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Booster Installation

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Booster software is compatible with either macOS, Windows Boosteror installDebian.  

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Installers

Debian

Linux has two options.  FileWave provides (as with the FileWave downloads.Server) Youa runpre-built Debian VM.  Alternatively, it is possible to self instal the installersoftware fromon PKG/a Debian system.

macOS & Windows

Installers are available as PKG or MSI.

As typically with MSI withininstallers, options exist not only for instal, but repair and deletion

Instal Paths

Booster instals the installer set.
The macOS and Windows versions look about the same at install, but the Windows installer allows more features
You can repair a Booster's settings and delete the Booster from within the Windows installer.

  1. Download the newest version from the Downloads pages
  2. Scroll downsoftware to macOS or Windows and select the installers
  3. Once downloaded and uncompressed, run the booster installer, select yes, and agree to the license

For both platforms, once you have installed the Booster, you will use the Booster Monitor to set and edit the preferences for that Booster. On your machine that has FileWave Central you should find Booster Monitor in /Applications/FileWave/ on macOS and it will show up in the Start Menu on Windows with the other FileWave applications.

The FileWave Booster executable resides in one of thesethe platform-dependentfollowing locations:

Booster

    Install Locations:
  • Windows: C:\Program Files\FileWave\fwBooster.exe
  • macOS, Linux:Debian: /usr/local/sbin/fwBooster

Booster Configuration

Once installed, configuration is via the Booster Monitor application, available for both macOS and Windows from the same downloads page.

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Debian

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Configure a static IP for the Booster and consider adding a Domain Name within the DNS for this IP.

macOS and Windows can be configured using the Settings.  However, Debian will require some command line configuration.

Debian IP Setup
Network Interface

The current IP may be determined with the 'ip addr' command:

# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens192: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:9d:4d:7e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp11s0
    inet 192.168.1.98/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic ens192
       valid_lft 68853sec preferred_lft 68853sec
    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe9d:4d7e/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

The key part here is the name of the network interface.  In the above example, this is 'ens192'.

Edit Network File

Make a backup of the current file:

cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces-mybackup

Edit the original file:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Add the chosen IP and other necessary details for this interface.  Give the details above, it may look something like the below once edited:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
iface ens192 inet static
address 192.168.1.22
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.255
dns-nameservers 8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8

Once complete, save and then userestart the network service:

sudo systemctl restart networking

Re-running the 'ip addr' command should now show the new details.

Add a name with this IP on the DNS.

Booster Setup

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Select Preferences, enter the created password (or default password as provided from the downloads page)

Consider changing this password at the earliest possible moment

This password is only used to access the Preferences from the Booster Monitor.

The Booster Monitor may then followbe used to configure the upgradeBooster.  directionsAt a very basic level, the Server Address and port should be added.

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Approving Boosters

Once a Booster is setup on the Downloadsnetwork page,with the relevant FileWave Server details, it should then check-in with the server and thatbe willvisible installin the software.Booster

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Booster.  

There are four ways to generate a certificate for a booster.

  1. Select booster(s) in the Booster view → right-click → Create Certificate/Enroll Booster
  2. Select booster(s) in the Booster view → Create Certificate/Enroll Booster (in the button bar)
  3. Select booster(s) in the Booster Details → right-click → Create Certificate/Enroll Booster
  4. Select booster(s) in the Booster Details → Create Certificate/Enroll Booster (in the button bar)

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Booster Deletion

When you deleteIf a boosterBooster were deleted from FileWave, this will revoke the server revokes that boosters certificate.  MeaningIf itstill mayrunning, showon upa againsubsequent but requirecheck-in, the certificateapproval approvedprocess again.should need to be re-actioned.

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