Connecting to the Navigator

The iCR for Java service is accessible using any industry standard browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge. To begin working with iCR, you need to access your server via the browser. It is reached using your server’s IP address. In our examples we are using 3.237.77.219 as the public IP address. ICR uses port 3001 to reach the Navigator which is the application that will help you to manage your interactions with iCR for Java.

Access the Navigator by entering your Server IP address followed by port 3001 into your browser. Using our IP address as an example, this is the URL to enter: https://3.237.77.219:3001

Entering this URL will attempt to connect your browser to the iCR server. Note that we are using the secure form of HTTP and so there needs to be a certificate for iCR in order to complete the secure connection. iCR uses a self-signed certificate to make it simpler to manage this. However, many browsers may not redirect you immediately to your iCR server. Rather they may prompt you that this URL may be at risk because of the self-signed certificate. Assuming that you trust iCR, simply use the advanced (or equivalent) feature of the browser to manually permit access. This video shows an example of how that looks using the Chrome browser:

NOTE: You should only need to use this security bypass after the iCR server is started. After that, your browser will remember that this URL is safe. However, should you stop and restart your iCR server, you will need to repeat this step.

Once this permission is granted, it will take you to the welcome screen for iCR for Java:

You are presented with a window that prompts the user to enter a passphrase. Since the IP address to your Server is public, it is possible to have uninvited “guests” attempt to access your service. To protect the service from unwanted access, you must enter the secret passphrase before you can access the service. The initial, default passphrase is set to icrforjava.

NOTE: You can reset the default passphrase to a different string if you wish using the command icrforjava -p <default-passphrase>

So, type in the default passphrase: icrforjava

to enter iCR for Java.