Using Apps (Add-ins) With Other Site Types Through App Catalog

This section describes how to use apps with other site types through the App Catalog.

To use apps with other site types:

1. Using the Central Administration with a Farm Administrators account, clickApps from the left side of the pane, then under App Management, click Manage App Catalog.
2. Select the Create a new app catalog site radio button, and click Ok.
3. On the Create App Catalog page, enter a title for the App Catalog site and an optional description.
4. In the URL field, enter the URL to use for this site, for example:

   http://sharepointServer/sites/mycatalog

5. In the Primary Site Collection Administrator section, type the name of the user who will manage the catalog, and then click check names to validate it.
6. In the End Users section, type the names of the users or groups that you want to allow access to browse the catalog, and then click check names to validate them.
7. Select an optional quota if required, and then click Ok to create the catalog.

   Once the catalog is created, the Manage App Catalog page displays the App Catalog site URL.

8. Use your browser to go to the App Catalog website, and then click Apps for SharePoint on the left side of the page.
9. Click New.

   The Add a document dialog opens.

10. Click Choose files and navigate to the folder that has the app file and select it for upload.
11. Click Ok.
12. Use the Central Administration to create a non-developer site with Create Site Collections.
13. From another machine, go to the following new website:

    http://sharepointServer/sites/testSite

14. Pre-register the WebFOCUS App using:

    http://sharepointServer/sites/testSite/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx

15. In the Client ID field, enter the following:

    40f398ee-1f96-4e4e-96dd-9f7218a3b880

16. Next to Client Secret, click Generate.
17. Enter a title in the Title field.
18. In the App Domain field, enter a non-existent host, for example:

    www.webfocusdavid.com

19. In the Redirect URL field, enter:

    https://www.webfocusdavid.com/default.aspx

20. Click Create, and then click Ok.
21. From the gear menu at the top right of the pane, click Add an App to display the Your Apps page under Site Contents.
22. Click Information Builders WebFOCUS applets.
23. In the Do you trust WebFOCUS? dialog that appears, click the Trust it button.

    This will add the app to your site.

24. Create a page in the site.
25. From the Insert tab at the top of the page, select App Parts and you will see the WebFOCUS App Parts available for use.

    When you insert the first App Part, the frame will generate an error, which shows you the host that needs to be added to the Windows hosts file in order to access the Add-ins. You can specify the real IP address of the SharePoint server machines in the Windows hosts file.

26. Refresh your browser.

    The frame may show a 403 - Access Denied message, indicating that you must login to WebFOCUS in another browser tab.