Installation Methods

Installing HCL Domino on Linux can be done in different ways

Table of contents

1. Before you start
2. Manual installation
3. Scripted Installation
4. Silent Installation
5. GUI Installation
6. Container / Docker / Kubernetes
7. Nash!Com Start-script

Before you start

1. Check the system requirements for HCL Domino
2. Update Linux
3. Get the HCL Domino installer for Linux from HCL’s SW Download Portal
4. The following will be used:

   User : notes
   Group: notes
   Binary Directory: /opt/hcl/domino
   Data Directory  : /local/notesdata
   

Manual installation

• To start the Domino installer, you must be root

sudo su
./install

• Install Domino Server on Linux Environment
• For more information, see online help

Scripted Installation

Probably the easiest and fastest way to install a HCL Domino server is to use an installation script, e.g. the one provided by Daniel in the Domino-StartScript repository

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nashcom/domino-startscript/main/install_domino.sh | bash -

Silent Installation

For a silent installation, a response file containing the installation options is envoked when running the installer

sudo ./install -r ./responseFile/installer.properties

For more information see online help

GUI Installation

tbd

Container / Docker / Kubernetes

Installing Domino in a container environment is not covered in this repository. For more information see this

Nash!Com Start-script

The de-facto standard for anyone running HCL Domino on Linux. Fore more information see this