Overview

This package contains a simple REST server that implements the FDC3 App directory and is compatible with Glue42 Desktop. This basic implementation just logs the user for which Glue42 Desktop requests the data (either from the impersonated_user or user headers) and returns the same set of data for all requests.

Prerequisites

To run this REST server, you need to install npm and Node.js v10.0.0 (would probably run with a lower version as well).

Configuration

Running the Server

To start the REST server, run the following commands:

npm i           // to install the dependencies
npm run start   // to run the server

Port

By default, the server will listen on port 3000. The environment variable APPD_SERVER_PORT can be used to override this setting.

Application Configuration Files

The server comes with a list of apps. Their configurations are stored in the configurations folder and can be modified. Add your app configuration to the configurations folder. These files will be read and converted on each request.

Configuring Glue42 Desktop

If your Glue42 Desktop copy is not configured to retrieve its configuration from a remote source, you will need to edit the system.json file (located in the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Tick42\GlueDesktop\config directory).

1. Add rest-app-config-settings under configuration:

"gw": {        
        ...
        "configuration":               
        {
            ...
            "rest-app-config-settings": {
                "enabled": true,
                "application-settings": {
                    "applications-url": "http://localhost:3000/appd/v1/apps/search",
                    "client": "negotiate",
                    "impersonation-enabled": true
                },
                "acs-identity": {
                    "authentication": "desktop"
                }
            }
        }
    }

2. Add a new entry to the appStores top-level array:

{
    ...
    "appStores": [
        {
            "type": "cm",
            "details": {
                "url": "--placeholder--"
            }
        }
        ...
    ]
}