This section describes how to configure iFolder server in a Multi-server environment.
After you install the iFolder enterprise server, you must configure the iFolder services, including the LDAP, iFolder system, and iFolder administration settings.
If you plan to use an NSS volume as the System Store Path for the users’ iFolder data, use iManager to create the NSS volume, then create a directory on the volume.
For information, refer to Managing NSS Volumes
in the OES 2015: NSS File System Administration Guide for Linux.
If you are using an NSS volume to store user data, you must set up NSS file system trustee rights for the Web server user object wwwrun before restarting your web server. At a terminal console prompt, log in as the root user or equivalent, then enter
rights -f /media/nss/NSSVOL/dirname -r rwfcem trustee wwwrun.ou.o.treename
If you ever get, “An Internal Error has occurred" error message within the iManager plug-in, this is an indication that you have not set up file system trustee rights within NSS properly.
Log in to the server as the root user, or open a terminal console, enter su, then enter the root password.
Start YaST, follow the YaST on-screen instruction to finish the installation. For more information see Step 1 through Step 7 in the section Section 6.1, Installing iFolder on an Existing OES Server.
Select Use Following Configuration and click Novell iFolder to change the default configuration settings for iFolder.
If you decide to use default settings, click Next to start iFolder 3 configuration.
IMPORTANT:For security reasons, it is recommended that you always change the default iFolder configuration settings.
Follow the YaST on-screen instructions to proceed through the iFolder 3 configuration. The following table summarizes the decisions you make.
HINT:If the iFolder configuration failed at any stage, refer to the /var/log/YaST2/y2log file to find the details on the failure that help you in analyzing and troubleshooting the issues.
Install Settings |
Description |
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iFolder components |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder LDAP Configuration |
In case your directory server is a DSFW server, follow the steps given below to configure iFolder with DSFW server:
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder Web Access Configuration |
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iFolder Web Admin Configuration |
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When the system prompts you to restart the Apache server, accept the option by clicking Yes, then restart the Apache server. This is necessary to use the new settings.
To manually restart the Apache Web server,
Open a terminal console, then log in as the root user.
Stop the Apache server by entering either of the following commands at the prompt:
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop
rcapache2 stop
Start Apache by entering either of the following commands at the prompt:
/etc/init.d/apache2 start
rcapache2 start
Go to Novell iManager to install the iFolder plug-in or to manage iFolder services.
To deploy iFolder server in a Multi-server set up,
After you configure the iFolder enterprise master server, you must configure the iFolder slave servers.
Select Use Following Configuration and click Novell iFolder in the window displayed.
Click Novell iFolder and then Next to start configuring the slave server.
IMPORTANT:For security reasons, it is recommended that you always change the default iFolder configuration settings.
Follow the YaST on-screen instructions to proceed through the iFolder 3 configuration. The following table summarizes the decisions you make.
Install Settings |
Description |
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iFolder components |
|
iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder LDAP Configuration |
IMPORTANT:iFolder Master server and slave servers must be in the same eDirectory tree.
In case your directory server is a DSFW server, follow the steps given below to configure iFolder with DSFW server:
|
iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder System Configuration |
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iFolder Web Access Configuration |
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iFolder Web Admin Configuration |
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Click Accept to complete the configuration.
When the system prompts you to restart the Apache server, accept the option by clicking Yes, then restart the Apache server. This is necessary to use the new settings.
To manually restart the Apache Web server,
Open a terminal console, then log in as the root user.
Stop the Apache server by entering either of the following commands at the prompt:
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop
rcapache2 stop
Start Apache by entering either of the following commands at the prompt:
/etc/init.d/apache2 start
rcapache2 start
Go to Novell iManager to install the iFolder plug-in or to manage iFolder services.
If you are using an NSS volume to store user data, you must set up NSS file system trustee rights for the Web server user object wwwrun before restarting your web server. At a terminal console prompt, log in as the root user or equivalent, then enter
rights -f /media/nss/NSSVOL -r rwfcem trustee wwwrun.ou.o.treename
If you ever get An Internal Error has occurred error message within the iManager plug-in, this is a sure sign that you have not set up file system trustee rights within NSS properly.
When you change the OES server IP address either through YaST or through command line, it does not automatically change the iFolder Service IP address. You can change the iFolder service IP address only by reconfiguring the iFolder service either through YaST or command line.
To change the IP address of an iFolder Enterprise server,
In the Web Admin console, click the Server tab and select the desired server.
Change the Public URL and Private URL to reflect the new IP address and click OK.
If the IP address change is for a master server, change the master URL for all the slave servers by using the Server details page of the respective slave servers listed in the Server page.
For more information on this, see Accessing and Viewing the Server Details Page.
If the LDAP server is configured to the same OES server, change the URL by using the Server details page.
For more information on this, see LDAP Server.
To change the IP address of the Web Admin server,
In a terminal console, run the following command and change the iFolder enterprise server URL used by the Web Admin server application.
/opt/novell/ifolder3/bin/ifolder-admin-setup
For more information on this, see Section 6.4, Configuring the iFolder Web Admin Server.
To change the IP address of the Web Access server,
In a terminal console, run the following command and change the iFolder enterprise server URL used by the Web Access server application.
/opt/novell/ifolder3/bin/ifolder-access-setup
For more information on this, see Section 6.3, Configuring the iFolder Web Access Server.
Restart the system.
IMPORTANT:You must ensure that all the users whose iFolder clients are connected to the old server IP, are updated the client with the new IP address of the server. For more information on configuring server IP address in an iFolder client, see Viewing and Modifying iFolder Account Settings
in the Novell iFolder 3.9.2 Cross-Platform User Guide.
If the server is SSL enabled, you must ensure that the new SSL certificate is accepted by all the iFolder users.If a DNS name is used in the iFolder set-up and the new IP address uses the existing DNS name, then you don’t need to change the DNS name for the client, instead accept the new certificate.