Welcome to WAPT’s official documentation by Tranquil IT, last compiled on 2022-07-20.
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WAPT is a software and configuration deployment tool that may be compared to Microsoft SCCM (now called MECM), Ivanti UIM, IBM Bigfix, Tanium, OPSI, PDQDeploy, or Matrix42. WAPT exists in two flavors, WAPT Discovery and WAPT Enterprise.
Main benefits¶
For System Administrators:
Install software and configurations silently.
Maintain up to date an installed base of software and configurations.
Configure software at the system and user level to reduce the load on support teams.
Remove unwanted or out of cycle software and configurations silently.
Reduce your need for support by your IT teams, whose reaction times are often long because of their workloads.
Reduce as much as possible the consumption of bandwidth on remote sites to preserve it for productive uses.
For IT Security Officers
Pilot the software installed base to converge to a security standard acceptable to the organization.
Prepare your enterprise for the coming GDPR and help your DPO keep his register of data processing, because you two will become close colleagues.
No longer tolerate hosts operating in Administrator mode.
No longer tolerate users downloading and running software binaries from their home directory.
Start applying SRPs, also known as Applocker or WDAC to improve application level IT security.
Reduce the level of exposure to software vulnerabilities and lateral movement attacks.
Bring up audit indicators for a better knowledge of the state of installed IT devices and their global security level.
Be prompt to deploy updates to react to cyber attacks like Wannacry or notPetya.
For End-Users
Have installed software configured to work well in the context of your Organization and trust that they will work correctly.
Give Users more autonomy to install software safely and reliably.
Have better working and more predictable professional systems because of standard software configurations.
Presenting WAPT
Installing WAPT Server
Basic WAPT configuration
Managing the WAPT Agent
Managing the WAPT Server
How to use WAPT?
- Using the WAPT Console
- Using the WAPT Console advanced features
- Using WAPT Windows Update Agent (WAPTWUA)
- Synchronizing WAPT inventories to GLPI
- Using the reporting functions in WAPT
- Using WAPT Self-Service
- Using the WAPT System Tray utility
- Using the WAPT Exit utility
- Customizing WAPT for better user acceptance
- Using WAPT with the Command Line
- WAPT Server Postconf script
Advanced WAPT configuration
- Configuring the WAPT Agent with advanced options
- Configuring the WAPT Console
- Configuring the WAPT Server
- Configuring WAPT repositories
- Enhancing the security of your WAPT setup
- Configuring the firewall on the WAPT Server
- Configuring kerberos authentication
- Activating the verification of the SSL / TLS certificate
- Configuring user authentication against Active Directory
- Configuring Client-Side Certificate Authentication
- Generating the Certificate Authority (CA)
- Deploying certificates of local IT admins on clients
- Configuring Access Control Lists
WADS OS deployement
Creating WAPT packages
- Creating WAPT packages
- Setting up your WAPT development and test environment
- Principles of creating package template from the WAPT Console
- Presentation of PyScripter
- Packaging .msi packages (example)
- Packaging .exe packages (example)
- Packaging empty packages
- Building the package and sending it to the WAPT Server
- Simple examples of commonly used setuphelper functions
- Manipulating registry keys
- Creating and destroying shortcuts
- Windows environment/ Software/ Services
- Using control file fields
- Managing a WAPT package with another WAPT package
- Improving my package
- Using different IDEs for developing WAPT packages
- Configuring WAPT to use a custom editor
- Updating WAPT packages from Python 2 to Python 3
- Package structure detailed
Frequent problems and questions
- Frequent problems and questions
- Resetting the WAPT Linux Server password
- I lost my WAPT private key
- My private key has been stolen
- My BIOS UUID bugs
- The WAPT Deploy utility does not work
- Windows does not wait for the network to be running on startup
- The WAPT Exit utility will not launch
- The WAPT Exit utility halts after 15 minutes and does not finish the installing the WAPT packages
- Error message when opening the WAPT Console
- Problems with registering a host with WAPT
- Problems when enabling enable-check-certificate
- Problems when creating a WAPT package
- Frequent problems caused by Anti-Virus software
- I have an issue with my proxy - THttpClientSocket.SockRecv(1) read = 0
- Common mistakes
- Installing the WAPT Server with Ansible
- Using the WAPT Server APIs