Attention : support for WAPT 2.0 ended on June the 30th 2022.

Please upgrade to the latest supported version

The WAPT Server having been successfully installed, now we will install the WAPT console.

The WAPT management console¶

Attention

If you have already generated the WAPT agent and deployed the agent on your Administrator’s workstation, then launch the WAPT console.

Note

Managing WAPT is done mainly via the WAPT console installed on the Administrator’s workstation.
It is recommended that the Administrator’s computer be joined to the Organization ‘s Active Directory.
The host name of the Administrator’s workstation must not be longer than 15 characters. This is a limit of sAMAccountName attribute in Active Directory.
The Administrator’s computer will become critical for WAPT administration and WAPT package testing.
If DNS records are properly configured, you should be able to access the WAPT web interface by visiting https://srvwapt.mydomain.lan.
As of 2024-09-20, the WAPT console only installs on Windows.

Hint

It is highly recommended to use the console on a dedicated management machine.

If the WAPT Server is installed on a Windows host¶

Warning

The WAPT console MUST NOT be installed on your Windows based WAPT Server.

The WAPT console must be installed on the workstation from which you manage your network.

Before installing the WAPT console, download on Tranquil IT server:

Discovery version: WAPT Discovery will be released later. For the time being the free Edition of WAPT please refer to wapt-1.8 documentation https://www.wapt.fr/en/doc-1.8/
Enterprise version:
- Download waptsetup.exe on the WAPT server.
- Rename the file waptsetup-tis.exe.
- Copy to C:\wapt\waptserver\repository\wapt.

You may now go on downloading and launching the installation of the WAPT console on the Administrator’s computer

If the WAPT Server is installed on a Linux host¶

Go to next step, the WAPT Console is already on your server.

If DNS records are properly configured, you should be able to access the WAPT web interface by visiting: https://srvwapt.mydomain.lan.
Click on WAPTSetup link on the right-hand side of the WAPT Server web page.

Installing on the Administrator’s computer¶

Attention

If waptagent are not compiled and installed on your computer, need to install waptsetup.

Else, the WAPT console is already installed with the waptagent, you just need configure it.

Start the executable installer as Local Administrator on the Administrator’s workstation.
Choose the language and click on OK to install the WAPT console.

Click on OK to go on to the next step.

Accept the licence terms and click on Next to go to next step.
Choose your installation options (default values should be right for most installations).

Choosing the installer's options — Choosing the installer’s options¶

Available options of the WAPT installer¶
Settings	Description	Default value
Install WAPT service	Add WAPT service on your management computer.	Checked
Launch notification icon upon session opening	Launch waptagent on systray at startup.	Not checked
Disable hiberboot, and increase shutdown GPO timeout (recommended)	Disable Windows fast startup for stability, increase timeout for waptexit.	Checked
Install the certificates provided by this installer	Install Tranquil IT certificate only on this computer.	Not checked
Use a random UUID to identify the computer instead of BIOS	For more information, check the documentation on BIOS UUID bugs	Not checked

Set up the WAPT Server URL.

Hint

Here, two choices become available to you.

If this is the first installation and the WAPT agent has not already been built / installed.
- Check Static WAPT Informations and set:
  - WAPT repository URL: http://srvwapt.mydomain.lan/wapt.
  - WAPT Server URL: https://srvwapt.mydomain.lan.
Choosing the WAPT repository and server¶
- Choose the WAPT repository and server; click Next.
If the WAPT console or the WAPT agent is already installed:
- Check Don’t change current setup, then click Next.
The WAPT repository and server are already set¶
- Get a summary of the WAPT console installation.
Click Install to launch the installation, wait for the installation to complete, then click on Finish (leave default options).

Uncheck Show installation documentation.

Starting the WAPT console¶

Launch the WAPT console:
- By looking for the binary.
  
  C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\waptconsole.exe
- Or using the Start Menu.
  
  The WAPT Console Start Menu¶
Log into the WAPT console with the SuperAdmin login and password.

The WAPT Console authentication window¶

If you have any issue logging into the WAPT console, please refer to the FAQ: Error message when opening the WAPT console.

It is recommended to launch the WAPT console with a Local Administrator account to enable local debugging of WAPT packages.

