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Category IBM Domino CentOS Linux Admin Articles Technical Show-n-Tell Thursday

I realize it is been a while since I posted, I'm hoping this blast of content will make up for my absence.

Since the official release of IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition a few weeks ago, I have been "chomping at the bit" wanting to release a set of instructions / videos on how to install it on a Linux machine.

During the beta program I had the opportunity to "play" with it quite a bit, and let me tell you this release is exceptionally good. It is also by far the easiest and most hassle-free version I have ever installed on a Linux machine -but there are still a few gotchas and watch-outs to be wary of.

I have written an instructional document entitled Installing and Configuring IBM Domino 9 Social Edition on CentOS 6 Enterprise Linux. I hope it helps alleviate some of the fear and confusion with regards to using Linux as your Domino server platform. The document is aimed at YellowHeads (having some experience with Domino installations on Windows) who are thinking about stepping into the world of Linux. The document is focused on 64 bit Linux, but calls out differences from 32 bit installations where necessary. Even though it is aimed specifically at CentOS 6, the instructions should work for any RHEL or Debian-based (with some changes to handle DEB vs. RPM) linux version -although I must point out that the only supported Linux distributions are RHEL 6 and SUSE 11.

I have also cut a series of 9 videos wherein I walk through the instructions step-by step and demonstrate how easy it really is to perform the installation. They are available on my YouTube channel, although I'm hoping I can talk David Leedy into including them on Notes In 9.

Hope this helps!

-Devin

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Category Technical Linux Domino Traveler Admin

Part V - Installing Traveler

This is the 5th and final part of my series on installing IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Traveler on CentOS 6. In this video I walk you through the actual installation of IBM Lotus Traveler on your previously configured IBM Lotus Domino Server running on CentOS 6 Linux.

The installation and testing is so simple that this video really is sort of an anticlimactic finish to this series. The point being that with regard to installing Traveler, IBM has done it right and made something that jfw.

-Devin

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Category Show-n-Tell Thursday Technical Linux Domino Traveler Admin

Part IV - Post Installation Configuration and Troubleshooting

This is Part IV in my series on installing IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Traveler on CentOS 6.

In this set of videos I cover initial configuration and troubleshoot a couple of issues with the Domino on Linux installation. Topics include:

• Post Installation (Initial) Configuration of the Domino Server
• Gnome Desktop Launcher Icon
• Starting the Domino server for the first time
• Correcting the File Handles Issue
• Using gedit (the Linux Graphical text Editor)
• Troubleshooting Linux Bindsock SMTP Port 25 issues
• Accessing your Domino HTTP server using localhost

The next post in this series will cover the actual installation of IBM Lotus Traveler.
-Devin

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Category Linux Domino Traveler Technical

Part III - Installing Domino

This is Part III of my series on installing IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Traveler on CentOS 6. In this video I walk you through the actual installation of your Domino Server software.

The next post in this series will cover post-installtion Domino Server configuration.
-Devin

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Category Linux Domino Traveler Technical

Part II - Preparing for Domino

This is the second chapter of my series on installing installing IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Traveler on CentOS 6.

In this set of videos I go over steps necessary to prepare your CentOS 6 machine for installing IBM Lotus Domino. Topics include:

• Creating the installation and operation directories
• Use of the tar command to inspect and extract archive content
• User Accounts and Context
• Group and User creation
• Changing Passwords
• Switching between user accounts

The next post in this series will cover the actual installation of IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2.
-Devin

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Category Linux Video Domino Traveler Show-n-Tell Thursday

Part I - Installing CentOS 6

With CentOS 6 being released just a couple of weeks ago, I figured it was a good time to demonstrate installing IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Traveler on this particular flavor of Linux. I would have done it sooner, but I was on holiday and frankly fishing, kayaking, driving awesome cars, and shooting stuff beats computer geekery every single time.

This video kicks off the series. In this video I demonstrate the installation of CentOS 6. I'm using a Virtual Machine for the installation. VM Software is Oracle's VirtualBox. I've set it up for a single processor, 20GB HDD, 128MB Video Memory and 3GB RAM.

In my next video in this series I will demonstrate the steps necessary to prepare CentOS 6 Environment for an IBM Lotus Domino installation.

-Devin

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