QlikSense - Custom Form Login Screen

Extension of: 
Custom login, logout and error forms for Qlik Sense by RPK
https://developer.qlik.com/garden/5ada5a8f0c313f5c539dc7fd


QlikSense - Custom Login Screen

Install Node on QlikSense Server:

URL: https://nodejs.org/en/

Saved at: C:\server-tools\Downloads\Node

Installed at: C:\server-tools\Runtime\nodejs\

Keep default options

Create Folder:

C:\QlikForm

Clone git Repository and keep updates private:

# Open Shell/Bash/Command Prompt

cd /QlikForm

# Ref: https://medium.com/@bilalbayasut/github-how-to-make-a-fork-of-public-repository-private-6ee8cacaf9d3

git clone --bare https://github.com/kreta99/QS-Custom-Forms.git

cd QS-Custom-Forms.git

git push --mirror https://github.com/<name>/QS-Custom-Forms.git

cd .. (go to parent folder)

# remove other users repo clone

rm -rf QS-Custom-Forms.git

# clone witinc private repo

git clone https://github.com/<name>/QS-Custom-Forms.git

Get latest copy of login pages:

# Open Shell/Bash/Command Prompt

cd /QlikForm/QS-Custom-Forms

# run node command

node extract_orig_forms

Rename Files:

error_automodified.html => error_<name>.html

login_automodified.html => login_<name>.html

logout_automodified.html => logout_<name>.html

Update HTML:

Open in Windows Explorer “C:\Qlik\QS-Custom-Forms” folder

Use text or html editor to update html pages

Quickest test is to add "Dev or Company Name" before Qlik logo under files previously renamed with *<name>.html

Note: CSS, JavaScript, and Images has to be part of html file and not referenced as external file. Convert images to base64 code.

Apply custom forms:

# Open Shell/Bash/Command Prompt

cd /QlikForm/QS-Custom-Forms

# install npm packages

npm install

# run node command

node custom_forms

Important: Use of custom forms under QMC - Virtual Proxies:

• Open Start Menu
• Go to Virtual proxies
• Select Central Proxy (Default) (If you have different virtual proxy then select that)
• Click Edit button
• Under Authentication section
• Update value of Windows authentication pattern from "Windows" to "Form"
• Click Apply
• Services will be restarted
• Open Qlik Management Console link to test the logins

Restore original forms:

Open Shell/Bash/Command Prompt

cd /QlikForm/QS-Custom-Forms

# run node command

node restore_org