FileWave Server
FileWave Server System Requirements
As of August 2024 v15.4.1, the below are supported for running FileWave Server, but for updated i...
FileWave Server Installation & Upgrade
FileWave Server Installation
FileWave Server is the key component to device management. The setup process will require not on...
FileWave Access - Passwords
FileWave Administrator FileWave installations provide an initial user which has full permissions...
FileWave Server On-Premise
Where servers are installed in on-premise environments, a couple of basic procedures should follo...
FileWave Server Time
Time is critical with servers and acceptance of certificates and communication. As such, it is i...
FileWave Server Upgrades
Upgrading for hosted servers will be a matter of communication between FileWave and hosted custom...
Securing FileWave Server on the Internet for Remote Device Management
What This article provides guidance on securely exposing and managing your FileWave server on th...
FileWave Server Backup and Restore
Summary Backing up your FileWave server is always a good idea. Back in '97, a friend of mine spi...
FileWave Server Repair Permissions
What When migrating a server or simply moving files around or trying to restore from a backup y...
FileWave Appliances on an Apple Silicon macOS system
What You may want to know how to load one of the Debian based FileWave Appliances for Server, Bo...
Your Hosted FileWave Server Has Been Upgraded - What Are Your Next Steps?
What The FileWave OPS Team has upgraded your FileWave server; What steps do you need to take to ...
Upgrading your On-Premise FileWave Server
What Needing to upgrade your on-premise FileWave server? This guide will go over the steps invol...
Reset root password through Webmin (FileWave Appliances Only)
When you setup a new FileWave instance, you most certainly don't want to leave the password for t...
Migrating your On-Premise FileWave Server to new Hardware
Migration Process When looking at migrating your FileWave server we recommend contacting our Fil...
FileWave Server Pre-Upgrade Backup
What In order to ensure data integrity during upgrade, version 14 of FileWave introduces a pre-u...
Does FileWave support 2FA / MFA?
Question Does FileWave support 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) / Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)...
Configuring LDAP authentication
You can use pre-designated, fixed account names and passwords to enroll devices in MDM, or you ca...
Maintenance
Webmin GUI (On-Premise)
Webmin GUI For an on-premise installation of FileWave the Webmin GUI can help you set some optio...
Webmin GUI - Changing the root password (On-Premise)
What Webmin is included in the FileWave appliances to allow you to easily configure the system. ...
Expanding the Disk on a FileWave Appliance - Debian
This article provides steps for extending the root partition residing in a logical volume created...
Store the FileWave Server/Booster Data on a Separate Volume
Requirements FileWave Server 13.1.5+ Existing mount the external drive or network share...
Upgrading to FileWave 13+ from older Versions on Systems where Port 443 is used
Description FileWave 13 introduced a Web Admin interface. By default this uses port 443. Attem...
Privacy
Details of Allowing / Disallowing Collection of Personal data on a License Level
Collection of Personal Data I want to disable the collection of personal data at the FileWave li...
FileWave Server Analytics Reporting
With FileWave 13.1, server utilization aggregated analytics are sent to FileWave automatically to...
Deleting Old FileWave Client or Server Log Data
Description FileWave stores many different types of logs. Many of these logs are designed to ro...
Troubleshooting
How to set FileWave Server components to debug mode
For troubleshooting purposes, it may be useful to set the FileWave server to debug mode. When tro...
fwxserver folder relocation in FileWave Server 13.1.4+ on macOS and Linux Platforms
Does this affect my installation? To determine whether action is required from you immediately ...
FileWave Server should not have IPv6 enabled
What Enabling IPv6 on FileWave Server, Boosters, or IVS could lead to unexpected networking issu...