This article will explain how to set up the App Catalog on your SharePoint 2019 Environment so you can add ShortPoint SPFx to it after. App Catalog environment will enable you to install ShortPoint App and all other apps in your SharePoint server.
Before we begin
- This article is for SharePoint 2019 On-Premise
- Please ensure you are part of the Farm Administrators group
- Please ensure that you have the English language pack installed (you don't need to have a site created with this language pack, it just needs to be installed for ShortPoint to work correctly).
Step 1: Configure the Subscription Settings and App Management service applications
Make sure you have configured the Subscription Settings and App Management service applications
Step 2: Go to Central Administration
Open the SharePoint 2019 Central Administration
From your SharePoint Server 2019 farm, open SharePoint 2019 Central Administration
Step 3: Go to Manage App Catalog
Navigate to Manage App Catalog page
From your Central Administration, Click on Apps -> Manage App Catalog
Step 4: Click on Create a new app catalog site
Select Create a new app catalog site and click on OK
Step 5: Create app catalog site
Select the Web Application and provide other details to create App Catalog
Title: The title of the app catalog site collection (For example "App Catalog")
Description: The description of the site (For example "App Storage for SharePoint and Office 365 Apps")
URL: The Url of the site you would want to keep (For example "apps")
Primary Site Collection Administrator: type the user who will manage the catalog, only one user is allowed and security groups are not allowed
Click Create!
Step 6: Verification
Navigate to Manage App Catalog page
From your Central Administration, Click on Apps -> Manage App Catalog
you can now see your App Catalog site details in Manage App Catalog page
Note: If you want to use ShortPoint in multiple Web Applications, repeat the steps above for each Web Application.