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| - | ==== setting up a client ==== | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| - | + | A client is a group of configuration settings, grouped by a specified name. The name of the client is an identifier that has to be provided mandatory in the URL of the login page. | |
| - | ==== introduction ==== | + | Each client has got it's own connection-, formatting-, system-default, ... file, image folder, script folder, etc. There can be multiple clients defined inside one niota installation. A client can be addressed by the ''?client='' parameter in the URL of the login page. |
| - | A client is a group of configuration settings by a specified name. The name of the client is an identifier that has to be provided mandatary in the URL of the login page. | + | |
| - | Each client has got its own connection-, formatting-, system-default, ... file, image folder, script folder, etc. There can be multiple clients defined inside one niota installation. A client can be addressed by the ''?client='' parameter in the URL of the login page. | + | |
| <code html url.html> | <code html url.html> | ||
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| - | All client specific data are located in folder ''conf'' below your niota root folder. At the very beginning you may download a sample ''conf'' folder from niota download page and adapt given samples to your needs. | + | ==== setting up a client ==== |
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| + | All client specific data are located in folder ''conf'' below your niota root folder. At the very beginning you may download a sample ''conf'' folder from [[niota_links|niota download page]] and adapt given samples to your needs. | ||
| ** Please take care not to update your ''conf'' folder with sample data after go live! An update package or a product fix should not update your ''conf'' folder ** | ** Please take care not to update your ''conf'' folder with sample data after go live! An update package or a product fix should not update your ''conf'' folder ** | ||
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| - | You can address your configured clients by explicitly adding the ''?client=<myclientdi>'' parameter at the end of the login URL. | + | You can address your configured clients by explicitly adding the ''?client=<myclientid>'' parameter at the end of the login URL. |
| <code html url.html> | <code html url.html> | ||
| http://localhost/niota/app/login.php?client=ABC | http://localhost/niota/app/login.php?client=ABC | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| === folder structure === | === folder structure === | ||
| Client-folders are placed inside ''niota/conf'' folder. Each client has a home or root folder and must have a specified set of config files in a given structure below the root folder. | Client-folders are placed inside ''niota/conf'' folder. Each client has a home or root folder and must have a specified set of config files in a given structure below the root folder. | ||
| - | One client is bound to exactly one configuration folder in file '**client.ini**' | + | One client is bound to exactly one configuration folder in file **''client.ini''** |
| {{:niota-docs:client_folder_structure.png?nolink&600|}} | {{:niota-docs:client_folder_structure.png?nolink&600|}} | ||
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| ==== create a client ==== | ==== create a client ==== | ||
| - | Make a copy of folder 'client_sample' and rename it to your desired name. In case there is no ''client.ini'' file in your ''conf'' folder, make a copy of file 'client.sample.ini' and rename it exactly '**client.ini**'. In file client.ini copy the the following section and adapt it to your needs | + | Make a copy of folder ''client_sample'' and rename it to your desired name. In case there is no ''client.ini'' file in your ''conf'' folder, make a copy of file ''client.sample.ini'' and rename it exactly **''client.ini''**. In file client.ini copy the the following section and adapt it to your needs |
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| [SAMPLE] | [SAMPLE] | ||
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