For Enterprise version, it is possible to authenticate with Active Directory.

Attention

On Enterprise version, copy your licence.lic that you have received in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\licences for enabling Enterprise features.

First start after server installation¶

Hint

On first start, you must start the WAPT console with elevated privileges. Right-click on the WAPT console binary ‣ Start as Local Administrator.

Activation de la licence¶

Attention

If the following message appears, you have not copied your licence.lic in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\licences.

Affectation du certificat¶

Note

A message may appear indicating that no personal certificate has been defined.

See the next step to create your certificate.

Définition du préfixe de paquet¶

Erreurs de lancement¶

Note

A message may appear indicating that your WAPT agent version is obsolete or not yet present.

Generating the Administrator’s certificate for signing WAPT packages¶

Hint

The name of the private key is wapt-private.pem.
The name of the public certificate signed with the private key is wapt-private.crt.

Private key wapt-private.pem¶

Attention

The wapt-private.pem file is fundamental for security. It must be stored in a safe place and correctly protected.

The wapt-private.pem file is the private key, it is located by default in the C:\private folder of the Administrator workstation and is password protected.

This private key will be used along with the certificate to sign packages before uploading them onto the WAPT repository.

Danger

The wapt-private.pem file MUST NOT be stored on the WAPT server.

Public certificate : wapt-private.crt¶

The wapt-private.crt file is the public certificate that is used along with the private key. It is by default created in the C:\private folder of the Administrator, copied and deployed in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\ssl on the Windows desktops or in /opt/wapt/ssl on the Linux and MacOS devices managed by the Administrator via a WAPT package, a GPO or an Ansible role.

This certificate is used to validate the signature of packages before installation.

Attention

If the public certificate used on WAPT the console is not derived from the private key used for generating the WAPT agents, no interaction will be possible.
The child certificates of private keys are functional for interactions.

Building a certificate¶

In the WAPT console go to Tools ‣ Build certificate.

Important

We have two different options:

Creating a certificate for the Discovery version.

Creating a certificate for the Enterprise version.

Discovery¶

Fill in the following fields.

Certificate informations¶
Value	Description	Required
Target key directory	Folder where the private key and the public certificate will be stored.
Key filename	name of the .pem and Name of the private key.
Private key password	Password for locking and unlocking the key.
Confirm password	Password confirmation for locking and unlocking the key.
Certificate name	Name of the .crt certificate.
Common Name (CN)	Display name of the certificate.
City	Name of the certificate holder’s city to register in the certificate.
Country (2 chars. E.g : FR)	Name of the certificate holder’s country (FR, EN, ES, DE …) to register in the certificate.
Service	Name of certificate holder’s service or organizational department to register in the certificate.
Organization	Name of the certificate holder’s Organization to register in the certificate.
E-mail address	Email address of the certificate holder to register in the certificate.
Export PKCS12`	Create *.p12 certificate in Target key directory.	(recommended)

Additional details are stored in the private key. This information will help with identifying the origin of the certificate and the origin of the WAPT package.

Hint

The password complexity must comply with your Organization’s security requirements (visit the ANSSI website for recommendations on passwords).

Danger

The path to your private key must not be in the installation path of WAPT (C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt).
If your key is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt, your Administrator private key will be deployed on your clients, absolutely a no go!.
The wapt-private.pem file should not be stored on the WAPT server.

Click on OK to go on to the next step.

If everything has gone well the following message will appear:

Click on OK.

Confirmation of the copy of the certificate in the ssl folder¶

Click on Yes to copy the newly generated certificate in the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\ssl on Windows or /opt/wapt/ssl on Linux or MacOS. This certificate will be picked up during the compilation of the WAPT agent and deployed on the client computers.

You may go on to the next step and Building the WAPT agent installer.

Enterprise¶

With WAPT Enterprise, you can create a Master key with a Certificate Authority flag that can both sign packages and sign new certificates.

Hint

In order to create new signed certificates for delegated users, please refer to creating a new certificate.

