Deploying to LAN - Desktop and Web Clients

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A Guide to Sharing Lianja Apps and Data between Desktop clients and Web/Mobile clients on a LAN.

Server Setup

Server Setup



  • Install the Lianja Cloud Server on the chosen server on your LAN.

- Here it is installed on the E: drive of an XP Virtual Machine.

  • Create a share point on your server to the drive on which you installed Lianja.

- Here E: is shared as L.


Deploying to the Server

Deploying from App Builder



  • In the Deploy workspace create a new deployment settings profile by clicking New and specifying a name.

- Here it is MyLAN_settings

  • Change the Directory to point to \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\ on the Server shared drive.

- Here S: has been mapped to L on the Server, so Directory is S:\lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\


Deployed to Server



  • Check the Server to see your deployed files.

- Remember to deploy your database and any additional Library script files as well as your Apps.


Files Deployed Location
Desktop Apps \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\apps
Desktop Library \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\library
Desktop Data \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\data
Web/Mobile Apps \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\apps
Web/Mobile Library \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\library
Web/Mobile Data \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\data

Notice that data is shared between Desktop and Web/Mobile clients.

Deploy index.html



  • For Web Clients, the index.html file must also be copied to the lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\apps\<appname>\ directory on the server.

- The index.html file is copied into your local \lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\apps\<appname>\ directory when you Deploy from the Web App View.

- This will be handled automatically in a future release.


Desktop Client

App Center Desktop Client: --runtimedir



To run your deployed Apps from the Desktop Client. Install the App Center on the Client (on C: in the example here), then configure as follows:

  • Map a drive on the client to the Lianja drive on the Server.

- Here Z: has been mapped to L (the Lianja drive) on the Server. For versions prior to 1.4.1, use the same letter as the server drive, e.g. map L: to L on the Server.

  • Then, specify the --runtimedir <drive> switch on the App Center shortcut command (or set up the environment variable LIANJA_RUNTIMEDIR - see below).

- Here the command becomes: C:\lianja\bin\lianjaruntime.exe --runtimedir Z:.

- For versions prior to 1.4.1, you should also specify the --networkshare switch. This is turned on automatically in v1.4.1 and later.


App Center Desktop Client: LIANJA_RUNTIMEDIR



  • As an alternative to using the --runtimedir switch above, the environment variable LIANJA_RUNTIMEDIR can be set to the mapped drive.

- Here LIANJA_RUNTIMEDIR has been set to Z: and no command switches are required.


Web Client

Web Client


To run Web or Mobile Apps, just point your browser at the IP address of the server.

  • If you are using the IIS extension or have port 80 enabled:

http://192.168.X.X/login.rsp

  • If you are running without port 80 enabled.

http://192.168.X.X:8001


See Also

Command Line Switches, Deploying to Local Directory, Lianja Server Manager on Windows, License Management on Windows

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