Using FileMaker WebDirect
You can use
FileMaker WebDirect to quickly and easily publish layouts from your database. Anyone with compatible web browser software and access to the Internet or an intranet can connect to your FileMaker WebDirect solution to view, edit, sort, or search records, if you give them
access privileges.
For information on developing a FileMaker Pro database that works well with FileMaker WebDirect, see
FileMaker WebDirect Guide.
To host a website using FileMaker WebDirect:
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all
of the database files using FileMaker WebDirect must have the extended privilege Access via FileMaker WebDirect enabled.
2. In FileMaker Server Admin Console, use the Deployment assistant to enable support for FileMaker WebDirect, if you haven’t already.
Choose
Server menu >
Edit Deployment. In the Deployment assistant, confirm your settings and click Next until you reach the Enable Web Publishing Technologies step. See
Enabling technologies for data sharing and web publishing.
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all of the database files must be on the same computer.
6. If you’re using static HTML pages, images, or other externally referenced files with your FileMaker database, you need to move those files to the root folder of the
web server software. Make sure the relative path is preserved.
•Windows: [drive]:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\HTTPServer\conf
•macOS for HTTP URLs: /Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs
•macOS for HTTPS URLs: /Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/httpsRoot
7. Test that your database is being published with FileMaker WebDirect by entering the following URL in a web browser:
http://<host>/fmi/webd
where
<host> is the
IP address or the domain name of your FileMaker Server deployment. For a multiple-machine deployment, you can use the IP address or the domain name of the master machine or a worker machine. The web server will forward the URL to the FileMaker WebDirect Launch Center. (Use the IP address or domain name for a machine that the
Status pane’s Web Publishing Engine information shows as running. See
Web Publishing Engine information.)
Note If you use SSL for database connections, <host> must be the fully qualified domain name specified in the SSL certificate being used on the web server machine instead of the IP address.
8. (Optional) You can replace the default FileMaker WebDirect Launch Center that web users see when they log out of a session or when the session times out. See
FileMaker WebDirect Guide.
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