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7. When the core platform finishes installing, the installer gives you the option to

launch the client and, in doing so, provision the client, as shown in

Figure 3-28. If you click Cancel, the installation finishes now. The client will

provision whenever you first run it. Most likely, you want to provision now, so

click Next and proceed to 3.2.4, “Provisioning the Managed Client” on

page 100.

Figure 3-28 Core platform installer prompt to provision now or later

3.2.4 Provisioning the Managed Client

Each end user must provision the client when the user runs it for the first time.

Perform the following steps:

1. After the Managed Client welcome window closes, provide your user name,

password, and provisioning URL, as shown in Figure 3-29 on page 101. The

client queries the provisioning URL for a list of applications and their required

components. After entering the correct details, click Next.

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Figure 3-29 Provisioning URL prompt

Tip: Depending on whether you started the installer from the download link

or manually, the URL field might already be populated. If not, your

Workplace administrator should have furnished you with the correct URL. If

not, the URL is probably the same as the one you use to access

Workplace through a browser, for example:

http://isv4.cam.itso.ibm.com/lwp/myworkplace

Tip: Observe how the provisioning URL is (usually) the same as that used

by the browser. This is further evidence for the notion that the browser and

Managed Client simply provide two different views of the same thing.

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2. Now the client provisions. The progress meter shown in Figure 3-30 monitors

the progress. In this time, the client downloads all of the Eclipse plug-ins and

features required to run the Managed Client applications. Depending on the

speed of your network connection and your computer’s own speed, this

process can take several minutes.

Figure 3-30 Provisioning progress meter

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3. When provisioned, the client prompts for a login server and a login port, as

shown in Figure 3-31. Do we just give the client a provisioning URL? The

answer is that the provisioning server can be different from the login server.

Again, the field might be prepopulated depending on how you started the

installation. If it is blank, enter the fully qualified host name of your Workplace

Collaboration Services server, unless your administrator has indicated

otherwise. Click Next.

Figure 3-31 Login server prompt

4. The last dialog box simply tells you to click Finish. Do so to launch the client.

Tip: Do not enter http:// or any trailing directories (for example,

/lwp/myworkplace) in the host name field. http:// and trailing directories are

only meaningful in a URL.

All the client requires here is a host name.

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5. If the installation and provisioning process completed successfully, the login

prompt shown in Figure 3-32 opens. Enter your password and click Login to

launch the client.

Figure 3-32 Managed Client login prompt

6. Depending on whether your company has a self-signed SSL certificate or not,

you might be prompted to accept the SSL certificate, as shown in Figure 3-33

on page 105. If you know your company’s signature, it can be verified here. Of

course, it is very unlikely that you know the signature; however, at this point, it

is usually safe to accept the certificate. To prevent further prompting, select

Trust this certificate and click OK.

Tip: If at some point in the future the client mysteriously prompts you to

accept the server’s certificate, it is possible that you are experiencing a

so-called

man in the middle attack. In that case, it is appropriate to be

concerned.

When running the client for the first time, however, the prompt is to be

expected if your company uses a self-signed certificate.