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Booster Setup
Everything you need to set up your Booster Environment
Booster System Requirements
Requirements As of May 2023 v15.0.1 the below are supported for running Boosters, but for updated information always consult the specific release on the Downloads Page. The FileWave Booster can also be installed on a Virtual Machine. macOS 12, 13 (Intel an...
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...
Booster Deployment Planning
Planning Scalability is largely determined by how many devices can be maintained simultaneously in a managed environment. A standalone FileWave Server can support a limited number of devices. Linux and macOS-based FileWave Servers can support between 1000-150...
Booster Installation
Description Booster software is compatible with either macOS, Windows or Debian. All necessary installers or appliances can be found on the current download pages: FileWave Software Downloads Installers Debian Linux has two options. FileWave provides (as...
Importing FileWave Virtual Appliance - Hyper-V
FileWave's Hyper-V VMs are usually built using the latest version of Hyper-V, typically the same one that comes with the newest version of Windows Server. When importing the FileWave Server, IVS, or on older Windows OS'es, the Hyper-V Manager console may not b...
Setting the Password on First Login to FileWave Appliances (15.5+)
What Starting from FileWave version 15.5.0, there have been important changes to the default login process and security features of the FileWave Appliance: Disabled Root Login: The root user is now disabled from logging in directly to enhance security. N...
FileWave Boosters Improved Server Message Routing (15.3+)
What FileWave 11 introduced Booster Routing, a feature that allows off-loading direct traffic to the server by routing messages via Booster. This feature provides additional security if you only allow boosters to connect to your server and have all your devic...
Booster Monitor and Configuration Settings
Booster Monitor When you first launch Booster Monitor, it will attempt to connect to the Booster at the default address of 127.0.0.1 with the assumption that you are running the monitor on the system you installed it on. You can change that address to any v...
FileWave Debian Appliances and Networking Issues
What FileWave provides pre-built Appliances, quick to setup and peace of mind all should be well. These currently include: FileWave Server Booster IVS Out of the box, FileWave Appliances are configured to use DHCP. You should note that these concepts...
FileWave Server on CentOS - EOL
As FileWave continues to develop our industry-leading multi-platform solution, our primary goal is to make it as simple, stable, and scalable as possible. With the End of Life of CentOS on June 30th, 2024, beginning with 15.2.0, the FileWave Server will be shi...
Networking - Assign static IP Address for a FileWave Appliance
For the Linux based FileWave Server, Booster, or IVS if you cannot use the port https://server:10000 to change network setting please follow the instructions below: Debian Linux Changing the IP address in Debian 12, which uses systemd-networkd for network ma...
FileWave Server should not have IPv6 enabled
What Enabling IPv6 on FileWave Server, Boosters, or IVS could lead to unexpected networking issues. IPv6 is a complex networking protocol that, while supported on macOS and Linux operating systems, is not optimized for use with FileWave. Therefore, it's recom...
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...