The Configuration Tool enables rapid setup and management of all your Mosart Web Applications. This section presents advanced, mostly one-off configurations and references for the Mosart system administrator.
On first run, you must perform the one-time setups for the Mosart Web Apps. The quickest route is the Quick setup wizard, which walks you through the essentials. Everything it sets, and much more, remains available from the navigation sidebar.
The sidebar has four configuration entries, then a Help & Resources section, and Quick setup pinned at the bottom:
Home: the app launcher, with one card per web app. See Home below.
App Configuration: per-application settings, on five tabs in this order: NRCS Plugin, Showmaker, Template Editor, Named Overlays Editor and Smart Panel.
Server Configuration: the proxy setup method, HTTPS and certificates, sign-in, the proxy web server address, the Mosart API access key, clip labelling, and the TriCaster, Media Sequencer and Viz Arc integrations.
Studios: defining production environments for a multi-studio site, each with its own Viz Mosart server and an optional backup.
Two further pages in this section go deeper into what Server Configuration exposes: HTTPS and Certificates, covering the proxy setup methods, the built-in certificate authority, custom certificates and their requirements; and Authentication, covering OpenID Connect sign-in and the user roles for the web apps.
Saving your changes
This applies to every page in this section. Save and Discard changes appear at the bottom of a page only while that page has unsaved edits. If you try to leave a page with unsaved edits, a Save changes dialog offers Save, Discard or Cancel, and the move happens only once you have chosen. The Smart Panel tab is the exception: leaving it raises no dialog, and its unsaved edits stay pending until you use Save or Discard changes, whether on that tab or on another page. Saving on a page that affects the proxy or the Web Apps server restarts those services, and the page reports progress while it does.
Home
Home is the app launcher. Each web app gets a card showing its logo and its name, and clicking the card launches the app.
An app that ships switched off shows an ENABLE button instead of launching. The Template Editor is the one that does, and its ENABLE button takes you straight to the Template Editor tab of App Configuration. That card also carries an early-access note.
Cards still waiting to be enabled are promoted towards the front of the list, so what needs attention is what you see first.
When more than one studio is defined, a studio strip appears at the top and the cards split into two groups, Apps for "<studio>" and Cross-studio. A single-studio installation keeps one flat list.
Quick setup
On first run the Configuration Tool opens a guided Web Apps quick setup wizard that collects the minimum needed to get the Web Apps talking to Viz Mosart. It detects the machine it is running on and pre-fills what it can.
It opens on a welcome screen offering Get started and Skip setup. The steps are:
Access (How will people reach the web apps?): the Web server address and the Browser port. This is also where you choose between Plain HTTP and Secure with HTTPS.
Security (Certificates and sign-in): shown only when you chose Secure with HTTPS on the Access step. Offers Automatic (built-in CA) or Custom certificate, and, with a custom certificate, a Require sign-in (OpenID Connect) toggle with Issuer URL, Client ID, Secret and Scopes (optional).
Mosart server (Connect your Mosart server): a Studio name, the Mosart server address, an optional backup server address, and the API access key.
Review & activate: the screen is headed Ready to go live and reviews everything you entered, with Activate to apply it.
A rail on the left tracks your progress. You can jump back to any step you have already reached, but you cannot skip ahead, because each step is validated as you continue.
A System overview panel on the right builds up as you make each choice, showing the chain from users, through the Web Apps server, to the Mosart server.
After Activate, the final screen reports whether the apps are reachable at the address it names. Go to Home takes you into the tool and Run setup again restarts the wizard. If you chose Automatic (built-in CA), that screen also reminds you that browsers keep warning until the root certificate is trusted on client machines, and offers Open folder to get at it.
Info: You do not have to complete the wizard on first run. If you leave it, it is not forced open again the next time you start the tool, and you can re-enter it at any time from Quick setup at the bottom of the navigation sidebar.
Help & Resources
A Help & Resources section at the bottom of the navigation sidebar gathers documentation and tools:
Item | What it opens |
|---|---|
User Guide | This documentation, on a page inside the Configuration Tool, served at |
Release Notes | The Mosart Web Apps release notes for this version, at |
API Docs | The Mosart REST API documentation (Swagger), at |
Stream Deck Plugin | A folder window with the bundled plugin file |
Mosart Server settings | The settings editor served by the Mosart server itself, so you can reach Manus Administrator settings without leaving the Configuration Tool. It opens the installation's main Viz Mosart server at that server's own address, not through the web proxy. |
Why the API documentation works through the proxy. The proxy tells the Viz Mosart server which prefix it sits behind (/mosart, or /mosart/<studio> for a studio), so the Swagger page's own try it calls go back through the Web Apps address instead of straight at the Mosart server. That is what makes the API documentation usable from a browser that can only reach the Web Apps host. /docs and /releasenotes are served by the Mosart Web Apps server itself and are reachable without signing in.
Info: The tool probes the main Viz Mosart server continuously, and the Mosart Server settings row dims for two distinct reasons, each explained on hover:
The settings editor is not enabled on that server. Enable Enable Manus settings editor in its Remote Control Service settings, then restart the service.
The Viz Mosart Remote Control Service is not reachable at all. Start it.
Info: With OIDC authentication enabled on the Mosart server, Mosart Server settings cannot be used from a browser. Edit the settings on the Mosart server itself instead: in Manus Administrator, type settings in the console, or in AV Automation use Devices > Settings. That is also how you edit a backup server, or any other Mosart server.
Troubleshooting
See section Troubleshooting.