Connect to Domino server from your Notes client

Important

This is only applicable when you install Volt MX Go to a development or test only environment.

About this task

Guides you in connecting to the Domino server from your Notes client. If you installed Domino using the MX Go Domino Helm chart you should configure a Server Connection document to enable connecting to Domino from your Notes client. Follow the steps below.

Before you begin

Make sure that your /etc/hosts file has the preview hostnames. You will need these same entries on any machine you want to connect from, such as your dev laptop. For more information, check the details on hostnames.

Procedure

Note

The procedure is based on using HCL Notes v12.

Run the following command to copy the admin.id from the domino-drapi pod:
```
kubectl cp -n mxgo -c restapi-log $POD_NAME:/local/notesdata/admin.id ./k8s-notes-admin.id
```
Tip

The $POD_NAME in the command represents the name of the Domino pod. To get the name of the Domino pod, run the command kubectl get pods -n mxgo. In the following example result, the highlighted text corresponds to the Domino pod name.

So using the example result, the command above should look like:

kubectl cp -n mxgo -c restapi-log domino-drapi-6989796bdc-nnmdg:/local/notesdata/admin.id ./k8s-notes-admin.id

Note

You may see a warning about "Removing leading '/' from member names" which is typical when specifying full paths in the copy command. Ignore the warning.

If necessary, copy the k8s-notes-admin.id file to your laptop.
Switch your ID within the Notes client.
1. On your Notes client, select File → Security → Switch ID.
2. On the Choose User ID to Switch To dialog, search and select the k8s-notes-admin.id file, and then click Open.
  
  Note
  
  The default password is password.
Specify your names.nsf file within the Notes client.
1. On the Notes client, select File → Open → HCL Notes Application.
2. On the Open Application dialog, search and select the names.nsf file, and then click Open.
Create a new server connection.
1. On the Notes client, select Advanced → New → Server Connection. The Server Connection page opens.
2. On the Basics tab, enter drapi in the Server name text box and then select the TCPIP checkbox for Use LAN port.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then enter drapi.mymxgo.com for your server in the Destination server address text box.
4. (Optional) If you configured the value of the exposeNRPC parameter to be HostPort during the DRAPI Helm installation, no further configuration is required and you can proceed to Save & Close. If instead you specified NodePort:
  1. Run the following kubectl command to get the port number of the port picked by Kubernetes for the NodePort:
```
kubectl get services domino-drapi-nrpc-external -n mxgo
```
    The output should be similar to the following:
```
kubectl get services domino-drapi-nrpc-external -n mxgo
NAME                         TYPE       CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)
domino-drapi-nrpc-external   NodePort   10.43.84.236   <none>        1352:31657/TCP
```
  2. Get the port number from the output and append it to the host name in the Destination server address text box.
    
    Using the output example, the PORT(S) column show that port 1352 is being exposed on port 31657. Append :31657 to the host name in the Destination server address text box making a final value of drapi.mymxgo.com:31657.
5. Click Save & Close.
Note

drapi is the abbreviation for Domino REST API.

Expected result

In your Notes client, you should now be able to select File → Open → HCL Notes Application, specify drapi as the server name, and connect to your new Domino server.