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TID100930 (gw5dga01) How to setup the API Gateway with GroupWise 5

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ABSTRACT:

How to setup the API Gateway w/GroupWise 5 in three easy steps.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Setup the API Gateway with GroupWise 5 as follows (the order of events is important):

1. Install the API Gateway a. Copy the API Gateway install software to the server. b. At the server console type Load [volume]:\pinstall (e.g.; load sys:systemapinlmpinstall). c. Fill out the install questions and start the install process.

2. Create the API Gateway object in NWAdmin3x (Netware Administrator for Windows) a. Right click on the GroupWise domain and choose create. b. Select GroupWise Gateway and click OK. c. Do the following at the Create GroupWise Gateway dialog box: - fill in the Gateway name - choose the Gateway Home Directory - change Version to 5.x - click on Define additional properties - click on create d. *Change the "Platform" from "Unknown" to "NetWare Loadable Module" e. *Click on the "Required Parameters" tab and change the drive letters to Server/volume (e.g.; dev/sys:gw50domwpgateasync). Note: do NOT use UNC paths. f. Change any other values on the other tabs as needed then click OK.

3. Load the API Gateway a. Edit ngwapi.prm in the system directory with a DOS editor. b. Change the /home switch to the correct paths (e.g.; /home- dev/sys:gw50domainwpgateapi41) and save your changes. c. At the server console type "Load ngwapi @ngwapi.prm"

  • If you miss the steps above that have an astericks next to them then the API Gateway

NLM will say (at the bottom of the screen) that it is terminating (almost immediately after it has been loaded).

GW5DGA01.EXE

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