Business Central On-premises Instance Settings

  • How do I set up SSL for general settings?
  • How do I configure the Web Client Base URL?
  • How do I set up OData settings?
  • How do I configure credentials for Business Central on-premises?
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Summary: This guide outlines how to configure instance settings for Business Central on-premises with COSMO Mobile Solution. It addresses SSL setup, client and OData configuration, and credential management (NavUserPassword, Windows, O365), providing instructions for secure and efficient server setup.

For information about configuring Business Central on-premises web server instances, see the configuration guide in the Microsoft Documentation.

The instance settings that are not mentioned in this topic are not relevant for COSMO Mobile Solution. The values can be configured freely regarding other services or custom preferences.

General Settings

  • For https communication, set the Certificate Thumbprint value to your SSL certificate thumbprint.
    • SSL certificates issued by a Certificate Provider can be used for production environments (not provided by COSMO CONSULT).
  • Ensure that the Disable Writes Inside Try Functions field is set to "false". 
    Set-NAVServerConfiguration $instanceName -KeyName DisableWriteInsideTryFunctions -KeyValue false

Client Settings

  • Use the following settings as default.
  • Set the Web Client Base URL based on the following: <https>://<your server name><[:443] >/<your instance>/Webclient/
  • Web Client Base URL example (using SSL): https://myservername:443/MyMobileSolutionInstance/Webclient/
  • Open port 443 in your firewall (Windows, Physical, Azure, etc.).

OData Settings

  • Set the Enable SSL option to "true".
  • Port: set your own OData port and enable it in your firewall (Windows, Physical, Azure, etc.).
  • Set the OData Base URL based on the following: <https>://<your server name>:<your Odata port number>/<your instance>/
  • OData Base URL example (using SSL): https://myservername:myODataPort/MyMobileSolutionInstance/

Credential Types

For configuring NavUserPassword, Windows or O365 credentials, see the credential configuration guide in the Microsoft Documentation.


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