Daniel Aleksandersen

Running Opera Unite without an Opera Account

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:09:26 PM

Ever wanted to run Opera Unite on a system without going through Opera's proxies, free domain service, and require an [My] Opera Account? It is a bit cumbersome, but I am going to show you how it is done.

Copy the configuration links below into the address field and press Enter to change the values. Click the Save button
e after each change.

opera:config#WebServer|Enable must be enabled.
opera:config#WebServer|UseOperaAccount must be disabled.
opera:config#WebServer|Device must be set to a valid hostname (a-z, 0-9, and hyphen).

Then restart the browser when you are done. Your new Web server will be running on http://localhost:8840

Your router may not allowed external access to your server, and you may want to share something prettier than your public IP address with your friends. This article explains how to setup your own domain and port-forwarding in Opera Unite.

Please note that the Home application (the home page) sometimes will not be installed when you install Unite in this way. You may still install any application you want and use them. Note that not all application will work without an Opera Account and hostname. This is a limitation on the application side.

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