How to change the logout URL for Lotus Connections

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The other day, a customer asked me how to change the logout URL for Lotus Connections. They wanted to configure Lotus Connections so that when a user clicked on 'Log out' they would be redirected to the company's intranet home page.

I couldn't find any documentation out there, so I put on my hacker hat. After a couple of minutes (ok, maybe 30 minutes), I was able to figure it out. I decided to capture my changes and share it with you. You'll notice that while the process may look long, it's really only changing 1 line of code in 6 different files... so it's really easy!

Activities and Home page:

1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Activities.ear\oawebui.war\WEB-INF\jsps\html_prototype\fragments\mainpage
2. Save a backup of banner.jsp
3. Open banner.jsp with your favorite text editor
4. Look for the following lines:
   
   

   <form method="post" action="ibm_security_logout" name="logout" id="logoutForm" style="display: none;" > <input type="hidden" name="logoutExitPage" value="/service/html/mainpage"> <input type="submit" name="logout" value="Logout"> </form>

   
   
5. Change the logoutExitPage parameter as shown below:
   
   

   <form method="post" action="ibm_security_logout" name="logout" id="logoutForm" style="display: none;" > <input type="hidden" name="logoutExitPage" value="http://w3.acme.com/home"> <input type="submit" name="logout" value="Logout"> </form>

   
   
6. Save the file
7. Repeat steps 1-6 for the following file:
   • <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Homepage.ear\dboard.war\web\jsp\pageheader.jspf (touch main.jsp afterwards to force recompilations of the JSP fragment)

Blogs:

1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Blogs.ear\blogs.war\roller-ui
2. Save a backup of logout-redirect.jsp
3. Open logout-redirect.jsp with your favorite text editor
4. Look for the following line:
   
   

   response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=" + "/");

   
   
5. Change the logoutExitPage parameter as shown below:
   
   

   response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=" + "http://w3.acme.com/home");

   
   
6. Save the file

Communities:

1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Communities.ear\tango.web.ui.war\WEB-INF\jsps\html\scenes\dashboard
2. Save a backup of banner.jsp
3. Open banner.jsp with your favorite text editor
4. Look for the following line:
   
   

   logoutSection.innerHTML ='<html:link page="/service/html/logout"><fmt:message key="link.logout" /></html:link>';

   
   
5. Change the page parameter as shown below:
   
   

   logoutSection.innerHTML ='<html:link page="/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=http://w3.acme.com/home"><fmt:message key="link.logout" /></html:link>';

   
   
6. Save the file

Dogear:

1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Dogear.ear\dogear.webui.war\h3\jsp\main
2. Save a backup of pageHeader.jspf
3. Open pageHeader.jspf with your favorite text editor
4. Look for the following line:
   
   

   logoutSection.innerHTML =<jscript:string><a title="<fmt:message key="jspf.menu.logout.title"/>" href="<c:url value="/logout" />"><fmt:message key = "jspf.menu.settings.logout"/></a></jscript:string>;

   
   
5. Change the value parameter as shown below:
   
   

   logoutSection.innerHTML =<jscript:string><a title="<fmt:message key="jspf.menu.logout.title"/>" href="<c:url value="/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=http://w3.acme.com/home />"><fmt:message key = "jspf.menu.settings.logout"/></a></jscript:string>;

   
   
6. Save the file
7. Touch h3.jsp (to force recompilation of the JSP fragment)

Profiles:

1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>\installedApps\<CELL_NAME>\Profiles.ear\peoplepages.war\WEB-INF\jsps\ajax
2. Save a backup of loginInfo.jspf
3. Open loginInfo.jspf with your favorite text editor
4. Look for the following line:
   
   

   <html:link page="/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=/index.jsp" styleId="logoutLink">

   
   
5. Change the logoutExitPage parameter as shown below:
   
   

   <html:link page="/ibm_security_logout?logoutExitPage=http://w3.acme.com/home" styleId="logoutLink">

   
   
6. Save the file

Hope this is useful to you.