Connecting a Backend

This section of the Application Builder tutorial describes how to add a backend.

1. In a web browser, navigate to the Application Builder administration tool: http://localhost:8080/AppBuilder/admin
2. Log into the Application Builder administration tool with the following credentials:
   • User Name: data-explorer-admin
   • Password: TH1nk1710

   The Application Builder administration (admin) tool welcome page displays.

   Note: The primary navigation element in the Application Builder administration tool is the top navigation bar. Here you can access the main components of Application Builder by clicking the buttons on this menu. The View App link in the upper right corner takes you to the home page of your application. Once you are in the home page of your application, you can go back to the Application Builder administration tool by clicking your user name link, in this case data-explorer-admin, and then selecting Manage Application.
3. In the Application Builder administration tool, click Get started and then Add a backend.
4. In the URL field you need to configure the URL which Application Builder can use to access Watson Explorer Engine. Enter the following URL:

   http://localhost:9080/vivisimo/cgi-bin/velocity.exe

   Note: If you are using a Linux system, omit the .exe suffix.
   Note: This URL is valid if you have installed Watson Explorer as described in the tutorial requirements. The hostname and port might be different if you have installed the product in some other way.
5. Enter data-explorer-admin into the user name field, and TH1nk1710 into the password field and click Create backend.
   Note: You can have multiple Watson Explorer Engine instances defined. To do so, follow the above process for each instance of Watson Explorer Engine you want to add.