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Start provider automatically

In this chapter you will learn how to start certain providers automatically regardless of the settings in the Appsbox application.

 

 

Setting up the automatic start of a provider

 

Open the configuration file "app.config" on directory level. (Default directory: "C:\Program Files\Cordaware\best_zero\data\configs\app.config")

 

Now add the autostart setting by making the following changes to your configuration:

 

Before:

 

 

[

  {best_socks, [

    %% Logger

    {logger, #{level => error}},

    %% Mode

    {mode, shared}, % or alone

    %% Users

    {users, all} % or registered

  ]}

].

After:

 

 

[

  {best_socks, [

    %% Logger

    {logger, #{level => error}},

    %% Mode

    {mode, shared}, % or alone

    %% Users

    {users, all}, % or registered

    %% System autostart

    {autostart, [

      {<<"<COID>">>, <<"<DOMAIN_USERNAME>">>, <<"<DESCRIPTION>">>}

    ]}

  ]}

].

 

 

Pay urgent attention to the additional comma after the previous setting "{users,all}", so that no syntactical error occurs within the configuration file!

You can also specify multiple entries within the autostart setting by separating them with a comma.

 

Replace the respective variables with the corresponding content:

 

Variable

Content

<COID>

The Company ID (CoID) of the provider.

<DOMAIN_USERNAME>

The username of the domain account whose email address was used to register with the provider.

 

 

Do not enter the e-mail address here.

<DESCRIPTION> (optional)

The exact description of the provider.

 

 

This specification is optional, if you do not specify a description, your provider will only be identified by the CoID and the user.

 

If you do specify a description, it must fully match the description in your provider list so that your provider can be correctly identified by CoID, user and description.

 

Based on this information, your provider is identified and automatically started when Appsbox is launched, giving you immediate access to your apps.

 

 

Please note, if your provider is secured with two-factor authentication, you cannot start it automatically!

 

 

Examples:

 

hmtoggle_arrow1Start provider with CoID automatically

 

You want to start your provider automatically with the CoID "Cordaware#1234".

 

You have registered with your e-mail address "j.doe@email.com".

This e-mail address is stored with the domain user "john.doe" in the connected domain.

 

Modify your configuration file "app.config" as follows:

 

 

[

  {best_socks, [

    %% Logger

    {logger, #{level => error}},

    %% Mode

    {mode, shared}, % or alone

    %% Users

    {users, all}, % or registered

    %% System autostart

    {autostart, [

      {<<"Cordaware#1234">>, <<"john.doe">>}

    ]}

  ]}

].

 

The next time you start Appsbox, your provider will be started automatically. It is completely irrelevant whether you have set the Autostart checkmark in the provider configuration or not.

 

 

hmtoggle_arrow1Automatically start provider with CoID and description

 

You want to start your provider automatically with the CoID "Cordaware#1234".

 

You have registered with your e-mail address "j.doe@email.com".

This e-mail address is stored with the domain user "john.doe" in the connected domain.

 

In addition, you have stored the description "Company resources" with this provider in your Appsbox.

 

Modify your "app.config" configuration file as follows:

 

 

[

  {best_socks, [

    %% Logger

    {logger, #{level => error}},

    %% Mode

    {mode, shared}, % or alone

    %% Users

    {users, all}, % or registered

    %% System autostart

    {autostart, [

      {<<"Cordaware#1234">>, <<"john.doe">>, <<"Company resources">>}

    ]}

  ]}

].

 

The next time you start Appsbox, your provider will be started automatically. It is completely irrelevant whether you have set the Autostart checkmark in the provider configuration or not.

 

 

hmtoggle_arrow1Start multiple providers automatically

 

You want to start your providers with the CoID "Cordaware#1234" and "MyCompany#2023" automatically.

 

You have registered with both providers with your e-mail address "j.doe@email.com".

This e-mail address is stored with the domain user "john.doe" in the connected domain of the first provider.

In the domain of the second provider, it is assigned to the domain user "jdoe".

 

Modify your "app.config" configuration file as follows:

 

 

[

  {best_socks, [

    %% Logger

    {logger, #{level => error}},

    %% Mode

    {mode, shared}, % or alone

    %% Users

    {users, all}, % or registered

    %% System autostart

    {autostart, [

      {<<"Cordaware#1234">>, <<"john.doe">>},

      {<<"MyCompany#2023">>, <<"jdoe">>}

    ]}

  ]}

].

 

The next time you start Appsbox, your providers will be started automatically. It is completely irrelevant whether you have set the Autostart checkmark in the provider configuration or not.