Plan for collaborative servers and portlets

Set up a site with IBM Lotus Domino integration requires decisions about user directories, security, authentication, and performance. View some use cases that may help you make decisions leading to a successful Lotus Domino integration.

Performance considerations

When integrating Lotus Domino into the portal environment, consider performance when deciding how many and which servers you need.

For example, to use a Lotus Domino LDAP server as the user directory (repository) for the portal, install portal on a separate machine from the Lotus Domino LDAP server configured to support collaborative features in the portlets. The Lotus Domino LDAP server for the portal user directory should reside on a machine that is dedicated to serving the portal environment and all its users.

IBM i: IBM recommends that a specific Lotus Domino server be created to run the collaborative components, and that it should reside on the same IBM i server as WebSphere Portal.

• Lotus Domino server installation and server set up reference
  
• Plan names for servers and users in a Lotus Domino site
  
• Determine the needs of the portal site
  
• Platform and user directory considerations
  

Parent: Integrate with collaboration software
Related reference:
Member Manager and People Finder