Authorization on server Creation

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#1

Hi there, new to parse.

Running on Windows 10, MongoDB 5.0.9, parse-server 5.2.1.

For the past couple of days I have tried on installing locally a parse server and dashboard instance. Installing the server presented little issue, but when I start it up (after running mongo in another terminal) I am met with a white screen that displays a “error: unauthorized” message.

I understand that this means that, while my server is up and running, I don’t have the credentials to access it. My console in the web browser confirms this with a 403 error.

How do I change these credentials so I can continue with the dashboard installation?

#2

Hi @Broggy-Git,

Normally, if you see that error message, it’s because you’re not setting the App ID. As an example, if you try to connect to my Parse Server using REST, without setting the X-Parse-Application-Id header, you’ll get the 403…even if your server is totally open/unrestricted.

Here are examples of my config for the server and dashboard - hope it helps:

...

const parseApi = new ParseServer({
  appName: config.parse.appName,
  databaseURI: config.parse.dbUri,
  serverURL: `${config.parse.serverUrl}/parse`,
  publicServerURL: `${config.parse.serverUrl}/parse`,
  masterKey: config.parse.masterKey,
  appId: config.parse.appId,
  cloud: `${__dirname}/${config.parse.cloudFunctions}`,
  fileKey: config.parse.fileKey || undefined,
  allowClientClassCreation: false,
  preventLoginWithUnverifiedEmail: false,
  verifyUserEmails: false,
  emailVerifyTokenValidityDuration: 2 * 60 * 60,
  emailAdapter: { ... }
})

const parseDashboard = new ParseDashboard(
  {
    apps: [
      {
        serverURL: `${config.parse.serverUrl}/parse`,
        masterKey: config.parse.masterKey,
        appId: config.parse.appId,
        appName: config.parse.appId
      }
    ],
    users: [
      {
        user: config.parse.adminUser,
        pass: config.parse.adminPassword
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    allowInsecureHTTP: false
  }
)
...