Qlik Web Connectors - How to allow IP adresses

[Francisco_Fernandez]

When using the Web Connectors, user gets the following error:

Error Code 1. You should white list your IP address (<IP address>) in Settings -> My Settings -> Allowed IP Addresses

Step by Step Instructions 

Editing deploy.config file

1. Open the connector folder
2. Search for the deploy.config file and open it with a text editor
3. Change the AllowRemoteAccess parameter to true "<AllowRemoteAccess>true </AllowRemoteAccess>"
4. Search for DefaultAllowedIpAddresses and set the Ip addresses that need access to the webconnector. "<DefaultAllowedIpAddresses>192.168.1.1</DefaultAllowedIpAddresses>"
5. Save and close the deploy.config file
6. Start the service or QlikWebConnectors.exe

UI Settings

1. Open the browser
2. go to http://localhost:5555/web
3. Settings :
4. Set the same IPs used in the "DefaultAllowedIpAddresses" parameter.
5. please make sure to use the same configuration if multiple users with admin privileges are enabled.

Notes: it's strongly suggested to enable SSL when AllowRemoteAccess is set to true. 

Environment

• Qlik Web Connectors - any version