How to get HCL Notes/Designer to run on your Apple Silicon. – NotesIn9  

By David Leedy | 3/19/24 2:36 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Here’s my first attempt at making a “Short” on YouTube. I have some topics that are just really quick and a full normal NotesIn9 is overkill. So that’s what “shorts” are far. So I figured I’d give it a try

Introducing Domino Borg Backup Integration V2  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:34 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Borg Backup is an interesting backup option for Linux (https://www.borgbackup.org/) and also works inside a Domino container with a local or remote repository. The first integration with Domino Backup used bash scripts and Borg commands. But this had limitations due to the way Borg handles backups. Each database was stored in a separate repository. I have been looking for direct integration to avoid this overhead and store all backup data into a single backup. There is a newer option to import tar data directly into Borg as a stream -> https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/tar.html.

High Domino Backup performance with native ZFS storage on Proxmox  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:32 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Domino 12+ default native backup is a very easy to use option, which also works on Docker containers. The resulting backup to a file target is always consistent, because delta information is always applied to the backup file. But a file target raises the challenge that the whole NSF data will be copied to the target file-share or disk. Therefore a de-duplicating target is highly recommended. I took a look into ZFS in detail in my new local setup to test out performance.

Looking into S3 performance numbers for MinIO -- Is this the right target for backup?  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:31 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

I know MinIO for a while and I have been using it for DAOS T2 testing early on. Years later they are now grow up and play in the cloud native storage league. Still the devil is in the detail and for using it in production environment customers hopefully use the enterprise subscription to get tuning support. Paying for support this doesn't make it a cheap storage any more if you look at their price tag.

First look at openSUSE Leap 15.6 Beta with Domino 14  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:26 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

As some of you know from earlier discussions, the latest currently available SUSE Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.5 ships with a too old glibc to work out of the box with Domino 14. You could still run it on a Docker(or Podman) host, because the container image brings the glibc run-time with it and only uses the kernel from the Docker host. openSUSE Leap and SUSE Enterprise (SLES) share the repositories and are technically more or less the same. SUSE Linux 15.6 is scheduled for mid 2024 I have been looking into openSUSE Leap earlier with their Alpha version. Now the official beta is available for download As expected Domino 14 works natively with the updated glibc. The requirement is glibc 2.34+. This Linux version will introduce glibc 2.38. But SUSE also switched again to a new major kernel version with a Service Pack. This means HCL will have to re-rest SUSE Linux once the final version is released. It will take some time to have fully tested and support SUSE supported for Domino 14.0.

Important: For Domino SMTP with ECDSA keys for STARTTLS inbound  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:23 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

The short version of you don't want to know all the technical details: If you choose a ECDSA key for your web server, make sure you have also a RSA key for SMTP inbound connections In case you are interested in the technical details, read on ...

Introducing the Domino native Linux installer and Domino Linux Menu  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/19/24 2:21 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

When I ask a question like "why admins are not moving to Domino on Linux" I might have a plan in my head already. I cannot solve all the challenges for you at once. But I am helping over years with my Domino Start Script to get Domino on Linux easier to run. The start script already helps to perform standard operations. Istallation is and some other operations might be still more complicated at first glance on Linux. I introduced a build menu into the HCL Domino Community image process recently. And I took that logic and I am making it available for native installations as well. This new option also offers automated downloads via the recently released Domino Download script

Full instructions for implementing Nomad Server behind an Apache Reverse Proxy - Domino People  

By Cormac McCarthy | 3/19/24 2:19 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

HCL have recently published a technote on how to implement Nomad Server behind Apache reverse proxy This is really useful and noteworthy as previously as far as I know, the only third party instructions for reverse proxy were NGINX. I hope you find this useful.

Adding Code Coverage Reports To Domino-Container-Run Tests  

By Jesse Gallagher | 3/12/24 2:08 AM | Development - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

When you're writing test suites for your code, it can be very useful to use a tool to analyze the code coverage of your tests. While people can get a little obsessive about coverage percents, there's certainly no denying that it's helpful to know how much of your code is actually run when testing, and also being able to look down into the specifics of what is covered.

