Installation

The b4A Service Portal is delivered as a WAR archive. This contains all the files necessary for installation. The delivery format is suitable for installing the b4A Service Portal in two ways:

• on a Java application server such as Apache Tomcat®
• On a web server such as

Sample configurations for Apache Tomcat® and are included in the distribution. These only specify that all URLs below the base URL are redirected to the index page. This is not absolutely necessary, but it prevents error messages for the user if, for example, they trigger a reload of the Service Portal in the web browser while the login page is displayed.

• The WEB-INF directory contains a configuration for Apache Tomcat®
• The .htaccess file contains a configuration for (this requires the Rewrite engine)

These templates may need to be adapted to the respective environment.

Setting up RESTful API

In order for b4A Service Portal to communicate with b4A RESTful API, the server base URL must be entered in the configuration under CORS. This is important if b4A Service Portal and b4A RESTful API are installed on different web servers.

Web browser

Supported web browsers can be found in the following list. The latest ESR (Extended Stable Release) version at the time of the b4A release and its successors are supported by the web browsers listed.

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge

Older web browsers can also be used, and all web browsers based on Chromium or Mozilla Firefox should also work. If errors occur in b4A Service Portal, they must be reproduced using one of the supported browsers.