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Workspace Domino
Categories Administration
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 3, 2026

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Domino Auto Update capability to execute actions/programs during deployment

When a (planned) deployment of the Domino Server update via Domino Auto Update requires the server to be restarted, it would be useful to be able to configure one or more tasks before and afterward.
For a manual deployment, for example, we often broadcast to users, once 10 minutes before the server shuts down, and again 5 minutes before.
This is followed by a message to the administrators confirming the action has been performed, and sometimes an additional task such as starting an agent.
This could be easily incorporated as options in Domino Auto Update, for example, dropdown/list boxes for pre- and post-deployment with a time in minutes before and after in the Schedule Deployment form. The list box could display the available Server program documents for selection.
There could also be an option to email the deployment results to an email address or group.

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  • Guest
    Feb 4, 2026

    In general this is a good idea.

    What is problematic from security point of view is executing operations with admin rights & custom definable options.


    Good operations:

    • Sending email -- no problem at all

    • Stopping/Starting other services -- well established interfaces. Absolutely OK to add

    • Executing scripts with the "notes" user without admin rights

    Risky operations:

    • Run scripts with root/admin

    • Operations that don't guaranteed terminate

    On Linux SUID for your own operations to gain root permissions on your own would be perfectly OK.
    On Windows there is no safe path to get admin access beside starting a service


    [ Daniel Nashed / https://blog.nashcom.de ]





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