Creating a self-signed certificate for Enterprise version¶

Certificate informations¶
Value	Description	Required
Target key directory	Folder where the private key and the public certificate will be stored.
Key filename	name of the .pem and Name of the private key.
Private key password	Password for locking and unlocking the key.
Confirm password	Password confirmation for locking and unlocking the key.
Tag as code signing	Check this box if the certificate/ key pair will be allowed to sign software packages.
Tag as CA certificate	Check this box if this certificate can be used to sign other certificates (main or intermediate Certificate Authority).
Certificate name	Name of the .crt certificate.
Common Name (CN)	Display name of the certificate.
City	Name of the certificate holder’s city to register in the certificate.
Country (2 chars. E.g : FR)	Name of the certificate holder’s country (FR, EN, ES, DE …) to register in the certificate.
Service	Name of certificate holder’s service or organizational department to register in the certificate.
Organization	Name of the certificate holder’s Organization to register in the certificate.
E-mail address	Email address of the certificate holder to register in the certificate
Authority Signing Key	Key (`*.pem`) of CA
Authority Signing Certificate	Certicate (`*.crt`) of CA
Export PKCS12	Create `*.p12` certicate in Targets keys directory	(recommended)

Additional details are stored in the private key. This information will help with identifying the origin of the certificate and the origin of the WAPT package.

Hint

The password complexity must comply with your Organization’s security requirements (visit the ANSSI website for recommendations on passwords).

Note

If your Organization is already equipped with an Certificate Authority (CA), you will have to fill the certificate and the key in the fields Authority Signing Key and Authority Signing Certificate.

With this procedure you can generate new certificates/ key pairs with or without Code Signing capability.

For creating a Certificate Authority, go to the section on generating the Certificate Authority (CA).

Danger

The path to your private key must not be in the installation path of WAPT (C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt).
If your key is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt , your Administrator private key will be deployed on your clients, absolutely a no go!.
The wapt-private.pem file should not be stored on the WAPT server.

If everything has gone well the following message will appear:

Click on OK to go on to the next step.

Click on Yes to copy the newly generated certificate in the C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\ssl folder. This certificate will be picked up during the compilation of the WAPT agent and deployed on the clients computers.

You may go on to the next step and build the WAPT agent installer.

Building the WAPT agent installer¶

The waptagent binary is an InnoSetup installer.

Once the WAPT console has been installed on the Administrator computer, we have all files required to build the WAPT agent installer:

Files that will be used during building of the WAPT agent are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt.
Installer source files (.iss files) are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\waptsetup.

Hint

Before building the WAPT agent, please verify the public certificate(s) in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\ssl.

If you wish to deploy other public certificates on your Organization’s computers that are equipped with WAPT, you will have to copy them in that folder.

Danger

DO NOT COPY the private key of any Administrator in C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt.

This folder is used when building the WAPT agent and the private keys would then be deployed on all the computers.

In the WAPT console, go to Tools ‣ Build WAPT agent

Generating the WAPT agent from the console¶

Hint

Before building the WAPT agent, you need to choose how it will identify itself with the WAPT Server.

Choosing the mode to uniquely identify the WAPT agents¶

In WAPT you can choose the unique identification mode of the WAPT agents.

When a WAPT agent registers the server must know if it is a new machine or if it is a machine that has already been registered.

For this, the WAPT Server looks at the UUID in the inventory.

WAPT offers 3 modes to help you distinguish between hosts, it is up to you to choose the mode that best suits you.

Attention

After choosing a mode of operation it is difficult to change it, think carefully!

Identifying the WAPT agents by their BIOS UUID (serial number)¶

This mode of operation makes it possible to identify the machines in the console in a physical manner.

If you replace a computer and give the new computer the same name as the previous one, you will have two computers that will appear in the WAPT console since you will have physically two different computers.

Note

Some vendors do inadequate work and assign the same BIOS UUIDs to entire batches of computers. In this case, WAPT will only see one computer!!!

Identifying the WAPT agent by host name¶

This mode of operation is similar to that in Active Directory. The machines are identified by their hostname.

Note

This mode does not work if several machines in your fleet share the same name. We all know it should not happen!!

Identifying the WAPT agents with a randomly generated UUID¶

This mode of operation allows PCs to be identified by their WAPT installation. Each installation of WAPT generates a unique random number. If you uninstall WAPT and then reinstall it, you will see a new device appear in your console.

