How to Change the Default ORDS Landing Page in Oracle APEX?

 

Ever hit your domain and land on the default ORDS page instead of your APEX app? Here's a simple hack to fix that without touching your load balancer or proxy configs.

Before

app.GenAiapex.com redirects to app.GenAiapex.com/ords/_/landing

After

app.GenAiapex.com redirects to 

https://app.genaiapex.com/ords/f?p=101:LOGIN_DESKTOP::::::  (APEX app landing page)

Assumptions

• ORDS is installed as a service on Oracle Linux (You can run in standalone mode also)

• ORDS is already configured and running

• Oracle APEX application is available and accessible

• You are using customer managed ORDS

The One-Liner Solution

ords config set misc.defaultPage f?p=101:LOGIN_DESKTOP::::::

That's it. Restart ORDS and you're done. 101 is application ID

Breaking Down the Path

The format is: r/{workspace}/{app_alias}/{page_alias}

• mtc = your workspace name

• demo = your application alias

• login = your landing page alias

Example

Let's say you want users to land directly on your sales dashboard:

sudo systemctl stop ords
sudo -iu oracle
ords config set misc.defaultPage f?p=101:LOGIN_DESKTOP::::::
exit
sudo systemctl start ords

Now when someone visits yourdomain.com, they go straight to your dashboard instead of the default ORDS page.  101 is application id

Why This Works

ORDS has a built-in configuration parameter misc.defaultPage that most people don't know about. Instead of setting up redirect rules elsewhere, you're just telling ORDS where to send users by default.

Quick Tips

• Make sure your page alias exists and is published

• Test in dev first

• You need to restart ORDS for changes to take effect

That's the hack. Simple, clean, and no infrastructure changes needed.

References

• https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-rest-data-services/25.2/ordig/about-REST-configuration-files.html#GUID-006F916B-8594-4A78-B500-BB85F35C12A0