I added a customHosting=true, still asking for creating a project

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I added a customHosting=true, still asking for creating a project

https://app.forestadmin.com/projects/create/setup/1?customHosting=true

Also, the back button is disabled. I want to setup my existing project in my development environment using node.js but I am unable to do. Please help me to setup it

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Hello @alfaizm,

You can access all your projects following this link https://app.forestadmin.com/projects
You’re currently simply on a new project creation, the query parameter you have added is indeed the correct one to enable hosting choice, which will be prompted on the next step.

After you’ve confirmed this on your already existing project, could you please share its name so I can ensure that it isn’t wrongly flagged as Cloud setup.

Best regards,

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HI @dogan

My project name is Shades of Spring Cloud and this is my project id 126470. Now I want to implement a custom user dashboard in the node.js application but I am unable to do so. I tried to setup the project as per given steps on this link. Its asking for the AUTH & ENV secret.

FOREST_AUTH_SECRET=
FOREST_ENV_SECRET=
NODE_ENV=development

Please let me know. If these steps are correct and if not then guide me to setup the project on my local

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From what I can see, this is a long lived Cloud project. I’m guessing you’re not trying to create a new self-hosted project, but an environment on which you can develop and test locally before pushing it to your production environment which is hosted by us.

If that is indeed the case, you can find all the steps to do so inside of the Forest Admin UI on the lower left side of the screen:

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Hi @dogan

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Please check the screenshot. This is my GitHub repository where I have added all the custom fields in the code.
Now, I want to create a new project in Forest Admin and connect it to this GitHub repository.
Previously, I had a Forest Admin project named Shades of Spring, which was connected to this GitHub code, but it is no longer working.
I would now like to create a new Forest Admin project and link it with the same GitHub repository.

Could you please guide me through the steps to do this?

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Here is a step by step to achieve what you want:

  • create a new project (name it)
  • edit the url to add ?customHosting=true you will then be able to choose the hosting choice
  • Custom Hosting setup > Inside my own app > Node.js > Express > Mongoose
  • Specify the url on which your agent is running
  • Skip the following steps until the modal provides you with the environment variables, use them to replace the variables inside of your .env of your existing repository.
  • Restart your agent with the updated variables, and click on Next step in the UI