Getting started (standalone)
Prerequisites
Please make sure that both Docker & Docker Compose are installed (not required if you're planning to use sandbox).
You can start Formbox standalone from the Aidbox Portal and then sign in with the credentials generated for your instance.
Steps
1. Open the Aidbox Portal
Go to Aidbox Portal.
Sign up for a new account or log in to an existing one.
2. Create a Formbox license
Click New license and fill in the following fields:
- Product:
Formbox - License type: choose the type you need
- License name: enter a name for your license
- Hosting:
- Sandbox — use Formbox in the cloud without Docker
- Self-hosted — run Formbox locally with Docker
Click on "Create" button.
If you choose Sandbox, wait until the page finishes loading. After that, the product will be ready to use.
If you choose Self-hosted, the portal will show the next setup steps for local launch:
After the license is created, you will be redirected to the Product Summary page.
3. Run Formbox locally
On the Product Summary page, copy the command from the Run me locally field and run it in your terminal.
After the installation completes successfully, the output will show the local URL where Formbox is running (http://localhost:8080/ is used by default).
4. Open Formbox in the browser
Copy the local URL from the terminal output and open it in your browser.
5. Sign in
Enter the login and password shown on the Product Summary page.
After a successful sign-in, use the left sidebar to open Aidbox Forms and continue working in Formbox.
Alternative setup
1. Create a directory
mkdir formbox && cd formbox
2. Run Formbox on Docker
curl -JO https://aidbox.app/runme/formbox && docker compose up
This command downloads the Formbox script and starts Formbox using Docker Compose.
3. Access Formbox
Open in browser http://localhost:8080/
4. Activate your Formbox instance
Click "Continue with Aidbox account" and create a free Aidbox account in Aidbox user portal.
More about Aidbox licenses here
5. Start form designing
Press the button Forms in the console in browser (or by visiting http://localhost:8080/ui/sdc)