OpenNTF - March OpenNTF Webinar: Domino Security - Not knowing is not an option  

By OpenNTF | 3/6/24 4:57 PM | Business - Events / People | Added by Oliver Busse

Domino is secure, right? Well, kind of. But it is far from optimal in a default install, especially HTTP. DCT used to help, and currently DLAU is trying to be helpful in that area, but not knowing is not an option. HCL is constantly adding new security features, but are you aware of them? Are you using them? In this webinar you'll find practical, no-nonsense tips and tricks to further secure your Domino environment.

How to add admins to HCL Sametime 12.0.2   

By Ales Lichtenberg | 3/6/24 4:56 PM | Infrastructure - Sametime | Added by Oliver Busse

Perhaps you, like me, have been looking for a way to add multiple users as HCL Sametime Admins for HCL Sametime 12.0.2. These admins can then view Grafana stats and manage user policies using the UI directly in the Sametime environment.

Domino 14.0 on Linux does not work on very old CPUs  

By Daniel Nashed | 3/6/24 4:55 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

Domino 14.0 requires glibc 2.34 because it is build on Redhat Linux 9.1. Glibc is the Linux C run-time which is a core building blog of Linux and can't be changed. This means you can't run it on Linux versions which don't have at least glibc 2.34. Glibc 2.34 itself doesn't work on old CPUs not supporting at least a CPU with microarchitecture level x86-64-v2

Security bulletin: Passwords of Domino Internet users are vulnerable  

By Martijn de Jong | 2/22/24 1:23 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

The official title of the security bulletin is: “HCL Domino is susceptible to a weak cryptography vulnerability (CVE-2023-37495).” The problem is with person documents that were created using the “Add Person” button in the Domino Directory. For people less savvy in Domino: that’s not the usual way to add users to Domino. In Domino, we register users using a certifier file. The only time we add persons to the Domino Directory using the “Add person” button, is when we know that these users will only ever access a Domino application through a web browser. The problem with these “internet users” is that the hash in the Domino Directory for the HTTP password uses a cryptographically weak hash algorithm. If an attacker has access to these hashes, he could determine the user’s password through a brute force attack. You can’t see these hashes from a browser, so the attacker needs to have access to the Domino Directory through a Notes or Nomad client. That limits the potential attackers to all users who are registered as Notes users inside the company.

Auth0 ODIC OpenID with Domino & Some other interesting findings  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/22/24 1:21 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

We are working on a ODIC setup with a German business partner for a larger German customer. Auth0 is one of the major providers. We got it working but only with some tricks for now. It turned out the Auth0 OIDC endpoint has a cache expiration for 15 seconds. This looks like a setting that can't be changed. The Domino OIDC cache uses the expiration header to invalidate the cache. So our cache on the Domino side was constantly reloading and invalid in some cases. You really have to have an expiration that is at least a couple of minutes. Better at least 1 hour. Faking the cache expiration This has been reported to HCL and the team is working on an enhancement. Meanwhile I came up with a work-around setting up a Fake provider on a NGINX server to forward the requests.

Attention, REST service user!  

By Oliver Busse | 2/22/24 1:19 AM | Development - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

I lately came across a problem with Domino 14, but it turned out that this issue applies to 12.0.2 FP3 as well. When you use the REST service control from the Extension Library to provide a custom REST service, you will get an exception which has nothing to do with anything in your XPage or your Java code. The root cause is yet to be examined, but the defect article is already up:

Running offline activities on databases with Domino V14   

By Rainer Brandl | 2/22/24 1:16 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Last week I migrated a HCL Domino V11 server to V14 and tried to run the compact task to upgrade the databases to ODS55 but received the following error:HCL Notes: error 0x1F3After some investigations and a very helpful hint of the HCL Support I could modify my existing script because due to the structural change in HCL Domino V14 the NOTES.INI now is located in the Domino\Data directory and so you have to run an offline compact this way: – Stop the HCL Domino Server – Change to the Domino\Data directory – [dominoprogramdirectory]\ncompact.exe -ODS -# 4

