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Configure Client Website

This page describes various configuration options for react website.

if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
  window.env = {
    REACT_APP_ENVIRONMENT: "prod | dev | local | test",
    REACT_APP_URL: "URL for the gateway",
    REACT_APP_URL_BASENAME: "Base URL for the client website"(optional, can be null),
    REACT_APP_URL_DTLINK: "Endpoint for the Digital Twin",
    REACT_APP_URL_LIBLINK: "Endpoint for the Library Assets",
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VNCDESKTOP: "Endpoint for the VNC Desktop link",
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VSCODE: "Endpoint for the VS Code link",
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERLAB: "Endpoint for the Jupyter Lab link",
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERNOTEBOOK:
      "Endpoint for the Jupyter Notebook link",
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_DT_PREVIEW: "Endpoint for the Digital Twins page preview",
    REACT_APP_CLIENT_ID: 'AppID genereated by the gitlab OAuth provider',
    REACT_APP_AUTH_AUTHORITY: 'URL of the private gitlab instance',
    REACT_APP_REDIRECT_URI: 'URL of the homepage for the logged in users of the website',
    REACT_APP_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI: 'URL of the homepage for the anonymous users of the website',
    REACT_APP_GITLAB_SCOPES: 'OAuth scopes. These should match with the scopes set in gitlab OAuth provider',
  };
};

// Example values with no base URL. Trailing and ending slashes are optional.
if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
  window.env = {
    REACT_APP_ENVIRONMENT: 'prod',
    REACT_APP_URL: 'https://foo.com/',
    REACT_APP_URL_BASENAME: '',
    REACT_APP_URL_DTLINK: '/lab',
    REACT_APP_URL_LIBLINK: '',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VNCDESKTOP: '/tools/vnc/?password=vncpassword',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VSCODE: '/tools/vscode/',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERLAB: '/lab',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERNOTEBOOK: '',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_DT_PREVIEW: '/preview/digitaltwins',
    REACT_APP_CLIENT_ID: '1be55736756190b3ace4c2c4fb19bde386d1dcc748d20b47ea8cfb5935b8446c',
    REACT_APP_AUTH_AUTHORITY: 'https://gitlab.foo.com/',
    REACT_APP_REDIRECT_URI: 'https://foo.com/Library',
    REACT_APP_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI: 'https://foo.com/',
    REACT_APP_GITLAB_SCOPES: 'openid profile read_user read_repository api',
  };
};


// Example values with "bar" as basename URL.
//Trailing and ending slashes are optional.
if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
  window.env = {
    REACT_APP_ENVIRONMENT: "dev",
    REACT_APP_URL: 'http://localhost:4000/',
    REACT_APP_URL_BASENAME: 'bar',
    REACT_APP_URL_DTLINK: '/lab',
    REACT_APP_URL_LIBLINK: '',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VNCDESKTOP: '/tools/vnc/?password=vncpassword',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_VSCODE: '/tools/vscode/',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERLAB: '/lab',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_JUPYTERNOTEBOOK: '',
    REACT_APP_WORKBENCHLINK_DT_PREVIEW: '/preview/digitaltwins',
    REACT_APP_CLIENT_ID: '1be55736756190b3ace4c2c4fb19bde386d1dcc748d20b47ea8cfb5935b8446c',
    REACT_APP_AUTH_AUTHORITY: 'https://gitlab.foo.com/',
    REACT_APP_REDIRECT_URI: 'http://localhost:4000/bar/Library',
    REACT_APP_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI: 'http://localhost:4000/bar',
    REACT_APP_GITLAB_SCOPES: 'openid profile read_user read_repository api',
  };
};

Multiple DTaaS applications

Warning

This is not a regular installation scenario and is only recommended for experts. This installation setup requires significant modifications to the docker compose files.

The DTaaS is a regular web application. It is possible to host multiple DTaaS applications on the same server. The only requirement is to have a distinct URLs. You can have three DTaaS applications running at the following URLs.

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https://foo.com/au
https://foo.com/acme
https://foo.com/bar

All of these instances can use the same gitlab instance for authorization.

DTaaS application URL Gitlab Instance URL Callback URL Logout URL Application ID
https://foo.com/au https://foo.gitlab.com https://foo.com/au/Library https://foo.com/au autogenerated by gitlab
https://foo.com/acme https://foo.gitlab.com https://foo.com/au/Library https://foo.com/au autogenerated by gitlab
https://foo.com/bar https://foo.gitlab.com https://foo.com/au/Library https://foo.com/au autogenerated by gitlab

If you are hosting multiple DTaaS instances on the same server, do not install DTaaS with a null basename on the same server. Even though it works well, the setup is confusing to setup and may lead to maintenance issues.

If you choose to host your DTaaS application with a basename (say bar), then the URLs in env.js change to:

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DTaaS application URL: https://foo.com/bar
Gitlab instance URL: https://gitlab.foo.com
Callback URL: https://foo.com/bar/Library
Logout URL: https://foo.com/bar