New Install With Remote DB /Backend URL Issues

leemchildress · December 17, 2025, 7:32pm

Greetings. I just installed a fresh install of Umbraco on a Windows Server 2022 machine. I want to use a remote database server (SQL Server 2022 Enterprise) so that down the road I can load balance. I installed by the documentation, dotnet new install Umbraco.Templates, dotnet new umbraco –name MyProject. Regardless of what I do when I run install it says an SQL Lite local db has already been configured and will not let me use the remote db. I have verified connections between the two servers and it connects. What am I doing wrong? Along with that I am trying to change the backend URL to something besides umbraco. Below is my appsettings

– UPDATE –

I really don’t know what I did differently, but I was finally able to connect to my remote db server. However, I still am unable to change my backend url from /umbraco.

JasonElkin · December 19, 2025, 1:37am

Hi @leemchildress,

Modern versions of Umbraco don’t support changing the backoffice URL.

Have a look at this comment on GitHub, and if you like I’ve outlined the beginning of a workaround that might work for you.

github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

V10 - Changing UmbracoPath in appsettings does not work

opened 01:26PM - 20 Jun 22 UTC

closed 09:32AM - 20 Sep 22 UTC

albinj

type/bug

### Which *exact* Umbraco version are you using? For example: 9.0.1 - don't just… write v9 10.0.0 ### Bug summary In v9 you are able to change the Umbraco backend url using the UmbracoPath appsetting. In v10 you will get a blank page when you change the backend url. I think it has something to do with the new `Umbraco.Cms.StaticAssets` Razor library ### Specifics Chrome dev tools shows that the assets files are missing: <img width="1036" alt="Screenshot 2022-06-20 at 14 23 06" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/525843/174611572-f8b3d7ed-27f6-4b46-aa8c-0345acd71ab7.png"> ### Steps to reproduce Create a new umbraco site and install it as normal modify appsettings.json ``` { "Umbraco": { "CMS": { "Global": { "ReservedPaths": "~/app_plugins/,~/install/,~/mini-profiler-resources/,~/my-secret-backend/,", "UmbracoPath": "~/my-secret-backend", "IconsPath": "~/my-secret-backend/assets/icons" }, } } } ``` run website again goto https://localhost:44356/my-secret-backend ### Expected result / actual result Expect to see the Umbraco backend login page (like in v9) Actual result was a blank page --- _This item has been added to our backlog [AB#20467](https://dev.azure.com/umbraco/243e7927-03b2-44e2-908f-d4ac7ea5daaa/_workitems/edit/20467)_

leemchildress · December 19, 2025, 12:38pm

Thank you for the information.