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[[File:appboard-2.4-default-login.png|frame|AppBoard 2.4 default login screen]]
[[File:appboard-2.4-default-login.png|frame|AppBoard 2.4 default login screen]]
{{Tip|All fields on the login page are ''case sensitive''}}


== Important URLs ==
== Important URLs ==

Revision as of 13:45, 23 July 2013


Default Settings

After installing AppBoard without any configuration changes the default access information is as follows:

URL http://<hostname>:8080/
User Name administrator
Password administrator
Domain System

Using the URL above the browser is redirected to the actual login page, as shown below:

AppBoard 2.4 default login screen
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All fields on the login page are case sensitive

Important URLs

The table below summarizes the important URLs for accessing AppBoard.

Component URL Description
Home URL / Launches either AppBoard or enPortal, depending on the Home URL configuration (see "Home URL" section below)
AppBoard /enportal/ab/home If the User's default role is portalAdministration, this will launch the AppBoard Builder. Otherwise, this will launch the AppBoard Viewer.
enPortal /enportal/home Launches enPortal
AppBoard Builder /enportal/ab/home?builder If user 's Role is portalAdministration, this will launch the AppBoard Builder. Otherwise, this will launch the AppBoard Viewer.
AppBoard Viewer /enportal/ab/home?viewer Explicitly launch the Viewer, useful for administrators.
AppBoard Builder Safemode /enportal/ab/#safeMode=1 Launches the AppBoard builder in safe mode by disabling all stacks. The administrator can then access the configuration panels to delete or edit the broken component.
Dispatcher /enportal/servlet/pd Accepts a number of parameters to allow for login credentials to be passed in and redirection (e.g. login, then redirect to a specific stack, or custom html page, etc...). See the section below for more information on the dispatcher.

Home URL

The Home URL is used to determine what URL to send a User to when a full path is not provided in the URL, or in cases such as when a User switches to a different Role. By default AppBoard is configured to have itself as the home URL, but in some cases where enPortal is the main interface for end-users then enPortal can be configured as the home URL.

To override the default configuration, and have enPortal as the default home:

  1. edit the [INSTALL_HOME]/server/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/config/appboard.properties file.
  2. find the following line: dispatch.loginredirect=/enportal/ab/home
  3. and change it to use the URL: /enportal/home
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The default home URL is a global setting that is not configurable by user, role, or domain - however if it's necessary to have a user login directly to enportal or appboard then they can bookmark the AppBoard or enPortal URLs as shown in the table above.