Paul

Hi everyone,

I encountered an issue which some of you may have encountered and no-doubt some will encounter in the future whereby you will need to install Pulseway on multiple workstations, laptops etc. and multiple servers. You may also not necessarily want to have the same Pulseway Group Policy enabled for every single device on the network.

So, how do we go about doing this?

Essentially, it’s the same as the Pulseway Windows GPO installation but with some small changes.

Prep the Shared Folder

Firstly, we need to make a share that all users can access, and make sure you’ve put the Pulseway_XX.msi in this folder.

Make the Config File(s)

Next, load up Pulseway Manager and make any changes you want to the config, this will then need to be saved in the same folder as the .msi If you wish to make different config files for Servers, Workstations, Laptops, Tablets etc., please do so now and save them to the same folder.

Create the Security Groups

For each type of machine you wish to have managed/monitored by Pulseway please create a new Security Group within ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers) and then add the devices you want to the appropriate group(s).

Make the MST File(s)

Thanks to forum user robbinschut for this snippet which I’ve modified for this purpose.

Follow these steps to create a successful MST file:

Open the Pulseway MSI file in Orca Click in the menu "Transform" -> "New transform" Go to the Property table In the right pane right click -> Add row Fill in the property names CONFIG (UNC Path to config file) and CONFIGPASSWORD and the value(s) NOTE: Fill in the property name in UPPER CASE! At this point you can make any other adjustments you would like to the msi on installation.  After you added all the arguments you want, click in the menu "Transform" -> "Generate transform..." Save the MST file to the same folder with Pulseway_XX.msi If you have multiple config files for different machines, please create a new Transform for each config file, making sure to make the changes as needed. 
 
Set the GPOs
You will need to create one of these for each type Transform File you have created.

1.    Create a new Software Installation Package in User Configuration > Policies > Software Settings node of Group Policy Management Editor.

2.    Select the Pulseway MSI file, and then click Advanced.

3.    On ‘Deployment’ tab, Select “Assigned” Deployment type and make sure “Install this application at logon” is also selected and finally select Basic under “Installation User Interface Options”.

4.    On the Modifications tab, click Add and select the MST file you created. (This is the ONLY opportunity you will have to apply a Transform to this Package.)

5.    Click OK

Update client machines

Run Command Prompt as Admin and type:

gpupdate /force /sync /boot

The system will restart and when you next log in Pulseway will install with the correct Config File for your device!

I hope this helps those in a bit of a bind when it comes to sending out the Pulseway software across networks without having to worry about setting up multiple groups for the same customer, manually setting up each instance of Pulseway or manually updating the config on each machine.


 

 
 

Hi,
Scheduling windows updates isn't supported as of now however this will be possible in the upcoming patch management module (should come in Q1-Q2 2017).
-Paul

Hi Yohan,
Can you please send an email to support@pulseway.com with /var/log/messages file and output of the following:
cat /proc/cpuinfo uname -a openssl -v ldd --version   Thanks!   Regards, Mark  

Worked!

I guess the shutdown would always be triggered by som user.
Often it is a real user, but sometimes it could be SYSTEM or NETWORK SERVICE.
 

We would like to request this also.  We have hundreds of alerts to filter through and deleting one at a time is cumbersome.  Need ability to CTRL click random items or SHIFT click blocks of items.

I guess it is not supported.
Consider it a feature request.

Hi Dilbert,
That's a great idea, we are actually considering on introducing some sort of an access token which you can revoke at any time. This is something we will consider to improve the agent security in the future.
-Paul

For me (Powershell 2 - yes I really must update!!!), this had an error. However, the below works (as a single line)
$a=Get-Date; $web = New-Object Net.WebClient; $web.DownloadString("http://client.akamai.com/install/test-objects/10MB.bin") | out-null; $t = "$((10/((Get-Date)-$a).TotalSeconds)*8) Mbps"; $t

Hi, maybe this is too simple but I'm using for my Ubuntu machine update. 
Just in case, somebody who also need like me.
 