Discovery¶

WAPT Agent informations¶
Value	Description	Required
Authorized packages certificates bundle	Folder of trusted certificate.
Include non CA too	Include local WAPT certificate.
Main WAPT repository address	Address of the repository on the WAPT Server.
WAPT Server address	Address of the repository on the WAPT Server.
Path to the https servers CA certificates bundle	Path to the certificates used for HTTPS verification.
Organization	Name of the Organization to identify the origin of WAPT packages.
Use computer FQDN for UUID	If FQDN are used for identifying WAPT agents.
Use random host UUID (for buggy BIOS)	If random UUIDs are used for identifying WAPT agents.

Danger

The checkbox Use kerberos for the initial registration must be checked ONLY IF you have followed the documentation on Configuring the kerberos authentication.
The checkbox Verify the WAPT Server HTTPS certificate must be checked ONLY IF you have followed the documentation on Activating the verification of the SSL / TLS certificate.

Provide the password for unlocking the private key.

Entering the password for unlocking the private key¶

Progression of WAPT agent installer building¶

Once the WAPT agent installer has finished building, a confirmation dialog pops up indicating that the waptagent binary has been successfully uploaded to https://srvwapt.mydomain.lan/wapt/.

Confirmation of the WAPT agent loading onto WAPT repository¶

Note

A warning shows up indicating that the GPO hash value should be changed. GPOs may be used to deploy the WAPT agent on your Organization’s computers.

Danger

After building the agent, install the new WAPT agent on the WAPT management console.

Enterprise¶

Fill in the informations that are necessary for the installer.

Filling in the informations on your Organization¶

WAPT Agent informations¶
Value	Description	Required
Authorized packages certificates bundle	Folder of trusted certificate.
Include non CA too	Include local WAPT certificate.
Main WAPT repository address	Address of the repository on the WAPT Server.
WAPT Server address	Address of the repository on the WAPT Server.
Verify https server certificate	If HTTPS certificate client authentication is activated on the WAPT server.
Use repository access rules	For using rules of for replicating remote repositories.
Path to the https servers CA certificates bundle	Path to the certificates used for HTTPS verification.
Use Kerberos for initial registration	If Kerberos authentification of the WAPT agents is used with the WAPT Server.
Organization	Name of the Organization to identify the origin of WAPT packages.
Use computer FQDN for UUID	If FQDN are used for identifying WAPT agents.
Use random host UUID (for buggy BIOS)	If random UUIDs are used for identifying WAPT agents.
Always install these packages	Installs automatically a group packages upon WAPT agent installation.
Enable automatic install of packages based on AD Groups	Enables the installation of profile packages. This feature can degrade the performance of WAPT.
Allow remote reboot	Allows remote reboots from the WAPT console.
Allow remote shutdown	Allows remote shutdown from the WAPT console.
Manage Windows updates with WAPT \| Disable WAPT WUA \| Don’t set anything	Enables or disables WAPT WUA.
Allow all updates by default unless explicitely forbidden by rules	Allows all Windows updates if not forbidden by WUA rule packages.
Scan / download scheduling	Sets the Windows Update scan periodicity.
Minimum delay before installation (days after publish date)	Sets a deferred installation delay before publication.
Install pending Windows updates at shutdown	Installs update when the machine shuts down.

Hint

For more information to Windows update section, refer to this article on configuring WAPTWUA on the WAPT agent

Danger

The checkbox Use kerberos for the initial registration must be checked ONLY IF you have followed the documentation on Configuring the kerberos authentication.
The checkbox Verify the WAPT Server HTTPS certificate must be checked ONLY IF you have followed the documentation on Activating the verification of the SSL / TLS certificate.

Provide the password for unlocking the private key.

Providing the password for unlocking the private key¶

Once the WAPT agent installer has finished building, a confirmation dialog pops up indicating that the waptagent binary has been successfully uploaded to https://srvwapt.mydomain.lan/wapt/.

Note

A warning shows up indicating that the GPO hash value should be changed. GPOs may be used to deploy the WAPT agent on your Organization’s computer.

Attention

After building the agent on your management PC, quit the WAPT console and install the new WAPT agent that has been generated on your WAPT management computer.