Customize application server settings and notifications

 

Navicat On Prem Server is the perfect on premises cloud solution designed for organizations that want complete control over their data. By having complete control over the system, you can ensure 100% data privacy while still enjoying the convenience and functionality of cloud based solutions. Navicat On Prem Server also provides comprehensive management tools for MySQL and MariaDB, allowing you to efficiently manage, monitor, and maintain your database instances.


Last week's blog post introduced the first step in configuring Navicat On Prem Server using MySQL 8 Community Server instance on Windows 10. Today, we will introduce the application server, notification settings, and confirmation steps to complete the configuration process.


Customize Application Server Settings


As described in Part 1, after installing Navicat On Prem Server and launching it for the first time, a browser will pop up and open the welcome page of Navicat On Prem Server http://:. The host address is the system host name where Navicat On Prem Server is installed, and the default port number is 3030. Therefore, the server URL is usually“ http://127.0.0.1:3030/ .


At this point, we can specify our own application port, web URL, and binding IP address. If the machine has been assigned multiple IP addresses, you may need to specify a bound IP address for users to access Navicat On Prem Server. The address' 0.0.0.0 'represents all IPv4 addresses on the machine, while':: 'represents all IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on the machine.


In this tutorial, we will use the default settings.



Click 'Next' to continue.


Set notifications


Whenever an event occurs during use, such as two factor authentication, security activity, new device login, project invitation, or system issue, Navicat On Prem Server will send notifications via SMS and/or email.


The supported SMS service providers include Clickatell, Twilio, or others.



Email settings include SMTP server, port, login details, send address, and other options:



Click 'Next' to continue.


confirm


Before the final configuration process is completed, you can view all information through the confirmation screen.



Here, you can click the "Return" button to change certain details, or click the "Finish" button to continue. Please note that the initial configuration process may take a few minutes to set up the repository database.


After successful configuration, a login page will be displayed where you can log in to Navicat On Prem Server using an administrator user account.


conclusion


This series consists of two parts that guide us on how to configure Navicat On Prem Server using MySQL 8 Community Server instance on Windows 10.