web2py - deleting admin application removes ability to get to myapp/appadmin

Question

I have a single web2py app which I have set up to be the default by using

routers = dict(
           BASE=dict(
                     default_application='myapp',
                     ),
           )

As recommended in the docs. I want to remove the admin app, but retain the ability to administer by app using my app/appadmin. Is this possible? I tried simply removing the app, but now when I go to https://example.com/appadmin, I get redirected to https://example.com/admin?send=%2Fappadmin and this replies (quite reasonably) with "invalid controller (default/index)".

Answer 1

The appadmin.py controller delegates authentication to the admin app, so you cannot access appadmin without the admin app. The only exception is that you can access the /appadmin/manage functionality described here, as that is authenticated via the application itself.

Alternatively, you can hack your application's appadmin.py controller to change how authentication is managed -- see here.