Downloading Manager Server
If you are using 64-bit Windows, download server edition from:
https://github.com/Manager-io/Manager/releases/latest/download/ManagerServer-win-x64.zip
If you are using 32-bit Windows, download server edition from:
https://github.com/Manager-io/Manager/releases/latest/download/ManagerServer-win-x86.zip
Unpacking Manager.zip
Unzip Manager.zip to desired folder.
Launching Manager Server
Double-click on ManagerServer or ManagerServer.exe to launch the server. When you launch the server, the last line should say:
HTTP server listening on port 8080
By default, Manager Server will listen on port 8080. Open your web-browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8080.
You should see login screen.
Default administrator password is empty so just click Login button without entering any password.
Access within local network
To access Manager Server from other computers within your local network, first find out IP address of the computer which is running Manager Server by running ipconfig command from command line.
Look for the line which says IPv4 Address which will reveal IP address of your computer on LAN.
Your local IP address will typically start with 10. or 192.168. . For example, if your IP address is 192.168.1.4 , other computers on your local network will be able to access your Manager Server by typing into their web-browser http://192.168.1.4:8080 . Take into consideration that by default, Windows Firewall will block inbound connections on port 8080 so you will need to create an exception so Windows Firewall will allow connection to your computer.
Manager Server as a service
In order for anyone being able to access your Manager Server, your computer must be turned on and Manager Server instance must be running. Manager Server won’t start by default when your computer restarts.
To solve this problem, you can use free nssm.cc in order to automatically launch Manager Server.
- First download NSSM and extract it to some folder
- Then install Manager Server as a service by entering the following command in your Terminal:
nssm.exe install ManagerServer C:\path\to\ManagerServer.exe
Then:
nssm.exe start ManagerServer
The first command will install the service and the second command will start Manager Server as a service. Now you can access Manager Server without launching ManagerServer.exe manually.
To remove Manager Server as a service, run following commands:
nssm.exe stop ManagerServer
Then:
nssm.exe remove ManagerServer
Internet access
To access your Manager Server from the Internet, you will need to configure your router so it properly routes connections from the Internet into your computer running Manager Server. This is called port forwarding.
Custom domain
Instead of typing IP address, your users can type domain name instead. This will involve setting up A record on your domain so the domain name (or subdomain) points to IP address of your Internet router.
Setting up HTTPS
If you are going to allow access from the Internet, it is highly recommended you secure Manager Server by HTTPS connection. This means your connection to your server will be encrypted. We recommend to use Caddy which will run on ports 80 and 443 and will automatically install SSL certificate for your custom domain.
You can download Caddy from
https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/download/v2.2.0/caddy_2.2.0_windows_amd64.zip
Unzip and launch Caddy with the following command:
caddy.exe reverse-proxy --from example.com --to 127.0.0.1:8080
This will instruct Caddy to act as a transparent proxy and pass all HTTPS requests to port 8080 where your Manager Server is running.