To Set up Admin Tools App-Server without using Application Request Routing (ARR)

This dedicated article is a quick guide to setting up Admin Tools when security policies or protocols prevent setup via Application Request Routing (ARR).

Install Admin Tools app-server on the proxy or same server
In app-server directory, set up the Admin Tools service as HTTPS, running the command:
```
index pfx <insert passphrase here>
```
, then add the pfx file to the following Admin Tools directory: app-server/config/nodeconfig.json
Open up the firewall port for the Admin Tools server (default port: 9181)

On the original Admin Tools server, add the proxy server's URL:port to a customAPIEndpointproperty in your clientConfig.json

In public/clientconfig.json, located on line 17...

{
  "portals": [
    {
      "url": "https://your.oauth.org.domain/webadaptor",
      "appId": "YourAppIDHere",
      "authentication": "OAuth2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://your.IWA.org.domain/webadaptor",
      "appId": "",
      "authentication": "IWA"
    }
  ],
  "debugMode": false,
  "customAPIEndpoint": "<INSERT YOUR URL:PORTNUMBER>"
}

Delete web.config from Admin Tools directory.