Notes / Domino by Milan Matejic
HCL Domino Leap – Fixing Embedded Forms Issues After Updating to 1.1.5 
By Milan Matejic | 11/26/24, 5:02 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If you are embedding HCL Domino Leap Applications or Forms into portals and sites not hosted on the same Domino Server as Domino Leap, you might encounter issues due to the Content-Security-Policy (CSP) HTTP Response Header. Starting with HCL Domino Leap 1.1.5, a Strict CSP policy has been introduced.
Issues Starting MongoDB Version 5 and Above
By Milan Matejic | 6/14/24, 10:29 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If you are using a Hypervisor on a Windows OS, you might encounter some issues with deploying MongoDB version 5 and above, as MongoDB 5.0+ requires a CPU with AVX support.
CPUs with AVX Support have been around for a long time and this shouldn’t be a problem. However, on my PC, I am running Windows 11 OS with VirtualBox as a Hypervisor, and I am also using WSL for Ubuntu on the same machine, which requires some features of Hyper-V to be activated. As it turns out, Hyper-V has some unusual (at least for me) effects on the VMs running on VirtualBox.
HCL Notes Crash While Importing PKCS12 Database to the HCL Domino Certificate Manager
By Milan Matejic | 4/9/24, 10:44 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
While I was working with HCL Domino Certificate Manager (CertMgr), which btw is awesome, I encountered an issue, that caused the HCL Notes to crash. Namely, the import of a seemingly valid PFX file (PKCS12 database, downloaded directly from the customer's TLS provider's site) caused the HCL Notes to crash, after which the certificates and the private key contained in the file, were not imported. I could reproduce the issue with the same PFX file in multiple environments running HCL Domino 12.0.2 FPx, HCL Notes 12.0.2 as well as HCL Notes 14.0.
Domino Authentication via SAML – All Flavours
By Milan Matejic | 10/13/23, 1:55 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
For the Engage 2022 event, I prepared a "Domino Authentication via SAML - All Flavours" session, to present it with my colleague Herwig W. Schauer. Alas, the session never got accepted and I never had time to convert it to a whitepaper. As I invested quite a bit of time for preparing the slides, I thought that I should upload it here before it inevitably travels into oblivion. Maybe it will come handy for some of you.
HCL Notes – Swiftfile Not Working as Expected
By Milan Matejic | 3/29/23, 3:53 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
When using the "preview pane" in HCL Notes, and clicking on a folder, suggested by SwiftFile, the "move to folder" dialogue would sometimes come up. This was happening to my client, in about 1 of 20 cases
HCL Traveler – Cleaning up the “lotustraveler.nsf” database
By Milan Matejic | 9/17/21, 1:25 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If you are seeing some old and invalid objects in the "lotustraveler.nsf", on the HCL Traveler server, try running "tell traveler cleanup show" command. It will show you which entries are obsolete and could be deleted. Provided that you are OK with the result, run the "cleanup" command without the "show" option, this command will delete the entries previously shown.
HCL Domino – Directory Assistance – Access to Active Directory via LDAPs – Thoughts about HCL Connections, Domino and Sametime
By Milan Matejic | 3/4/21, 1:37 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
In order to re-configure the existing HCL Domino Directory Assistance document for accessing the user data over encrypted LDAP connection or LDAPs you have to do the following: Create a Domino keyring file for the source Domino server.
HCL Domino & ADFS – SSO Suddenly stops working
By Milan Matejic | 1/26/21, 2:28 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If you are using ADFS with Domino as a Single Sign-On solution, and you get a call from a friendly user telling you that Single Sign-On stopped working, check if you are seeing the following error on the HCL Domino server console: SECCheckAndParseSAMLResponse> VerifyAssertionSignature : Document has been modified or corrupted since signed! (signature)
HCL SafeLinx 1.1.1 & HTTP Strict-Transport-Security
By Milan Matejic | 12/11/20, 4:37 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
After a SafeLinx Deployment I wanted to set the HTTP Strict-Transport-Security header, but there was nothing in the documentation about it, and I also could not find any option regarding this in the SafeLinx Administrator client settings. So I opened a Support case. According to the support you can use the command line on the HCL SafeLinx server to set the HTTP Strict-Transport-Security header as well as any other token header.
Domino, Designer and Notes v12 Roadmap – Thoughts about HCL Connections, Domino and Sametime
By Milan Matejic | 11/11/20, 3:42 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
During the first day of the virtual HCL Factory Tour we were able to see the roadmap for Domino, Designer and Notes v12. HCL continues to innovate and sets the bar high in regard to product quality. The new release of Domino, version 12, is coming in Q2 of 2021.
HCL Sametime Premium announced – It’s a stunner!
By Milan Matejic | 11/10/20, 12:18 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
As a part of HCL Digital Week, Luis and Gini presented the HCL Sametime Premium. It is intuitive, easy to use and frankly everything what we want from a modern video conferencing solution and more. The emphasis is put on cost savings, according to HCL you can save, for ten thousand users, over a million us dollars annually! In the following I will write a brief summary of the session, along with a few thoughts of my own.
