Downloading and Installing the GroupWise API Gateway NLM

Before you can install the GroupWise® API Gateway, GroupWise 5.x must be installed and functioning, with domain(s) and post office(s) defined.


Downloading and Extracting APINLM.EXE

The GroupWise API Gateway is contained in a self-extracting file named APINLM.EXE. You need to extract the needed files and copy them to a temporary directory on the server where the Gateway API will be loaded.

  1. From your Internet browser, enter the following URL:

    http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/download?/pub/updates/gateways/gw41apin/apinlm.exe&sr

  2. Select the global FTP site to connect with, and download this file to a temporary directory.

    NOTE:  If the link is busy, try another link.

  3. Go to a DOS prompt and type

    path\apinlm.exe

    This will extract the gateway files.

  4. Create a temporary directory on the file server that will be loading the GroupWise API Gateway (for example, sys:\apigw.ins), then copy all extracted files to this location.


Installing the Gateway

To install the GroupWise API Gateway, complete the following steps:

  1. From the system console, type

    load nwconfig

  2. Choose Product Options.

  3. Choose Install a Product Not Listed.

  4. Press F3 and specify the path on the local server that you want to install from.

    This path is the temporary network directory where the gateway files are located---for example, sys:\apigw.ins.

  5. Press Enter.

  6. Fill in the following fields:

  7. Press Esc until you return to the system console.