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Brute Force Protection

FileWave Central / Anywhere Settings

What Starting in FileWave 16.3.0, FileWave Central and FileWave Anywhere include brute force prot...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

Securing FileWave Server on the Internet for Remote Device Management

FileWave Server

What This article provides guidance on securely exposing and managing your FileWave server on the...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

Networking - Assign static IP Address for a FileWave Appliance

FileWave General Info

For the Linux based FileWave Server, Booster, or IVS if you cannot use the port https://server:10...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

Migrating a Debian 12 Server to Debian 13

Linux Tips and Tricks

Please note that this is here for educational purposes. We are transitioning to Debian 13 with Fi...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

OS Software Updates

Evaluation Guide 4. Fileset Creation and Deployment

Stay Patched with FileWave Keeping your Windows, macOS, iOS, and tvOS device's operating systems...

Updated 1 month ago by Jared Jones

Adding macOS devices to Apple Business or School Manager using Apple Configurator 2

Apple School & Business Manager

With iOS 16 and Apple Configurator 2, it is possible to add macOS devices to ASM and ABM. This me...

Updated 1 month ago by Emma Ainsworth

Force Enable Notifications on iOS and macOS for FileWave Kiosk

Kiosk FileWave End-User Notifications

What To ensure that notifications from the FileWave Kiosk and End User Notifications are consiste...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Kiosk for iOS/iPadOS overview (15.3+)

Kiosk

What The Self-Service Kiosk is FileWave's self-service experience for iOS and iPadOS devices. It ...

Updated 1 month ago by Josh Levitsky

Setting up the IVS (Imaging Virtual Server)

Network Imaging / IVS Getting started with the Imaging Virtua...

Guide for Networking Imaging with FileWave The following steps will assist you in the setup and i...

Updated 1 month ago by Jared Jones

Root Trusted SSL Certificate (Using and Renewing)

Certificates

Description To communicate with devices, a certificate is required.  Our recommendation is for a ...

Updated 1 month ago by Sean Holden

Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (macOS)

Certificates

What This Knowledge Base (KB) article covers the macOS FileWave Let’s Encrypt script: filewave-l...

Updated 2 months ago by Josh Levitsky

OS Software Updates - Automation Rules

FileWave Central / Anywhere Filesets

What Managing OS updates can be a burden with the quantity and frequency of new updates, requirin...

Updated 2 months ago by Sean Holden

FileWave Community Edition

Community Engagement

The FileWave Community Edition is your exclusive ticket to the FileWave Management Suite, absolu...

Updated 2 months ago by Josh Levitsky

macOS 26 Compatible Devices (Custom Field)

macOS

Description Details on identifying compatible devices for macOS 26 (Tahoe) using a Custom Field. ...

Updated 2 months ago by Sean Holden

iOS 26 Compatible Devices (Query)

iOS / iPadOS

Description Details on identifying compatible devices for iOS 26 using the Command Line API to cr...

Updated 2 months ago by Sean Holden

Cisco Secure Client Installation (macOS)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Description Need to install the Cisco Secure Client on your macOS devices? FileWave has you cover...

Updated 2 months ago by Josh Levitsky

VPP Token Renewal

Apple School & Business Manager Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Description VPP Tokens need to be renewed once a year. FileWave dashboard will alert when any VPP...

Updated 2 months ago by Josh Levitsky

Booster Overview

Boosters

Introduction A Booster in the context of FileWave is a critical component designed to scale the m...

Updated 2 months ago by Sean Holden

Advisory: OS Age Attestation and FileWave Server Appliances (Debian Guidance)

FileWave Server

What We are monitoring OS-level age-attestation legislation (including California AB1043) to dete...

Updated 2 months ago by Josh Levitsky

Working with Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

Apple School & Business Manager Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

ADE only works with devices purchased from Apple authorized sources or added via Configurator to ...

Updated 2 months ago by Sean Holden