Bold BI Embedded Analytics: Fixing "Bad Request - Invalid Hostname" Issue

When using Bold BI Embedded Analytics Server in a Windows application, you may encounter an issue where you are unable to access Bold BI outside of the deployed machine due to the error “Bad Request - Invalid Hostname” like below

To resolve this issue, follow the steps below:

1. Open IIS application
   
   
2. Select the Bold BI hosted site under Sites and click on “Bindings”.
   
   
3. In the Site Bindings window, select your localhost binding and click “Edit”.
   
   
4. Change the following values and click “Ok”:
   • If any value is provided under Host name, it should be removed and kept empty.
   • Change to “All Unassigned” under IP address.
     
     

After making these changes, you should be able to access the site with both localhost and an IP Address.

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