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy update > /dev/null
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy dist-upgrade > /dev/null
exit 0

Hi,
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear it works now.
-Paul

Nevermind, looks like it was an issue with my .NET Framework I used this guide https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/54da2355-b24e-46f9-90a3-87fb9c50e308/net-framework-doesnt-work-cant-findinstalluninstall?forum=netfxsetup to verify and repair my installation. All is good now.

You could monitor Event Log for event id 1020 and send notification

Many thanks, looks to be resolved. 
 
Tim

Hi Again,
 
Could we have an option to order by severity in both the windows 10 app and the dashboard.
We have the dashboard up on a big screen in our office, it would be good to see critical and elevated first, then everything else. (i know you can make it display only critical, but this is no good)
In summary, we just need an order by option.
 
 
Kind Regards,
Tim
 
 
 

It would be really nice to get an alert when the windows DHCP scope is almost full.

Hi guys,
We're planning to introduce this in a more general way which allows you to specify an account-wide priority filter per delivery mechanism:
Email:
Critical Elevated Normal Low Push:
Critical Elevated Normal Low Which allows you to opt out of certain priorities just like the Slack integration works.
-Paul

First, configure a windows agent with an account on the Team plan and validate the account to make sure the credentials are correct. Apply the configuration and write down the values of the following registry entries:
AuthenticationToken AuthenticationTokenCtrl Now go to the WebApp on the professional server (link), login and go to the Automation -> Scripts view. Select (or create) a category and click on the Create Script button. Enter a script name and under Windows tab, enable the script and select PowerShell as the script type then paste the following script:
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\MMSOFT Design\PC Monitor\" -Name AuthenticationToken -Value "Enter the saved AuthenticationToken from the machine you've just configured" Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\MMSOFT Design\PC Monitor\" -Name AuthenticationTokenCtrl -Value "Enter the saved AuthenticationTokenCtrl from the machine you've just configured" Replace the values of AuthenticationToken and AuthenticationTokenCtrl to the values you've wrote down from the agent you've configured to connect to the Enterprise server

Skip this step if you don't have any Linux agents configured. If you have, then you will need to configure one of your Linux agents to use your new Pulseway server and then you will need to copy the following line from the config.xml file from the Linux system which is configured to use your new server.
<Account Username="" Password="" UseCustomServer="false" CustomServerAddress="" Token=""/> And then Under the Linux tab, enable the script and paste in the following script using the values from the line which you have copied previously:
sed -i 's/\t<Account.*/\t<Account Username="" Password="" UseCustomServer="false" CustomServerAddress="" Token=""\/>/' /etc/pulseway/config.xml systemctl restart pulseway
Save the task and then run it. Please note that the task will stop automatically in 15 minutes but the systems get moved right away. This is happening because you've moved the agents to a new Pulseway server and the SaaS Professional servers stop hearing back from your agents and will mark the systems as unresponsive in the task execution after 15 to 30 minutes of inactivity.
 
Warning: Please note that if you make any mistakes in the values or break the xml configuration layout by removing a closing quote the agents will stop and you will have to manually reconfigure them. It is recommended that you create a system scope that only includes one system so that you can test that the migration script contains the correct values.

Just thankful that I could help contribute to this cool community and best product out there
Awesome works guys..
/Johnni

Hi Johnni,
It's nice to see you back on the Pulseway forums. We're working on the scheduling functionality for the Automation and Advanced Reporting features as we speak .
-Paul

Hi, 
 
Our dashboard is coming up with the quoted error below.
This happens every morning when we come in.
I have to quit the application and start it again to sort the issue.
 
Thanks,
 
Tim
 
 

Paul,
I've started the victory dance script, and it completed successfully.
Thank you,
 
Tim
 
 

This is already supported for Enterprise.

Most of the times i want to monitor more then less. So it would like more logical to create a toggle on every tab.. in the manager and Policies to select All of Deselect All.
Most of the times i would the select all and just deselect a few..
Please Add.. because my fingers are hurting from all the clicking..

Please add feature here to monitor if file has NOT changed in x hours.. or x days etc..
This way i could monitor if a process is hanging that should update the file every x hours.. This can even be an backup tasks of a random backup solutions