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Well you can do this via registry patches. It would require some custom application that can parse and unparse some encrypted xml data which on execution will take your data from the xml configuration file and write it to windows registry. Now this is possible to be done however I can't do it these weeks. If nobody offers I will eventually write it myself however I don't think it will happen too fast.
Why not enable two-way authentication, give them your username and password, and tell them to write it down inside the manager application. After this you can modify the configuration via the Dashboard application.
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Also please let me know if your antivirus solution works with this plugin so I can add to the tested products list.
Thanks for using my plugin!
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StoreGrid at this moment can only show current bandwidth throttling rules that are already configured for that particular item. Realtime bandwidth and changes to the throttling rules are not supported by StoreGrid's API.
Edit: New version is scheduled at 05/03/2012.
Updated first post with version 1.1 .
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I can tell you one thing for sure. Vembu's api call on Delete Backup command is requiring only backup id, backup name, client id and client name. If it doesn't work then vembu must fix it on their side too.
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Under customer details for a customer. Backup space alloted and used not accurate. Ex: Backup space used listed in plugin is 208674807 megabytes. In Storegrid Server it shows for the same customer: 398.02 GB or 407572.48 Mb
In order to delete client backup. Need to enter 4 digit security code... (Not sure if this is possible based on Plugin API design.)
Great job though and I look forward to seeing where this goes as Vembu has definitely showed much interest in this now.
Hello,
Regarding the wrong formatting for backup space alloted this will definately be fixed in the upcoming version. However for deleting a backup does vembu require a 4 didgit pin or you want this to be as a security test only for the plugin?
If PC Monitor API will include this feature you can bet I will include it in my plugin.
Thank you for using my plugin
.Paul.
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No, sorry actually I didn't manage to look over it however I plan on looking on it today or tomorrow.
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Hello,
Due to the community requests (Thread Link) I created a plugin for Vembu's backup solution.
Vembu and StoreGrid are registered trademarks by Vembu Inc. and are not owned by me.
Main purpose of the plugin: Monitoring and Basic Actions over Store Grid Server.
Features:
- View lists of resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
- View detailed informations for resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
- Configurable notifications for alarms and events by severity.
Supported Commands:
- Activate / disable resellers, customers, clients and backups.
- Delete resellers, customer and clients (Recursive delete for resellers and customers is configurable).
- Disable web access for resellers, customers and clients. (Note. Because enable web access / update web access password requires a new password to be inputed these commands are not enabled until PC Monitor supports input boxes in the API).
- Upgrade trial client to paid client.
- Acknowledge and anotate alarms with a hardcoded text (The text will be configurable in the future versions).
- Clear alarms (all or a single one) with a hardcoded text (The text will be configurable in the future versions).
Alarm commands got disabled since StoreGrid does expose the API calls for them but there is no functionality implemented at this moment.
No client version because of their limited API, if the will update their client API I will implement a plugin for the client too.
There is a chance that some data will be displayed as-received from StoreGrid API because of the lack of documentation. You can improve the display of data by providing me examples of all possible cases for that particular item. For example:
Backup Status:
- 1: Enabled
- 0: Disabled
- 2: Unknown
Thank you for helping improve my plugin.
My release is open-source bound by no license. That being said you can freely modify, distribute, claim as your work, sell and / or include in your copyrighted material as long as it doesn't breach PC Monitor's license or terms and conditions.
Download Link: Click. (Version 1.2).
Changes from 1.1:
- Fixed critical bug where no detailed screen would show because of new Vembu API
- Fixed minor formatting problem that was omitted in 1.1
- Added more debug logging
Changes from 1.0:
- Fixed some formatting problems
Any feedback and plugin ideas will be appreciated.
Screenshots:
Thank you for using my plugin!
Paul.
- View lists of resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
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Hello,
I can write a plugin for website checks however you need to tell me if you want to check if the http response is 200(OK) or you actually want to compare the html that's getting returned?
Also how do you check for blacklisted ip? They get saved in a file?
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Well MySQL and MsSQL are two of the most used solutions and I think it would be great to have them. Also it would be great if we can *hook* to the database module with our plugins
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Hello,
The plugin is close to a beta release, once I finish testing it I will release it for the public. This means that Friday will be the release date.
Features:
- View lists of resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
- View detailed informations for resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
- Configurable notifications for alarms and events by severity.
Supported Commands:
- Activate / disable resellers, customers, clients and backups.
- Delete resellers, customer and clients (Recursive delete for resellers and customers is configurable).
- Disable web access for resellers, customers and clients. (Note. Because enable web access / update web access password requires a new password to be inputed these commands are not enabled until PC Monitor supports input boxes in the API).
- Upgrade trial client to paid client.
- Acknowledge and anotate alarms with a hardcoded text (The text will be configurable in the future versions).
- Clear alarms (all or a single one) with a hardcoded text (The text will be configurable in the future versions).
No client version because of their limited API, if the will update their client API I will implement a plugin for the client too.
