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Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

BenGrod — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 16:53:03 GMT

Any guidance on deploying a web app designed in Web AppBuilder and to be hosted on our local Portal for ArcGIS (10.3). The app was necessary because it has one custom widget (elevation profile). I built the app in Web AppBuilder and tested out the widget which works fine. I downloaded the app as instructed through Web AppBuilder. The next step says to unzip the app and "Deploy it on your web server." This is where I need help, I've never deployed a website before. On our web server there is a inetpub folder with a subfolder wwwroot. Is this where the unzipped site content should reside? Thanks for any guidance.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

DanielStoelb — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:00:27 GMT

Yes, you should be unzipping the file and placing the unzipped contents on your web server in the inetpub/wwwroot directory. You'll want to make sure that if you're using any sort of proxy that this is shown in the json file properly as well.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:01:43 GMT

Ben,

Here is a step by step guide:

Deploying the app to IIS is pretty straight forward.

After you have downloaded the app from WAB using the WAB Home page and clicking the triple ellipses and choose download, you will get a zip file.
Unzip this zip file to a known location (I do not like to put the files directly in the inetpub\wwwroot folder as this folder requires Administrator access to edit). I normally use a www folder on the root of my c drive (c:\www\MywabApp1).
Once I have unzipped the website files to (c:\www\MywabApp1), I now open IIS and expand the tree in the connections window until I see the Default Web Site, then I right click on the Default Web Site and choose "Add Application"
I enter my sites alias "MyWABApp1" and then in the Physical path I browse to "c:\www\MywabApp1".
I then click the "Connect as..." and choose Specific user and click set and add credentials (do this even is you are the admin on this machine).
I next click "Test Settings..." and verify Authentication and Authorization.
Click OK to complete the Add Application dialog
I now enter the website url "http://gislap183/MyWABApp1/" in my browser and it brings up the WAB site.
My last step is to open the config.json file from the c:\www\MywabApp1 folder and use by JS IDE (Brackets) to "beautify" the json and then add my proxy url.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

BenGrod — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:16:56 GMT

Thank you Daniel and Robert for you help!

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

FinbarGillen — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:42:43 GMT

Robert Scheitlin, GISP,

What does IIS stand for?

Regards

Finbar

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:59:19 GMT

Finbar,

IIS is Internet Information Server. IIS is the default web server that comes with windows OS.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

VikramS — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:49:08 GMT

Robert,

If I had deployed an app using above methods. Will the app open for those people whom don't have access to the webmap.

I believe if an user tries to open an app from WAB directly and if it doesn't have access he cannot open the app .

I am wondering if the same will happen if we deploy the app in IIS ?

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:05:08 GMT

Vikram,

If you web map is not publicly accessible then the app will error. If the web map is publicly accessible but some of the map services in the web map are secured and not publicly accessible then the user will be challenged for a username and password and if they do not provide a correct one then that layer(s) will not show in the app.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

FlorianCADOZ — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:11:06 GMT

Robert,

I don't understand the step 5 and 6...

Are you using the IIS authentication system ? Does the Windows'auth system is compatible with the AGOL/AGS auth system or is it just an other login step ?

Thank you by advance

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:47:03 GMT

Florian,

This is telling IIS what access permissions the application has to the directories that the apps physical path point to.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

FlorianCADOZ — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:59:00 GMT

Oh ! Okay, so nothing to do with the authenticate system ! Just windows directories' rights !

Thank you for your explanation

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:02:57 GMT

Correct

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RamyShah — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:52:49 GMT

This is very useful Rob. I am stuck at Step8-9. I am getting message for AGOL sign in.

Could you please extent what proxy URL I am required (Step-9).

I have verified IIS permsisions TWICE.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RenePretorius1 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:21:04 GMT

Did you get an answer to this question?

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 20:02:05 GMT

Ramy,

The url to the proxy that you setup on your web server.

Setting up a proxy with Web AppBuilder Developer Edition | Support Services Blog

Setting up a Proxy | Support Services Blog

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

CheolyeongPark — Wed, 17 May 2017 01:52:30 GMT

Hmmmm is there some other preparation I have to do before doing these steps? because on step 8 I am having trouble opening WAB site. I am keep getting "this side can't be reached, localhost refused to connect" after argis classic sky blue loading screen.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 17 May 2017 13:25:02 GMT

Cheolyeong,

Sounds like AGOL is refusing access to the app from that machine. That would be an issue in you app registration step (step 5) of the Deploy your app—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) | ArcGIS for Developers

What does the browsers web console say?

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

CheolyeongPark — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:02:00 GMT

Hi Robert,

for more detail I followed your steps from MS azure VM using windows server 2016.

After working on it for a while I encountered this error on my console.

Thanks again Robert.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 18 May 2017 13:11:19 GMT

Cheolyeong,

You should see from the error that the url to your portal is HTTPS and not http like you have in your proxy.config and your WAB proxy rules.

So the issue is likely you have "portalUrl": "https://spacewalk5.maps.arcgis.com", in your apps main config.json. If you change that url to http instead then you might be good to go.

Re: Web AppBuilder - Deploy Web App Steps?

CheolyeongPark — Thu, 18 May 2017 22:16:25 GMT

Robert.

thanks for the reply I really appreciate it; however even though I changed the portalUrl in my config.json I still gets the same error. error still show as "https" not "http".

thank you.