Enable Nintex external platform features

This section describes how to enable Nintex external platform features. If you are not installing features with this requirement, then you can skip this section.

Enabling Nintex external platform features involves configuration in SharePoint Central Administration.

The following features require the Nintex external platform.

• External workflow features

  • Connector actions

  • External Start

  • Document Generation

• External forms (including anonymous forms)

• Remote mobile access (Microsoft account sign-in for Nintex Mobile)

To enable external workflow features

1. Make sure the server can connect to the Nintex external platform.

2. On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External settings for Workflow under Licensing and setup.

3. Enable the prerequisite service and then enable each desired feature.

To enable external forms (including anonymous forms)

1. Make sure the server can connect to the Nintex external platform.

2. On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click External forms settings under Forms environment.

3. Enable each desired feature.

To set up remote mobile access

1. Make sure the server can connect to the Nintex external platform.

2. If you have a firewall in place, make the following ports accessible using outbound rules (the ports will be used by the service Nintex External Relay Service).

   • 9351/HTTP

   • 80/HTTP

   • 443/HTTP
     

3. Make sure the service Nintex External Relay Service is running.

   1. On the Central Administration Home page, click Application Management.

   2. In the Service Applications section, click Manage services on server.

   3. Click Start for Nintex External Relay Service.

4. Enable remote mobile access for the farm.

   1. On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click Remote mobile access under Forms environment.

   2. Click Enable.

5. Confirm the ability to register SharePoint accounts with Nintex.

   Note: The Nintex Forms feature must be activated on the SharePoint site for the registration option to appear.

   1. Follow the instructions from Nintex registration in the Nintex Mobile help to register a SharePoint account.

   2. (Optional.) Confirm that the registered user is listed on the server hosting SharePoint Central Administration: On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Administration and then click Nintex Mobile users under Forms environment.

   3. On a mobile device, sign in to the Nintex Mobile app using the Microsoft account selected for registration.

Related information

Connect to the Nintex external platform