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Intelligent downloader explained
Summary This KB article will explain the intelligent downloader and give the best practices to upgrade your self-healed software by benefiting from this feature through Filesets / Payloads. Intelligent Downloader When a Fileset / Payload is deployed and the...
Using PsExec to Test PowerShell 32bit Scripts on Windows with FileWave
What FileWave is a Unified Endpoint Management tool that allows organizations to manage and deploy software and settings to macOS, Windows, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Chrome, and Android devices. When deploying PowerShell scripts through FileWave, it is important to ...
Filewave Firewall Scripts for Windows
Summary FileWave Installers by default leave Windows Firewall settings untouched. This article provides scripts that opens the Windows Firewall so the Windows processes can accept connections from the outside. For FileWave 15.5 we have baked this in to the ...
Booster Overview
Introduction A Booster in the context of FileWave is a critical component designed to scale the management of devices within a network. It is a server component that can be installed on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems and is used to distribute data from the ...
Securing FileWave Server on the Internet for Remote Device Management
What This article provides guidance on securely exposing and managing your FileWave server on the internet for remote device management. When/Why You might need to expose your FileWave server on the internet to manage devices anywhere they might be, including ...
1.1 Accessing the FileWave Dashboard
What Your account will need permission to access the FileWave Dashboard. When/Why There are three permission levels for the dashboard for each admin logon: No Access Read-Only Access Read-Write Access The permissions are defined with the following o...
1.2 Default Dashboard
What When you open the dashboard, FileWave shows the default system dashboard: When/Why The default dashboard, FileWave System, gives you a quick health view of core FileWave services and configuration items. Green widgets indicate healthy or configured items...
1.3 FileWave Provided Dashboards
What FileWave includes several default dashboards. Some are useful for day-to-day admin checks, while others give FileWave Support a faster view into system health. When/Why Use these dashboards as reporting examples and starting points. They show common ways ...
1.4 Switching Between Dashboards
What Use dashboards to move between FileWave data views after you log in. When/Why Different dashboards show different slices of FileWave data. You can open dashboards in separate browser tabs, switch views in one tab, or use a playlist to cycle through dashbo...
1.5 Dashboard Panel/Widget Layout
What Dashboard panels/widgets can be moved and resized so the dashboard shows the most useful information first. When/Why After you copy or add dashboard content, adjust the layout so related panels sit together and high-priority panels are easy to see. How Dr...
1.6 Exposing an Association to Dashboard
What FileWave can expose an association to the Dashboard so deployment progress is visible as a Dashboard widget. When/Why Use this when a rollout is important enough that administrators or other stakeholders need a quick progress view. It is most useful for l...
2.1 Creating Your Own Dashboard
What FileWave dashboards can be customized. You can start with the included dashboards, then build your own views for the data your team checks most often. When/Why Dashboard elements, also called widgets, can be combined into custom dashboards. You can copy w...
2.2 Copying Widgets (Panels)
What If we have the power to create our own dashboards, then surely we must be able to add content to them... When/Why We are going to copy a widget (referred to as a panel in Grafana) whenever one already exists and we can leverage it without doing any ext...
2.2.1 Copied Panel is Blank
What In certain circumstances, when you copy/paste a panel into another dashboard, you may find that the new panel is blank. When/Why This will happen most often if the dashboard that you copied from has variables defined that the panel relies upon. For in...
2.3 Widget/Panel Elements
What All panels (or widgets) on the FileWave dashboard are comprised of the same basic elements. This article reviews those elements at a high level. When/Why If you are using pre-existing panels, you won't care too much about how they are built. However,...
2.4 Creating a New Panel (existing data)
What It is possible in the FileWave dashboard to add panels directly from an inventory query (report) with some limitations (no data aggregation). When/Why The data panels are simple enough to add as you'll see below, but the only representation available f...
3.1 Aggregating Data
What The FileWave dashboard can show raw device data, but aggregated data is what gives you the quick summary. Aggregation rolls many records into something easier to read, such as counts by version, model, or status. When/Why Use aggregation when you need the...
3.1.1 Grouping Data Using Prometheus
What In order to do summary reporting, we need to leverage the power of Prometheus. When/Why Anytime we want to do something like report on a rollout or general status, we are going to want to summarize a report. We will accomplish this by using a Promethe...