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Public portal and access settings

Share selected guides with customers, and control who can see what.

When to use

Turn on the public portal when you want customers to self-serve from some guides without signing in. Use the access settings to limit articles by author scope.

Before you start

  • Portal settings need kb:write; access settings need knowledge:admin.
  • knowledge.public_access_allowed (default: on) must be on, otherwise the whole portal returns not found.
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Beta: the portal is read-only and has only three read endpoints (categories, list, article detail). There is no branded help-center site yet.

Steps

  1. Mark the relevant categories public at /knowledge/settings/categories.

  2. Publish the articles and set them to Public.

  3. Open /knowledge/settings/public to turn on the portal and copy the portal address.

  4. Share the address with customers; articles appear at /portal/kb/[tenantSlug].

  5. Set data scope at /knowledge/settings/access and review search settings, including reindexing, at /knowledge/settings/search.

Team Knowledge Base — public portal settings with portal address
Team Knowledge Base — public portal settings with portal address

Tips & common mistakes

  • An article shows only if it is published, Public, and in a public category; uncategorized articles never show.
  • Do not rely on the portal for private data; always check the three conditions.
  • Reindex after bulk imports if search results look incomplete.