Changing author to public instance

Author and the public instances run the same Magnolia web application, they are just configured differently. Here are the settings you need to change an author to a public.

Magnolia 3.5 and later

Author to public

1. Set /server/admin to false.
2. Grant permissions to the anonymous role:
   
   • In the website workspace, grant read-only access to all website content.
   • In URL space, grant Get & Post permission to URL / but deny access to .magnolia, .magnolia/ and any protected (members only) areas of your site.
3. Set /modules/adminInterface/virtualURIMapping/default/toURI to your start page. The system does not know which page, or which site in a multisite configuration, visitors should be directed to by default. Set toURI to the site root page or a page you want visitors to land on. For example, in the demo-project toURI is set to redirect:/demo-project.html. See URI mapping for help.

Public to author

1. Set /server/admin to true.
2. Deny permissions to the anonymous role:
   
   • In the website workspace, deny access to all website content.
   • In URL space, deny access to URLs / and .magnolia/.
3. Configure subscribers: To make the activation mechanism work, configure public instances as subscribers.

Before Magnolia 3.5

Author to public

1. Set /server/admin to false.
2. Secure AdminCentral URI. Set /server/secureURIList/0001/URI to /.magnolia/*. This requires authentication for AdminCentral only. You can secure other content by adding other URIs to the config.
3. Activate cache. Set /server/cache/level1/active to true.

Public to author

1. Set /server/admin to true.
2. Secure all URIs. Set /server/secureURIList/0001/URI to /*. This requires authentication for everything.
3. Deactivate cache. Set /server/cache/level1/active to false.
4. Configure subscribers. To make the activation mechanism work, configure public instances as subscribers.