# Enabling the Web Portal Client

The Web Portal Client provides browser-based access to Reports, Policy Snapshots, and Logs for specific authorized users.

## Before you begin

- You must have the Client API setting configured and enabled before you enable the Web Portal Client feature. For more details on SMC API settings, refer to the Configure SMC API topic.
- When you upgrade from SMC version 7.2.X or earlier to version 7.3 and the SMC API is not configured and enabled. The web portal will not function properly after the upgrade. To ensure the web portal works, you must first manually configure and enable the SMC API.
- It is strongly recommended that you configure the SMC API in HTTPS mode.

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## Steps

1. Select Dashboard > Servers / Devices Dashboard.
2. Right-click the Management Server, then select Properties.
3. Click the Client API tab.
4. In the Web Portal Client section, select the Enable checkbox.
5. The URL next to the Enable checkbox can be used to access the Web Portal in a web browser.
   Note: The URL for the web portal includes the same host name and port number used for the SMC API. For example, in the URL http://example.com:8082/webclient/, the example.com represents the host name, and the 8082 is the port number used in the SMC API configuration.