The Login URL (ARCHIBUS Web Central)

In general, client workstations access the ARCHIBUS Web Central application by using a URL of the form: http://harp:8080/archibus. Within this example:

"http" is the protocol for the connection.
"Harp" is the name of the computer on which the application server is running.
"8080" is the port number or logical address on which the application server is listening. (Most Web server traffic goes to port 80 by default; if you configure Tomcat on port 80, you can use http://harp/archibus as the login.)

Users can type this URL in, add it to their favorites, or send it as a link in an email.

Using Other Formats for the URL

Other login syntaxes that will work are:

You can use the IP address the machine rather than the DNS name: http://10.1.20.1:8080/archibus
If the Web browser is on the same machine as the application server, you can refer to the machine as the "localhost": http://localhost:8080/archibus.
Alternately, if Web browser is on the same computer as the application server, you can refer to the computer by the default IP "loopback" address of 127.0.0.1: http://127.0.0.1:8080/archibus.
The login form is an ARCHIBUS view (.axvw) file. You can specify this file explicitly as part of the URL http://harp:8080/archibus/login.axvw. If "login.axvw" is not specified explicitly, the application finds it in the \webapps\archibus\index.htm file.
The ARCHIBUS Web Central application uses its search rules to find view (.axvw) files. You can also specify the full path name of a view file in the URL. The path to the login view, for instance, is http://harp:8080/archibus/schema/ab-system/system-administration/login.axvw.

Using DNS you can configure addresses like http://yourcompanyname.com as the server if you prefer. Also, if you use the default port "80" for your application server (or your separate Web server if you are using one), then you can omit the port designation ("8080").