Hosting a Web Application on the NI Application Web Server

To make your web application available to other users, host your build output on a web server that is accessible to other users.

Before you begin, you must complete the following tasks.
  • Install a version of LabVIEW from 2013 or later.
  • Build your web application.
To host your web application on the Application Web Server, choose from the following options.
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Host your web application on the Application Web Server through LabVIEW Web Services.
  1. In your LabVIEW Web Service, create a public content folder. For more information, refer to Integrating Static Content into a Web Service.
  2. Copy your entire web application output directory into the public content folder you created.
  3. Publish your LabVIEW Web Service.
Note Download the latest LabVIEW Help for the most up-to-date content.
Manually host your web application files on the Application Web Server.
  1. Navigate to the Application web server document root.

    Example if the 32-bit Application Web Server is enabled: C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\NI WebServer\www

    Example if hosting on a CompactRIO:/var/local/natinst/www

  2. Copy your entire web application output directory into the Application web server document root.

    To navigate to your web application output on your machine, open your web application component and on the Document tab click the path shown under Build Information » Output directory.

  3. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/WebApp_Web%20Server/Main.html, where Main.html is the file name of the top-level WebVI in your web application.
    Note You can update the port in the URL, if necessary, to match the Application Web Server HTTP port.