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Hi
I am using Standalone mode and accessing the viewer on localhost. However, I am not sure if I can access it on a server.
Currently, I use: http://localhost:8080/essential_viewer.
I want to use: http://[server_name]:8080/essential_viewer.

Is this possible?

Thanks for your support.

Yes this very possible and a popular thing to do.

If you're hosting Viewer on a server, you'll need to make sure either a) the port for Viewer running on Tomcat is open (typically 8080) or b) you have some form of proxy (such as Nginx) to route any requests to Tomcat.

Finally, when you come to Publish, you will need to update the URL on the publish tab in Protege to point to your server.

Given that Essential Open Source does not have a security layer, we would advise against hosting this on the public web. If you need that, you might want to consider the commercial versions: Essential Cloud or Essential Docker.

Cheers

Neil