Domino Backup/Restore with multiple configurations and targets  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/22/24 1:14 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Domino Back/Restore is a flexible framework for native Domino backup. The dominobackup.nsf plays an important role for backup and restore operation. It contains the following type of content. Backup/restore/prune configuration Inventory documents for restore operations Restore requests Backup logs You could run backup with different excludes defined on command-line. Or just backup selected databases or incremental backups. But there cannot be different active configurations nor different backup retention in one dominobackup.nsf

Domino autoupdate.nsf for fast internal software downloads  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/22/24 1:13 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Domino Autoupdate has been introduced in Domino 14.0. It offers automatic downloads from My HCLSoftware download, which has been on early access in parallel and has been released at the same time. My Engage session will go into detail about the functionality with tips and tricks and additional information round both features and the new Domino Download script (https://nashcom.github.io/domino-startscript/domdownload/). But I want already provide some details about options available today with simple integrations.

Easy to use container image providing ICAP support for ClamAV for Domino CScan  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/22/24 1:11 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

My friend and fellow Ambassador Roberto Boccadoro submitted an Engage session about Domino CScan with ICAP. Sadly his session did not make it into the agenda. But he is part of two OpenNTF sessions. This session idea lead to a new OpenSource project I initiated to help with ICAP support. Thanks Roberto for pushing me to get this implemented! :-) The new project provides a simple to build container image, which natively offers ICAP services over TLS with a ClamAV container in the back-end. The container is ready to be consumed with Domino CScan/ICAP (https://help.hcltechsw.com/domino/14.0.0/admin/conf_scanningattachmentsforviruses.html). It comes with a docker-compose file which glues the official ClamAV container with this new image.

Running Domino in LXC containers on Proxmox requires a trick  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/22/24 1:10 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Now that VMware might not be everyone's darling any more because of it's new mother ship, I took another look at Proxmox. I know them for quite a while and they are doing a great job. I rebuilt a Intel NUC with 2 TB NVMe disk with the current version of Proxmox. Proxmox supports full VMs and also LXC -- which is an interesting option for testing in lab environments. You can setup a new Linux test machine in minutes from a template. And there are ready to use templates for all major Linux distributions. I had a post long time ago about Proxmox automation on command-line.

XPages JEE 2.15.0 and Plans for JEE 10 and 11  

By Jesse Gallagher | 2/22/24 1:09 AM | Development - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Today, I released version 2.15.0 of the XPages Jakarta EE project. As is often the case lately, this version contains bug fixes but also a few notable features: You can now specify Servlets in WEB-INF/web.xml (as opposed to just via the @WebServlet annotation. This is helpful for defining a Servlet when the actual implementation is in a JAR or when following non-annotation-based examples You can now specify context-param values in WEB-INF/web.xml in the NSF and META-INF/web-fragment.xml in JAR design elements, which will be available to JSP, JSF, JAX-RS, @WebServlet-annotated Servlets, and web.xml-defined Servlets Added @BooleanStorage annotation for NoSQL entities to define how boolean values are converted to note items Added CRUD operations for calendar events to NoSQL, around a few new methods on Repository. This exposes some of the capabilities of NotesCalendar and can be used for, for example, providing an iCalendar feed based on a mail database. To go with that, XPages JEE also re-exports iCal4J as included in the Domino stack for NSF use, though this API is... not smooth The first two here are focused around bringing NSFs more in line with "normal" Jakarta EE applications, while the latter are some nice improvements for the NoSQL driver. I hope to put the last one in particular to good use - for example, OpenNTF's site will be able to provide a calendar of webinars and other events that we can manage internally using a normal Notes calendar, and that sounds nice to me.

