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Launching your first Zango App

After you have setup a zango project, its time to launch a new app on Zango. To launch an app:

  • Login to Zango platform
  • Click on "launch new app" button
  • Add app name and app description
  • Click on "launch app" button

Todo app launch

App Domain configuration

Since zango has the ability to create multiple projects under one single zango project, it uses domains to identify which project should the request be redirected to. Hence, we will assign a domain, say todoapp.zango.com(you can add any domain) to our app from the app panel. Todo app domain

Now, If we try to find todoapp.zango.com, it simply won't work. The reason is that domain does not know which machine to redirect the requests to. To make it work we'll have to map the domain todoapp.zango.com to localhost in the /etc/hosts file. Lets see how to do that for different operating systems:

  • Open a new terminal window
  • Run the below command to open `/etc/hosts` file on macOS or Linux:
    • sudo nano /etc/hosts
  • A file will open in the terminal, paste the below line in that file:
    • 0.0.0.0           todoapp.zango.com
  • Save and exit the editor

    • Congratulations! you have successfully configured the domain for your Zango app. The app will be accessile on the address http://domain:port.