topic Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:39:14 GMT

Installing WAB Dev version 2.5, connecting to AGS Portal 10.4.1; intranet environment, so I can't provide screen shots. When I start WAB through the startup file, the browser redirects to '?action=setportalurl', the progress bar reaches about 80%, and then nothing happens. No errors in the browser console. WAB Dev is installed on the same server as our portal instance. I've followed both the ESRI install instructions and the "Tips and Observations" blog post by Rebecca Strauch, and I have the same portal URL issue in both cases.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:46:43 GMT

Tyrone,

When you look in the installs server folder do you have a signininfo.json file? If so delete it and see what happens.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:48:12 GMT

Robert,

No, that file is not created.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:58:53 GMT

That is strange. Can you try deleting the whole install directory and re-downloading WAB Dev 2.5?

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:02:13 GMT

FWIW, my WAB (all versions) broke a couple weeks ago, but I'm starting to think it has something to do with our network, so not necessarily related to your issue. Even following my own instructions, and/or the official instructions no longer is working. (it continually is asking for the portal address, even after with the webID and portal/AGOL log in. Looking for answers thru other thread myself this week.)

But I do know that sometimes when I use the startup.bat, the first time it does not work. I close it and double-click it again, and then it would work. That might be work a try.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:19:48 GMT

I've done that 4 or 5 times already. I've also tried closing the startup command window and restarting per Rebecca's instructions.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:23:14 GMT

I've tried that...my problem is that I've NEVER been asked for the portal URL.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:25:19 GMT

Can I create the signininfo.json file so that WAB will read it on startup? Can somebody provide a sanitized version of their signin file? Will that even work?

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:37:42 GMT

mine looks something like this, if that helps.

[
{
    "portalUrl": "https://<your url...minus the arcgis.com for portal>.arcgis.com",
    "appId": "<your appid>",
    "supportsOAuth": true,
    "isWebTier": false
}
]

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:12:27 GMT

Thanks...fighting another dumpster fire right now. Probably get back to this tomorrow and will update the post.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:46:54 GMT

Solution (which may or may not have worked but got me one step further down the line): edit client/stemapp/env.js file. I uncommented line 107 and edited it to read "apiUrl = https://<portal machine>/arcgis/jsapi/jsapi/". The page now loads, asks for the portal URL, sets the portal URL that I enter, and presents a dev home page. The problem now is that there's no content and no option to create a new application. There is a logo, two links ("Apps" and "Templates"), and my portal profile information. The current issue is that the page is looking in the wrong directory for a script - apiUrl/xstyle/core/load-css.js. That script actually lives in apiUrl/xstyle.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:32:10 GMT

Tyrone,

WAB Dev 2.5 is using JS API 3.21 and Portal 10.4.1 is deployed with an older version of WAB and the JS API. Changing WAB Dev to your portals native JS API is not going to be a good idea.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

TyroneLigon1 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:31:08 GMT

You might be on to something; we have Portal 10.5 running on a sandbox, so I pointed WAB to that portal and it worked just fine. Hope to work with ESRI tech support to figure out what's going on, since we don't plan to upgrade Portal for a few months.

Re: WAB install - never asks for portal URL

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:27:12 GMT

Although for me it was AGOL and not Portal, I just posted this a few places..in case it helps...

I'm adding this possible resolution in a few threads since I just spent about 3 weeks with tech support trying to figure out the constant redirect back to the page requesting my AGOL URL. I hadn't fired up WAB for a few months, so not sure if happened at the July or Sept AGOL update (not related to the version of WAB) and most likely was something I did (maybe a new AGOL option I think I needed?).

On the AGOL Security page, I had my ArcGIS Server machine listed in the "Allow Origins" dialog. Once I deleted the Domain I had listed, all worked again. Just another thing to check if the other suggestions do not work. May need it in the future (CORS related) but right now, leaving it blank is what is required for us.