How to connect the desktop application to a custom backend

Introduction

This page explains how to connect the Wire desktop client to a custom Backend.

Prerequisites

Install Wire either from the App Store, or download it from our website at (https://wire.com/en/download/)

Have a running Wire backend in your infrastructure/cloud.

Note down the full URL of the webapp served by that backend (e.g. https://app.custom-wire.com )

Windows

• Create a shortcut to the Wire application

• Edit the shortcut ( Right click > Properties )

• Add the following command line parameters to the shortcut: –env {URL}, where {URL} is the URL of your webapp as noted down above

MacOS

To create the application

• Open Automator

• Click New application

• Add the “Run shell script” phase

• Type in the script panel the following command: open -b com.wearezeta.zclient.mac –args –env {URL}, where {URL} is the URL of your webapp as noted down above

• Save the application from Automator (e.g. on your desktop or in Application)

• To run the application: Just open the application you created in the first step

Linux

• Open a Terminal

• Start the application with the command line arguments: –env {URL}, where {URL} is the URL of your webapp as noted down above