Launching Your Exchange
Once you have recieved your credentials from the HollaEx team, you can get your exchange up and running in less than 30 minutes, by following this guide
For additional help setting up, take a look at our walkthrough on Arcade. 🕹️
Getting an Account
The first step to launching your exchange is to contact our team via the form at the following link. Once reviewed, our team will be in touch with the next steps.
Once we have gone through the initial few steps, you will be provided with credentials that will allow you to log in to the HollaEx Dashboard for the first time, accessed at the link below:
Logging In
Once on the login page, enter the credentials provided:
A verification code will be sent to your email. Copy this over and enter it to access your dashboard.
Backend Setup
On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see the setup guide. This will guide you through the required steps to get started.
First, click Open Hosting.
Then select the domain for the exchange backend by clicking Configure Domain.
Here you can choose whether to have the free automatically created HollaEx domain or your own (This can be changed at a later date with ease).
Note: This domain is not the URL that users will use to access the exchange. This is solely for the backend (APIs, core trading operation, etc).
Check the domain and save it.
Next, click Go Live from the Exchange Host page, and confirm the pop-up. This will automatically set up your exchange, generally taking a handful of minutes.
This setup can be monitored from either the Recent Deployments or the Events tab.
Frontend Setup
Once the backend deployment is complete, access the Projects page found on the sidebar; it can also be accessed from the Setup Guide.
Create a New Project using the button on the top right (if this is greyed out, give the browser a refresh).
Here a gallery of pre-made frontend templates can be browsed through, and can choose the design that suits your business.
This can be changed at a later date.
For the fastest setup, stick with the 'HollaEx Kit v2 Web' and click Publish to proceed.
Now, click the Configure Domain button under Domain to set the frontend domain URL.
Similar to the backend, a HollaEx domain can be used straight away, or your own chosen one. This can be changed later.
Click Apply to save this.
The website will now publish and then can be reached using the frontend domain address.
Accessing the Exchange for the First Time
Once the domain is accessed, you should see a blue screen. Click Begin Account Creation to start.
First, select an administrator email. This can be, but does not have to be, the same as the dashboard email used.
Next, create the password for this admin account and proceed.
Note: Ensure both the email and password are saved securely, as they cannot be recovered later.
Confirm the password, and log in with the credentials you just created.
Next, we have some quick (optional) final steps. Most of the settings, apart from 2FA, can be changed later on.
Time zone & language: Select the default language and where your exchange will be based.
Admin account security: Create the 2FA code for login.
Assets: Choose the initially offered assets.
Features: Enable or disable the desired features to offer.
Email: This can be set now, but often easier to do later, following this guide, so it can be skipped for now.
Once these are set, review the settings, click Confirm, and let the exchange launch.
Once the setup process is complete, click Enter Your Exchange to see the exchange for the first time.
With the exchange setup, take a look through some of the other pages of the docs, to learn how to start customization and get your exchange ready for its full launch.
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