Welcome Domino License Analysis Utility (DLAU) 1.2.2  

By Thomas Hampel | 2/20/24 5:28 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

The new version 1.2.2 of the Domino License Analysis Utility (DLAU) has just been published. The tool allows customers to analyze their current environment to identify the license needs. The new version addresses a number of issues ad improvement requests customers had reported, here's a short list.

XPages Date Field Issue: Solving the One-Day Jump on Every Save  

By Martin Pradny | 2/16/24 11:17 AM | Development - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

A user reported a very strange issue - when a document with a date field is saved, it changes the value one day to the past. With every save. But only for some dates, not all. It turned out to be a mystery that goes deep into XPages and Notes/Java APIs.

Certificate ASN.1 Decoding online  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/15/24 2:35 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Now that I posted the TLS 1.2 interactive information side today, some of you might also want to get details out of certificates. Certificates are usually public information. So it should be OK to paste them into the website https://asn1js.eu/. But there is a GitHub project referenced and you could run it also locally. The inner guts of certificates are presented in ASN.1. When you ever has looked at OpenSSL C code, you will recognize the structures.

The Illustrated TLS 1.2 Connection -- Every byte explained  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/15/24 2:32 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

While debugging a TLS connection issue, I ran into this website -->https://tls12.xargs.org/ It provides more details then most admins ever want to know. But it is a great resource understanding a TLS connection.

Domino Backup customized and centralized logging  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/12/24 2:25 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

This question came up last week in a business partner workshop. The partner wanted to centralize the logging of all Domino backup instances. dominobackup.nsf intended per server. You could configure a global configuration database and local instances for the backup inventory. In theory it could be one database for multiple could be also replicated in smaller environments. This would not be recommended. But there is an easier way for a centralized overview of all your Domino backups.

Domino adding Trusted Roots for Java applications  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/12/24 2:24 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Domino has different places to store trusted roots depending on the part of the application. Beginning with Domino 12.0.2 HCL started to consolidate root certificates into the new domain wide certstore.nsf. But it will take some time to have all parts of Domino to use the new trusted roots back-end. New callers like OIDC or CScan/ICAP and the certificate URL heath check already use the new back-end including UI integration. JVM trusted roots cacerts overwritten by Domino update Java still uses it's own cacerts file, which is part of the JVM directory. The file is only admin/root writable. Domino release installers replace the cacerts file with the latest cacerts available. But this overwrites custom certificates imported into cacarts. This is a common problem I ran into twice in the last two weeks.

Enable DKIM for Domino  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/12/24 2:22 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Enable DKIM for Domino - DKIM inbound is supported starting with Domino 12.0.1 - DKIM outbound is supported starting with Domino 12.0.2 Now the first providers raise the bar for sending mails. This might not only be relevant for mass mail. Here is a short write up enabling DKIM for RSA and Ed25519 keys.

New default Let’s Encrypt certificate chain with ISRG Root X1 root  

By Daniel Nashed | 2/12/24 2:18 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Let's Encrypt finally changed their default root certificate from DST Root CA X3 to ISRG Root X1. The old root expired already 2 1/2 years ago, but was cross signed with the new chain. Now finally Let's Encrypt uses the new root by default, which results in a shorter chain. They have been using the older, longer chain to specially support older Android devices, which didn't have the X1 root in their trust store. When you are using Let's Encrypt ACME and did not specify an alternate chain, there is nothing to change. The new shorter certificate chain will be automatically used the next time the certificate is renewed. But in case you set specific settings, you might now have to remove those settings, because they flipped the certificate chains. The alternate chain is now the older longer certificate chain. For Domino CertMgr the custom setting is "ACME Alternate Chain Suffix".

Install Traveler 14 on Windows 11  

By Manfred Dillmann | 1/17/24 3:14 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Of course, I am aware that Windows 11 is not an HCL-supported operating system for the Domino or Traveler Server. Nevertheless - for example, I use Windows 11 VMs for my online courses and wanted to install the Traveler Server on this operating system.