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Focalboard is installed with Mattermost v6.0, where it's called Boards. To access and use Boards, install or upgrade to Mattermost v6.0 or later. Then, select the Product menu in the top left corner of Mattermost and choose Boards.

No additional server or web-proxy configuration is required.

Enable shared boards

The shared boards feature is disabled by default in Mattermost. To enable it:

  1. Open the System Console.
  2. Go to Plugins and select Mattermost Boards.
  3. Set Enable Publicly-Shared Boards to true.
  4. Choose Save.

Permissions

Mattermost Boards currently uses channel-based permissions, meaning that only members of the associated channel can access (read/write) the boards for that channel.

You can use this to create private boards:

Create or join a Private channel, Group Message, or Direct Message. Then, select the Boards icon in the channel header to create a board. Only members of the Private channel, Group Message, or Direct Message can access the board.

You can use the share board feature to share a read-only board with anyone (incuding unauthenticated users) who has the generated link.

For more information about using Mattermost Boards, refer to the main product documentation here.