API Server

Topics:

Overview

A new component appears during the base installation of Civic Platform: Api Server. This provides access to the search features in Accela GIS.



Configuration

Civic Platform base installer:

  1. On the screen to select components, select Api Server, then click Next.
  2. Enter the parameter value settings for the API server.

  3. Click Next.

File configuration for on-premise customers:

  1. Go to the installation directory and open av.web\conf\av\ServerConfig.properties (example: C:\agency\av.web\conf\av\ServerConfig.properties).
  2. Add this code: av.api.keystone.url={API SERVER URL}:7443 (example: av.api.keystone.url=https://av.accela.com:7443).
  3. In the installation directory, open av.api/conf/av/application.yml.
  4. Configure these settings: 
    app:
    biz:
        baseUrl: [BIZ SERVER URL]/apis/v4 (ex: https://10.0.0.1:3443)
    
    #comma separated
    allowedCrossDomain: [WEB URL] (ex: https://av.accela.com)
                    
server:
    port: 7443
    ssl:
        key-alias: {name of key} 
        key-password: {key password}
        key-store: file:../conf/certs/{path for the source}.jks
        key-store-type: JKS
                    
security:
    require-ssl: true
                    
# Import log config path
logging:
    config:
    classpath: log4j2.yml

    Example key alias: myserverkey1

    Example key password: changethispassword

    Example path for the source: keystone.dev.accela.com.jks