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Add Central Points

You can configure multiple Central Points in Nectari to appear on the login page and to be available for services like OLAP Manager and the Distribution Service. To do this, update both the web server’s Web.config file and the Scheduler API’s appsettings.json file.

Update the web server configuration​

  1. Open File Explorer depending on your installation and navigate to:
    • C:\Program Files\Nectari\Nectari Server\WebServer\Web.config
    • C:\Program Files\SEI\SEI Server\WebServer\Web.config.
  2. Locate the CentralPointDictionary tag. 
    <CentralPointDictionary>
        <add key="CentralPoint" value="\\CPpath\CentralPoint" />
    </CentralPointDictionary>
  3. Modify the key (display name) and value (UNC path) attributes for existing Central Points as needed.
  4. Add a new Central Point by copying an <add ... /> line, then editing the key and value attributes for the new entry.
  5. Save the Web.config file.

Update the Scheduler API configuration​

  1. Open the appsettings.json file in:
    • C:\Program Files\Nectari\Nectari Server\Scheduler\appsettings.json
    • C:\Program Files\SEI\SEI Server\Scheduler\appsettings.json
  2. Find the CentralPoints section, specifically the LocalList: 
    "CentralPoints": {
        "Provider": "Local",
        "ApiHostName": "",
        "LocalList": [
            {
                "Name": "CentralPoint",
                "Path": "\\\\CpPath\\CentralPoint",
                "WebAppUrl": "https://localhost:44381",
                "IsSageMode": false
            }
        ]
    }
  3. Edit these properties for each Central Point:
    • Name: Set to your Central Point’s display name.
    • Path: Set to the network UNC path for the Central Point (use double backslashes, e.g. \\\\CPpath\\CentralPoint).
    • WebAppUrl: Enter the URL to your web server (e.g., https://yourserver:44381).
    • IsSageMode: Set to false for the Nectari Server.
  4. Add another Central Point by copying one entire object ({ ... }) within LocalList, placing a comma between entries, and updating the details.
  5. Save the appsettings.json file.