HCL Domino v12 Preview – HCL Digital Week
By Milan Matejic | 11/9/20, 4:29 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
Today, as a part of the HCL Digital Week, we had an opportunity to take a glimpse into the future and the v12 version of HCL Domino. In the following I will write a brief summary of the session, along with a few thoughts of my own.
HCL Notes Connections Plug-In – Login via SPNEGO not possible
By Milan Matejic | 10/20/20, 3:29 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If you are trying to use SPNEGO as the means for authenticating HCL Notes Connections Plug-In and you run into an issue, check if "Use the alias host name for the application server" option is used on Websphere Application Server and if that is the case try turning it off.
Creating an LTPA Token – Without WAS Network Deployment Server
By Milan Matejic | 10/9/20, 5:50 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
Recently I was installing an HCL Sametime 11 environment from scratch. I always tend to implement a single LTPA Token across the Domino, Sametime and/or Connections environment. It is also a very good idea to use only the LTPA Token version 2, as it is more secure, but this also means that the LTPA Token has to be created by a WebSphere server.
HCL Safelinx – Untrusted Certificate Issue
By Milan Matejic | 9/22/20, 7:25 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
A few days ago I came across a rather weird issue with HCL Safelinx and HCL Domino. After setting up HCL Safelinx, it was not possible to access the Websites hosted by an HCL Domino Server. The user would just get an HTTP Error, "503 - Service Unavailable".
Domino AppDev Pack – Obstacles in using IAM Server for Authentication with WordPress, Drupal & Co.
By Milan Matejic | 11/27/19, 2:48 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
One of our customers would like to use Domino as a User repository to Authenticate his users against services like WordPress and Drupal. The first thing that crossed my mind was Domino AppDev Pack and OAuth 2 Protocol. We decided to Deploy the AppDev Pack 1.0.1 (later on I upgraded the package to the 1.0.2 version) in a test environment and test this out.
Live from Tokyo – In Vienna
By Milan Matejic | 11/21/19, 1:39 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
My employer, Axians ICT Austria GmbH, is sponsoring “HCL Tokyo Live Viewing Party” and hereby you are invited.
In Addition to the Live Stream from Tokyo, the Agenda is stacked with sessions about HCL Digital Solutions software, which will be held by Axians and other event sponsors. We also have a special guest, Cornelius Granig, the author of “The Darknet”.
HCL Domino AppDev Pack 1.0.2 – Documentation Released
By Milan Matejic | 8/29/19, 2:50 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Matteo Bisi
The documentation for the new version of Domino AppDev Pack 1.0.2 is available. So if you are evaluating to deploy the Domino AppDev Pack, make sure to take a look at the release notes of the 1.0.2 version. What's New in Release 1.0.2 Release 1.0.2 includes the following new features: (Preview) A domino-db application may now…
APNs Certificate used for Traveler 9.0.1.21 Expires soon!
By Milan Matejic | 3/14/19, 10:48 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
The APNs certificate implemented in IBM Notes Traveler 9.0.1.21,will expire on 30th March and therefore the Push Notifications for Apple iOS devices will not be possible with the "default" certificate. The easiest way to make sure that the Push Notifications functions properly is to update your Traveler Server to 10.0.0.0 or newer release.
Upgrading Notes 9.0.1 client to Notes 10.0.1 on Mac
By Milan Matejic | 2/22/19, 5:41 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Matteo Bisi
Yesterday, an Article was published by IBM Support about Upgrading Notes 9.0.1 to Notes 10.0.1 when a User has Sametime embedded add-on installed. Make sure to read it, in order to avoid problems.
Make sure that the “Names.nsf” cannot be accessed via Internet!
By Milan Matejic | 2/11/19, 2:10 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
If your Domino Server is exposed to the Internet, make sure that the Domino Directory or the "Names.nsf" database cannot be accessed via Web Browser, or at least certain fields which can be used to get the hash values of the Internet Passwords.
Domino SAML & NFL – Changing the ADFS Certificate
By Milan Matejic | 1/29/19, 9:46 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro
Recently we got contacted by a growing number of customers regarding the change of the SSL Certificate on the ADFS Server used for Domino SAML and Notes NFL. Although the process is not overly complicated, there are some "gotchas" you need to keep in mind in order for this process to go smoothly, which I will try to describe before going through the actual process of changing the certificate.
Domino v10 Premiere – A short recap from Frankfurt
By Milan Matejic | 10/10/18, 4:29 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
The optimism, high hopes and anticipation for the Domino v10 was clearly not missing at the Bleed Yellow Party, the night before the official Domino v10 Launch event. The party was fully booked, and I really liked the event. Having everybody, people from IBM, HCL and Domino Enthusiasts, under the one roof before a big event like this felt great. A big thumbs up to DNUG for organizing this.
IBM Sametime Update and STCore.jar File
By Milan Matejic | 5/29/18, 4:10 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
Recently I have updated IBM Sametime Community Server from 9.0 HF1 to 9.0.1 FP1. Before starting the update Process I would usually backup, and replace after upgrade, the following files.
IBM Domino Fix Pack Installation – Some Issues and how to fix them
By Milan Matejic | 8/15/17, 3:13 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse
I recently encountered some issues as I was applying Fix Pack 8 to a Domino Server. These are some common issues which can occur at every Fix Pack update, not specific to Fix Pack 8.