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Upgrading your On-Premise FileWave Server
What Needing to upgrade your on-premise FileWave server? This guide will go over the steps involved in updating your FileWave server for macOS, Linux, and Windows. If your FileWave server is hosted by FileWave, you may review the KB article here: Your Hosted...
Migrating your On-Premise FileWave Server to new Hardware
Migration Process When looking at migrating your FileWave server we recommend contacting our FileWave support team for an explanation of this process if any part of it doesn't make sense. Migrations are safe for you to do as long as you make sure you ensure t...
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. Attempts to install on systems that have another service using this port will prevent the installation of FileWave. To resolve this, remove or adapt the contending pro...
FileWave Server Analytics Reporting
With FileWave 13.1, server utilization aggregated analytics are sent to FileWave automatically to collect information on Licensing/Version of FileWave, Location Information (of the server), Numbers and Types of enrolled devices, Server Configuration informatio...
Does FileWave support 2FA / MFA?
Question Does FileWave support 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) / Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) when logging in to the FileWave Central or Anywhere admins? Does FileWave support 2FA/MFA for devices enrolling? Step-by-step guide If you follow the steps to s...
Webmin GUI - Changing the root password (On-Premise)
What Webmin is included in the FileWave appliances to allow you to easily configure the system. This is only relevant if you run a FileWave server yourself on-premise. For customers who have their server hosted by FileWave you do not need to worry about these...
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 license level. This will ensure that the FileWave client can never collect this data, as the option to do so will not be present in the Client Preferences. Environm...
Expanding the Disk on a FileWave Appliance - Debian
This article provides steps for extending the root partition residing in a logical volume created with Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in a virtual machine running on Debian. Step-by-step guide for Debian The commands to expand the disk on Debian are as follows...
Webmin GUI (On-Premise)
Webmin GUI For an on-premise installation of FileWave the Webmin GUI can help you set some options on the Debian operating system. Note that this does not exist for servers hosted by FileWave. It’s especially important to set the root password as seen below. ...
FileWave Server System Requirements
As of August 2024 v15.4.1, the below are supported for running FileWave Server, but for updated information, always consult the specific release on the Downloads Page. The FileWave Server can also be installed on a Virtual Machine. macOS 12, 13 (Intel and...
FileWave Known Issues
Here you will find known issues in FileWave along with workarounds. FileWave v15.5.x Known Issues Issues with FileWave 15.5.0 and higher until, but not including 15.5.1. These items are fixed in 15.5.1; DDM Configurations - Duplicating a DDM Configurati...
Naming conventions and acronyms
What FileWave Knowledge Base articles will sometimes use acronyms, and occasionally we may miss giving detail or context, but we try to always use the full name once or explain the term. This will be a list of terms you can refer to when unsure. Alphabetical...
Scripting Languages supported in FileWave
Description FileWave provides the ability to leverage certain scripting languages on macOS and Windows. This includes: macOS Windows Perl Python Shell Bat PowerShell FileWave does not include ...
Running Built-in PowerShell Commands with Custom Fields
In Filewave when using custom fields for PowerShell scripts the commands are run in a 32-bit environment. Some built-in PowerShell commands require 64-bit to work. In order to run the commands you need to modify the command to launch the correct PowerShell env...
Importing and Exporting Custom Field Files
Starting in FileWave version 13.1 you can import and export custom field definitions. This is ideal for sharing powerful fields not built into standard inventory. Always check a script before deploying to all devices. No, really, always! Exporting: Open...
Custom Fields
Added in FileWave 12.7.0, Custom Fields will allow you to create custom inventory values and assign them to your devices in a 5 different ways. You will find this option under the Assistants menu called Custom Fields, from there you can either Import CSV or Ed...
Custom Fields and Multi-Lined Outputs
Description Custom Fields are an excellent way to provide additional reporting information on devices that are not included as standard inventory. However, there are alternative methods to present this information where the output includes large amounts of t...
Custom Fields in Client View
Starting in FileWave13.3.0 you can add any inventory field to the client view. Steps to add new fields From the client view press the "Customize Columns" button Press "Add Inventory Field" for advanced inventory options Select any Inventory field (includ...
Script Best Practices
Description Tips and tricks for running Filesets with scripts Don't put passwords in scripts The scripts are stored locally on devices. For security reasons, usernames and passwords should not be included within the body of scripts. For example: Example:...
Referencing Launch Arguments in Scripts
Description Scripts ran through FileWave have the option to supply 'Launch Arguments'. These are referenced from the script but are not included in the body of the script. They may be supplied to any of the following: Fileset Scripts Custom Fields Poli...