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Title: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: Martin Svoboda on July 25, 2017, 02:47:14 PM
Hello everyone,
 
it's been a while since last beta version so today are releasing the 2.30 beta version of the new on-premise console.
 
What's new?

 
Known bugs / limitation

What has been fixed

 
Where to get installer?
Please note: This is not an antivirus installer. You are about to install a solution for management of your devices,
a management console through which you will be able to download and install the antivirus.

 
Step1. Choose a console type

Step2. Get your trial license

Step3. Sign-up to the console and upload the trial license

 
We would appreciate any feedback from your side, not only obvious bugs but also any comments regarding things that doesn't make sense from your point of view, or any suggestion for improvements.
 
One last thing we want to share a little secret with you - this version of the Management Console will be available also as a Cloud version.
 
Thank you and looking forward to your feedback.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: PAID on July 26, 2017, 07:40:32 AM
When do you Avast on-premise public release?
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: Martin Svoboda on July 26, 2017, 10:03:24 AM
When do you Avast on-premise public release?

Our plan is to release it after the education holiday (in europe). That is the closest which I can tell.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: jjsets on July 26, 2017, 01:46:25 PM
Short note on getting the trial license > we found out that it worked here only after first flushing all caches (we use Google Chrome) in the browser - well at that point we too updated to the new Google Chrome version (60.0.3112.78 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit))
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: Jan Suchan on July 27, 2017, 03:39:20 PM
Short note on getting the trial license > we found out that it worked here only after first flushing all caches (we use Google Chrome) in the browser - well at that point we too updated to the new Google Chrome version (60.0.3112.78 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit))

Hi jjsets, we had an issue with the mentioned page. It should be fixed now and it should work in all browsers. Thanks for reporting it.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: PAID on July 28, 2017, 03:14:53 AM
If Linux client will be supported, Avast can be best in enterprise market!
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: jjsets on July 29, 2017, 08:19:05 PM
First TThX for solving the beta license prob.
Second > i support PAID remarks on supporting the AVAST Linux solution via this on-Premises Business central Administration solution.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: jjsets on July 29, 2017, 08:23:12 PM
Hi,

just tried to pull the docker Image >
https://hub.docker.com/r/avastsoftware/management-console/
>> got
PS C:\programme> docker pull avastsoftware/management-console
Using default tag: latest
Error response from daemon: repository avastsoftware/management-console not found: does not exist or no pull access

Btw. > docker pull microsoft/nanoserver  works

Any idea what is going wrong?
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Update: Found that this does find an image > adding (Version)  :2.30.130.273
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: Nevik on August 03, 2017, 09:08:29 AM
The reason why you were not able to pull the docker image using "docker pull avastsoftware/management-console" is that we don't have the "latest" tag for the image. We just have tags with specific versions. The management-console docker image is meant to run in a docker-compose application. The image is not usable on its own, it requires an image with database and some additional configuration. We provide the sample configuration in the GitHub repository - https://github.com/avast/management-conle-config (docker-compose.yml, .env).

Currently, the "latest" tag is missing on purpose, as we want to prevent people just pulling and running the single image without reading the documentation about proper use of the docker-compose application. It also helps with troubleshooting of issues, when we ask somebody for output of "docker ps -a" (list of running docker containers), we can clearly see which version is being used. We might re-consider adding the "latest" tag in the future, but for now, we are preferring being explicit about the versions.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: misak on August 07, 2017, 04:01:27 PM
Possible availability issue with the on-premise beta version in upcoming week.

There will be network & system infrastructure redesign in ATL DC between Aug 8 and Aug 16. We are expecting short connectivity outage on August 8. Antivirus deployment from on-premise console might be affected. Avast for Business production enviroment will be not affected.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: REDACTED on August 16, 2017, 11:18:53 AM
The image is not usable on its own, it requires an image with database and some additional configuration. We provide the sample configuration in the GitHub repository - https://github.com/avast/management-conle-config (docker-compose.yml, .env).

So, we will therefore need at least two containers to run the Console? One for the Web Console itself, and one for the Database? Also, some addition configuration is needed to link the pieces together?

I would love to test this out, but at the moment, this is above my skill level. Will there eventually be a single "pull" command to install the entire thing?

Kind Regards, Stephen
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: Nevik on August 18, 2017, 12:51:56 PM
Yes, there are two containers, but is not difficult at all. We provide the configuration that is putting the pieces together and we describe the necessary steps in description of the docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/avastsoftware/management-console/

In a nutshell, it is just:

git clone https://github.com/avast/management-console-config.git
cd management-console-config
# edit .env file, change value AFB_HOSTNAME=my-server.example.org to AFB_HOSTNAME=hostname of your machine
docker-compose up

If you omit the the step of modifying the .env file, management console will start anyway, but the AV downloaded from the console will not be able to connect with your console (it will not know correct hostname of your server).
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: jjsets on August 31, 2017, 02:42:05 PM
We run into an issue with certificates. I can only add a SSL certificate during installation. I fail to find a place to replace the certificate if necessary. For example, free let's-encrypt-certificates would need to be updated every three months. This should be a feature for the final release.
Title: Re: Beta version 2.30 of the new on-premise Avast Business Management Console
Post by: REDACTED on September 01, 2017, 11:23:34 AM
Thank you Nevik.

I will look into this further.

Kind Regards, Stephen