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Choose what your domain opens

Last reviewed: October 12, 2026 Applies to: APEX Shared 2 min read

Decide what visitors see at https://your-domain/ — the APEX sign-in, one of your applications, or a welcome page — without affecting any other address.

Three choices

For each connected domain you decide what its main address, https://your-domain/, opens:

Choice What visitors see
APEX workspace sign-in The page where you and your developers sign in to APEX.
An application One of your applications, so users go straight to it. If the application requires a sign-in, they see its sign-in page first.
Welcome page (public_html) Our default welcome page with a sign-in button — or your own index.html, if you place one in your website folder.

Only the address without a path changes. Every other address — the APEX sign-in at /apex/apex, friendly URLs such as /apex/r/workspace/app, and links your users have bookmarked — keeps working.

Change it

  1. Sign in to the client area, open Services and select your APEX service.
  2. Open the Domains tab.
  3. Next to the connected domain, click Change.
  4. Choose what the domain should open. Your applications are listed under Applications.
  5. Click Save.

The Opens column shows the current choice for each domain, for example the application's name and workspace.

Note: A new application appears in the list once it exists in App Builder. If the list says the applications could not be loaded, wait a minute and try again.

Good to know

  • Deleted the application? The domain falls back to the APEX workspace sign-in, so visitors never see an error.
  • Progressive Web App (PWA)? Choosing your application as the landing page works well with installable apps — see the PWA note in Connect your own domain to your APEX applications.

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