MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@Donahue said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Is everything ran from a website? Like could I connect from a phone to a workstation?
that's the idea, yeah. It's a remote access server, just like ScreenConnect.
Am I correct in stating that it is like ScreenConnect remote access agents but doesn't do the same "remote support" connections? At least that's what I seemed to get from the website.
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@NashBrydges said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@Donahue said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Is everything ran from a website? Like could I connect from a phone to a workstation?
that's the idea, yeah. It's a remote access server, just like ScreenConnect.
Am I correct in stating that it is like ScreenConnect remote access agents but doesn't do the same "remote support" connections? At least that's what I seemed to get from the website.
That seems to be correct, unless I've missed some magic somewhere for the "remote support" option.
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...so, no Wayland issues? Java dependency isn't mentioned anywhere :thumbs_up:
I'm a paid user of ConnectWise Access and luckily I predominantly support Windows PCs and Servers, as the ConnectWise Linux agent is less than ideal. -
@warren-stanley said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
...so, no Wayland issues? Java dependency isn't mentioned anywhere :thumbs_up:
I'm a paid user of ConnectWise Access and luckily I predominantly support Windows PCs and Servers, as the ConnectWise Linux agent is less than ideal.No Wayland issues yet.
There is no Java anywhere.
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@warren-stanley said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
...so, no Wayland issues? Java dependency isn't mentioned anywhere :thumbs_up:
I'm a paid user of ConnectWise Access and luckily I predominantly support Windows PCs and Servers, as the ConnectWise Linux agent is less than ideal.No Wayland issues yet.
There is no Java anywhere.
It is all nodejs from what I saw.
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Fedora is working now.
Don't know why, installed again and it worked.
Did the install on Fedora require any different or additional steps compared to the Ubuntu instructions?
What flavor of Fedora did you use?
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Playing around with this and it looks promising. Running into what looks like a conflict induced by our AV solution (TrendMicro) on the client.
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@FATeknollogee said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Fedora is working now.
Don't know why, installed again and it worked.
Did the install on Fedora require any different or additional steps compared to the Ubuntu instructions?
What flavor of Fedora did you use?
I think the Fedora install might have only been the client side, not the server side.
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@FATeknollogee said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Fedora is working now.
Don't know why, installed again and it worked.
Did the install on Fedora require any different or additional steps compared to the Ubuntu instructions?
What flavor of Fedora did you use?
Did not install the server on Fedora. The server is on Ubuntu. The client worked on Fedora, and without any effort like ScreenConnect. Fedora 29 Cinnamon, a vanilla install. Just worked.
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@Dashrender said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@FATeknollogee said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Fedora is working now.
Don't know why, installed again and it worked.
Did the install on Fedora require any different or additional steps compared to the Ubuntu instructions?
What flavor of Fedora did you use?
I think the Fedora install might have only been the client side, not the server side.
indeed
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@JaredBusch said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@warren-stanley said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
...so, no Wayland issues? Java dependency isn't mentioned anywhere :thumbs_up:
I'm a paid user of ConnectWise Access and luckily I predominantly support Windows PCs and Servers, as the ConnectWise Linux agent is less than ideal.No Wayland issues yet.
There is no Java anywhere.
It is all nodejs from what I saw.
Yup, haven't seen anything that isn't NodeJS. But no idea what the agents are written in.
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@Dashrender said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@FATeknollogee said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Fedora is working now.
Don't know why, installed again and it worked.
Did the install on Fedora require any different or additional steps compared to the Ubuntu instructions?
What flavor of Fedora did you use?
I think the Fedora install might have only been the client side, not the server side.
Thx for pointing that out.
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We are adding users and devices like crazy as we switch more and more to MC. Here is our current status.
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
We are adding users and devices like crazy as we switch more and more to MC. Here is our current status.
Are you using MongoDB yet?
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@black3dynamite said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
We are adding users and devices like crazy as we switch more and more to MC. Here is our current status.
Are you using MongoDB yet?
No, haven't seen any need for it yet. The system is still lightning fast.
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Does the software establish a connection outside the managed network or do you have to vpn to the network to reach the management server?
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@scottalanmiller said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
We are adding users and devices like crazy as we switch more and more to MC. Here is our current status.
damn - 100 users??
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@Grey said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Does the software establish a connection outside the managed network or do you have to vpn to the network to reach the management server?
It all runs on HTTPS connections.
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@JaredBusch said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
@Grey said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Does the software establish a connection outside the managed network or do you have to vpn to the network to reach the management server?
It all runs on HTTPS connections.
I asked if I need to be on the highway to get to my destination, or if I can take surface streets and you told me to use snow tires. WTF?
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@Grey said in MeshCentral - Anyone tried this?:
Does the software establish a connection outside the managed network or do you have to vpn to the network to reach the management server?
It depends on how you setup MeshCentral and how lockdown your devices and/or network is.
With MeshCentral, you can set it up has a LAN only, WAN only or LAN+WAN (hybrid).
You can also restrict access via IP address for User or Agent.
