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Our box.ca managed links system provides managed access to your running apps. Your slot has a box.ca managed link by default, giving you app-specific WebUI links that include signed HTTPS access to all HTTP-only apps.

To view your box.ca subdomain name and all of your slot's managed links, click Manage Links next to your slot on your Manage page. Each slot will have a unique box.ca subdomain.

Accessing Apps

You will be able to access your apps with the WebUI links on your Manage page or the Manage Links page. The "Legacy" links are the original WebUI links for the apps - these are usually running on a custom HTTP-only port on your server.

Bring Your Own Domain

On your Manage Links page, you can choose to bring your own domain. This will allow you to use any domain name you own as your slot's managed links. Make sure you have full access to your domain's name server before beginning the process. Click Bring Your Own Domain on the Manage Links page and follow the instructions provided by the setup process. You will be required to set up your domain's name server with new CNAME entries.

Add your own apps

You can add any HTTP application as a managed link. Click "Add a custom app" on the Manage Links page to add your own custom app. You may use any name, but we recommend using the app's name. For example, you could install Lidarr and then add it as a custom app to get HTTPS access to Lidarr's HTTP-only web interface. In our example, the app name would be Lidarr, which creates the subdomain lidarr. The port will be the 5 digits listed at the end of the HTTP URL used to access the app.

Advanced options are available for power users. The advanced options allow you to add your app as a Unix domain socket on your slot instead of a port number. You may also enable WebSockets on the managed link - this is optional and only needed if your custom app will use WebSockets.