Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
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Up to 0.3.3-n
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Anyone here run into an issue out of the blue on day where meshcentral won't start? Running on linux.
mesherrors.txt says
/home/mordyt/node_modules/nedb/lib/datastore.js:77
if (err) { throw err; }
^Error: "toString()" failed
at stringSlice (buffer.js:560:43)
at Buffer.toString (buffer.js:633:10)
at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:506:23)Google brings me to: https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb/issues/389
I have like 10 PCs in MC.
How do I save my install? -
@MordyT likely this is related to a failed update. Did you update recently before this happened? Often a manual update will fix this.
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Up to 0.3.3-q here now.
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@MordyT Interesting. I have never seen this error before. Yes, it's safe to re-install, but backup "meshcentral-data" and "meshcentral-files" first. "meshcentral-data" contains the critical certificates that make your server unique. Agents will not reconnect unless you have the right certs. At any time, you can re-install your server and put the "data" and "files" folder back and restart and you should be fine. If you are using MongoDB, make sure to backup the database on a regular bases. If you are not using MongoDB, NeDB will be used and all ".db" files will be in the "meshcentral-data" folder.
Basically, should be easy to recover. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need help.
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@MordyT One more thing. If you can go in "MeshCentral-Data" and look at the size of the ".db" files... Is any of the files really big (Megabytes)? If so, what is the name of the file that is big and how big is it? With only 10 PC's, I can't expect any of the files in that folder to be of any significant size. - Thanks.
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How do you enable automatic server update?
For me, checking box and clicking OK to start server self update causes server to disconnect, automatically reconnect after 30 seconds or so, yet the server version remains the same.
To update, I must log in to server, stop MC, npm install meshcentral, and restart MC.
I am obviously doing it wrong.
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
For me, checking box and clicking OK to start server self update causes server to disconnect, automatically reconnect after 30 seconds or so, yet the server version remains the same.
Is your server running as root? Or did you accidentally start it as a different user? It needs to be running as root to be able to update itself.
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
How do you enable automatic server update?
It's in the config file, but tends to cause failures when you don't expect. We don't recommend it yet.
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No, not running as root. Thank you.
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
No, not running as root. Thank you.
That'll do it
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One thing does MeshCentral have a landing page for clients to connect to? Like Screenconnect does?
i.e. the home page where the client can click on their session, run the program then i can connect?
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@hobbit666 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
One thing does MeshCentral have a landing page for clients to connect to? Like Screenconnect does?
i.e. the home page where the client can click on their session, run the program then i can connect?
No. They have to download and run the agent. But you could build your own page for that and host the agent file as well.
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@hobbit666 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
One thing does MeshCentral have a landing page for clients to connect to? Like Screenconnect does?
i.e. the home page where the client can click on their session, run the program then i can connect?
No. They have to download and run the agent. But you could build your own page for that and host the agent file as well.
Yeah, a few options for you that would make it work similarly.
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This is an interesting suggestion! Can someone send a screen shot of that this landing page look like on other products?
FYI. Started work on a night-mode user interface for MeshCentral. It's in v0.3.4-b, but need to do a bunch more work to get it nice.
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MongoDB is not available in Fedora 30 repo anymore?
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@black3dynamite said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
MongoDB is not available in Fedora 30 repo anymore?
@scottalanmiller was saying MongoDB just changed licensing so they pulled it from the Fedora repo.
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@black3dynamite said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
MongoDB is not available in Fedora 30 repo anymore?
The MeshCentral guide Specifically says to use the mongo specific repo. I linked that in my Fedora guide the other day.
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I'm using the Vultr instance with 1GB RAM and 25GB SSD, with Ubuntu 18.10 and with only 8 agent sessions connected, RAM usage is at 62 Mb free, 983 Mb total.
Is this normal?
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@Scott said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
I'm using the Vultr instance with 1GB RAM and 25GB SSD, with Ubuntu 18.10 and with only 8 agent sessions connected, RAM usage is at 62 Mb free, 983 Mb total.
Is this normal?
Yup, that's normal. Agents really use just about no RAM. Doesn't change as you go to hundreds of agents. At least not for us.
