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Install or Uninstall MATLAB Web App Server Product

Warning

MATLAB® Web App Server™ must be installed in a trusted intranet environment on dedicated hardware. The only purpose of the physical or virtual machine where the server is installed must be to host web apps that connect to the server. The server must never be exposed to the open Internet. For more information, see MATLAB Web App Server Security.

Install

Note

MATLAB Web App Server is not supported on macOS (Apple silicon).

Installing the MATLAB Web App Server product requires a valid software license, which you can obtain by purchasing the product or downloading a product trial. For more information, visit the MathWorks Store.

To download the installer, visit MathWorks Downloads. For detailed instructions, see Download and Install MATLAB.

To start the installation, run the MathWorks® installer and select the MATLAB Web App Server product for installation.

Operating SystemInstructions

Windows®

Double-click the matlab_R2024b_win64.exe file.

Linux®

  1. Unzip the matlab_R2024b_glnxa64.zip file by entering:

    unzip matlab_R2024b_glnxa64.zip -d matlab_R2024b_glnxa64

  2. Navigate to the matlab_R2024b_glnxa64 directory and execute:

    xhost +SI:localuser:root
sudo -H ./install
xhost -SI:localuser:root

macOS (Intel® processor)

  1. Double-click the matlab_R2024b_maci64.dmg.zip file to unzip.

  2. Double-click the matlab_R2024b_maci64.dmg file to mount the virtual disk.

  3. Double-click InstallForMacOS file in the virtual disk.

The installation process creates a default installation folder based on your operating system and the release version. For instance, the default installation folder for R2024b is as follows:

Operating SystemDefault Installation Folder

Windows

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Web App Server\R2024b

Linux

/usr/local/MATLAB/MATLAB_Web_App_Server/R2024b

macOS (Intel processor)

/Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Web_App_Server/R2024b

Uninstall

Caution

Before uninstalling the MATLAB Web App Server product from your system, you need to execute webapps-uninstall from the system command-line. Executing webapps-uninstall unregisters services and removes default user accounts used by the services. Failing to execute webapps-uninstall results in orphan services and user accounts and may make subsequent installations of the product unsuccessful.

To uninstall the MATLAB Web App Server product, follow the usual instructions for uninstalling MathWorks products. For more information, see Uninstall MATLAB.

You can manually delete the following folders after uninstalling the product:

Operating SystemFolders

Windows

Apps Folder: %ProgramData%\MathWorks\webapps\R2024b\apps

Logs Folder: %ProgramData%\MathWorks\webapps\R2024b\logs

Config Folder: %ProgramData%\MathWorks\webapps\R2024b\config

Linux

Apps Folder: /local/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/apps

Logs Folder: /local/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/logs

Config Folder: /local/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/config

macOS (Intel processor)

Apps Folder: /Library/Application Support/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/apps

Logs Folder: /Library/Application Support/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/logs

Config Folder: /Library/Application Support/MathWorks/webapps/R2024b/config

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