How to change the URL "backendless.local" to my own custom domain

Boon_Tan · September 15, 2022, 7:02am

Hi, I installed Backendless Pro and activated the trial license. In addition, the web traffic is served with a load balancer and a custom domain is pointing to the load balancer.

When I previewed the app, it opened up a new tab with the URL “backendless.local:9000”, which failed to load. My question now is: how can I change the URL “backendless.local” to my own custom domain?

Load Balancer: AWS Application Load Balancer

Thanks

Backendless Version (Pro )

sergey.kuk · September 15, 2022, 10:24am

Hello @Boon_Tan

Thank you for trying out Backendless PRO.

You should have at least 2 domain:

dev.your-domain.com - for backendless console
api.your-domain.com - for the API

for API domain create rule on ELB to send traffic on port 9000
for dev domain create rule on ELB to send traffic on port 80

then you should go to consul and change domain configuration for the backendless service.

github.com

Backendless/BackendlessPro/blob/master/kubernetes-doc/first-configuration.md

# First Configuration

[API host configuration](#api_conf)<br>
[Backendless console host configuration](#console_conf)<br>
[Mysql connection configuration](#mysql_conf)<br>
[Redis connection configuration](#redis_conf)<br>
[Mongo connection configuration](#mongo_conf)<br>

### <a name="api_conf">API host configuration</a>

- go to `http://<consul-host>/ui/#/dc1/kv/config/server/publicHost/edit` provide yor public domain or IP that you will use for API, for example `api.my-domain.com` 
- if you use `https` for API then change `http://<consul-host>/ui/#/dc1/kv/config/server/publicProtocol/edit` value to `https`
- go to `http://<consul-host>/ui/#/dc1/kv/config/server/publicPort/edit` provide port that you will use for API, by default it is 80, if you use `https` protocol, then change the port to `443`

### <a name="console_conf">Backendless console host configuration</a>

Go to `http://<consul-host>/ui/#/dc1/kv/config/console/rootUrl/edit` and provide a full url to the backendless console. 
For example you would like to have `dev.my-domain.com` as a domain for the backendless console, then you have to put the following value: `https://dev.my-domain.com`. 
If you would like to use IP for example `10.0.3.16` and port `31900` then you should put the following value: `http://10.0.3.16:31900`

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Consul you can find on port 8500.

Boon_Tan · September 15, 2022, 12:00pm

Hi Sergey,

Whenever I enter the following URL in the browser,
http://backendless.mydomain.net/ui/#/dc1/kv/config/server/publicHost/edit

It always redirects me to the following URL
https://backendless.mydomain.net/app/custom/manage/settings/app-info

and nothing get changed

sergey.kuk · September 15, 2022, 12:16pm

@Boon_Tan

if you want to use ELB for consul you should create ELB rule and point it to port 8500

Boon_Tan · September 16, 2022, 6:54am

Thanks Sergey

It worked, but I also have to manually restart the services (With the script “./backendless_start.sh”)

Thanks