Set up Hololight Hub web server

Objectives

  • Be able to take a step in successfully installing Hololight Hub.

Prerequisites

  • Computer, physical or virtualized, for hosting Hololight Hub.

  • Hololight Hub setup wizard.

  • Hololight Hub license file.

  • Your own fully-qualified domain name, along with a domain certificate and corresponding private key

Set up web server

When setting up the web server, be aware there are some pieces of information that you need to save for future use that you will either not be able to retrieve later, or at least, not easily retrieve later:

  • Configure additional settings token secret

  • Application API key

To set up the web server:

  1. Enter a fully qualified domain name and a web service port, then select Next.

    Field Description

    Fully-qualified domain name

    Domain that you will host Hololight Hub at.

    Web service port

    The port for the domain.

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  2. Fill out the following fields and select Next.

    Field Description

    Metadata file path

    Where metadata for Hololight Hub is stored.

    Token secret

    Save this token secret. It will be used in a future step.

    Root tenant name

    When you set up Hololight Hub, this is the name of the initial tenant the setup process will create.

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  3. You received a license file from Hololight. This computer, the computer you are installing Hololight Hub on, should have this file saved somewhere on it. Select Browse to choose the location of the license file and then select Next. hololight hub hub setup hub license file

  4. Enter to the locations for the domain certificate and that certificate’s private key, or select Browse to choose the file using File Explorer.

    Field Description

    Domain certificate

    Certificate for your fully qualified domain.

    Certificate’s private key

    Private key that goes with your certificate.

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  5. Save the application API key. If you don’t like the key that is shown, you can select Generate new key to create a new key. When you have saved the key, select Next.
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After web server setup

After setting up the web server it is time to continue to setting up the Hololight Hub database. Remember that you will need the token secret and application API key later.