Thank you for your patience and sorry for the delayed release,
Paul.
- View lists of resellers, customers, clients, backups, alarms and events.
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I like this idea. PC Monitor Web Application on a multi touch dedicated computer sounds too good to be true. I am interested in the outcome of this.
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As Marius said custom roms can cause problems like this. Due to the high amount of diferences among roms it's virtually impossible to know where the exact problem is. There could be anything from custom rules that block access to the google's push servers, broken core components...
The best solution is to use retail firmware which is also supported by PC Monitor releases.
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That's still considered monitoring / spying. You can do this youself in a plugin if you wish so, just make sure it's legal.
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Hello,
I can confirm that the application writes correctly the values to the registry however in semi rare cases (On windows x64) you will have to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\UserSupport . I will release an update which uses INI settings this week, this should fix your permission problems.
Please let me know if you cannot find the registry values.
Paul.
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Hello,
The application run only as an administrator because he needs to write registry keys. It's very abnormal not to write them, are you sure he has administrative rights. The values should be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\UserSupport.
Please confirm that the application does not write the values to registry.
I will make an update soon that uses INI settings, which don't require administrative rights.
Paul.
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And to get notified too, I'd love to see this feature, I will take a look at it tomorow.
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Hello,
File Transfer is already planned on the Roadmap . In the mean time you can send your files to your email address and in order to delete it you can do it via terminal. Indeed it's a good thing to be able to download the files. Maybe we can get a Dropbox feature where you can ask the host computer to upload selected file to a Dropbox folder. Let's see what others think about it.
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I will take a look over it too, maybe I will make a plugin too. Expect news soon.
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Hello,
The problem is now fixed, please redownload my archive from the first post.
Note: The application requires that the plugin (UserSupportPlugin.dll) to be in the same folder with the application otherwise it will crash just like it did before.
Thank you for considering my plugin.
Paul.
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Hello,
Please confirm that you are have .Net Framework 4.0 FULL installed on your computer, if not you can download it from here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_dotnet_framework_4 .
Also what do you mean that it's not opening is it making an error? Please show me a screenshot. Also for the translation you only need to edit the .xml file located in the /locale folder, it's very easy.
Paul.
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Hello,
Thanks for dropping by. This plugin is obsolete since PC Monitor has integrated support for third party security products and windows firewall monitoring. Please use PC Monitor's security center features since it's better than mine.
Thank You,
Paul.
Hello PC Monitor Users,
I would like to present my second plugin for the community. It's main purpose is to monitor the status of security software. Main features are:- View and get notified if the antivirus is enabled or not, updated or not.
- View and get notified if the third-party firewall is updated or not.
- View, get notified and control Windows Firewall.
Please take your time and read the 'readme.txt' file as it explains everything you need to know about installing, using and customizing the settings.
Note: This plugin does not support Server operating systems for checking Antivirus or Third-Party Firewall Products however starting 1.4 you can monitor and manage Windows Firewall.
Warning: Not all security products are supported on windows vista+. Vista and newer generation operating systems include a newer Security Center which permits security software developers to have custom statuses based on a 6 digit code. There is a standard code set which is used by most antiviruses but some choose to have custom status codes. If your plugin shows on your PC Monitor client "Unknown status: NUMBER" this means that your antivirus solution has custom codes.
In order to make the plugin work we need the status codes for all four possible situations:- Auto protect Enabled - Antivirus Updated
- Auto protect Disabled - Antivirus Updated
- Auto protected Enabled - Antivirus Outdated
- Auto protected Disabled - Antivirus Outdated
You can get these status codes yourself by enabling diagnostics in PC Monitor and viewing the trace log generated in your PC Monitor executable path.
In order to enable the diagnostic logging feature you need to:- Open 'PC Monitor Manager'
- Open the 'Settings' tab
- Open the 'Diagnostics' sub tab
- Click the button 'Enable Diagnostics'
In the file trace.log you will see an entry:
- 03/02/2012, 11:32:33.007: [securityPlugin Plugin] Unknown State: NUMBER
Take a note of that number and write it down along with the antivirus state at that moment. Then change the state of the antivirus and wait 15 seconds to see another state number then continue with the remaining states. After you got all four post a reply to this thread with the codes and the product name.
Thank you for helping improve our plugin.
My release is open-source bound by no license. That being said you can freely modify, distribute, claim as your work, sell and / or include in your copyrighted material as long as it doesn't breach PC Monitor's license or terms and conditions.
Download Link: Click (Version 1.4)Changes:
- Added support for Product Version on Pre-Vista environments.
- Added support for Firewall products.
- Added support for Windows Firewall
- Added support for notification switches on mobile clients.
- Revamped configuration system.
- Fixed an issue where the notifications would be sent without computer identification details.
Any feedback and plugin ideas will be appreciated.
Screenshots:
Dashboard Set Settings Lock
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Hello,
As 95% of my computers have configuration lock enabled it would be really nice to change / set passcode lock using the dashboard application.
Paul.