MacOS configuration file

[thaddeusf]

Hello.

I'm sorry to create a new thread, but I'm finding conflicting information on configuring the MacOS with my account-token and machine-name. v7 seemed to have a utility. Linux has a straightforward configuration file. Can someone please send me a quick way to do this?

Thanks.

[Joe_H]

Normally you would enter it through the Web Control interface. But if you are talking about a headless Mac, you could use a config.xml file just like on Linux. Location of the file would normally be in /Library/Application Support/FAHClient. That is where the client installer would check for a v7 install and read that file. It also gets read at startup of the client.

[thaddeusf]

The web control doesn't give me an option for token or changing the machine name. It does let me put in a passphrase, but I need token.

Is the format of the config file the same as linux in the FAHClient folder?

[calxalot]

You normally login to your web control account, which handles any token for you.

The config.xml file is the same as Linux, if you want to do it that way.

[thaddeusf]

Using /Library/Application Support/FAHClient/config.xml worked like a champ. Thanks all!

[thaddeusf]

Has anyone made a comprehensive config.xml variable list for v8.4.9? I started reading source on github, but I don't know where to go and it's talking a lot of time. When I'm searching for config.xml details there is a lot of v7 which seems completely different.

Thanks

[calxalot]

There is no guide I know of.
You can see options via

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fah-client --help

Many options are internal things that you should not mess with.
Anything exposed in web control is at best first-run only read from config.xml.

[calxalot]

Example bits from my config.xml

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<config>
  <log-domain v='true'/>
  <http-addresses v='0.0.0.0:7396'/>
  <allow v='127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16 172.16.0.0/12 169.254.0.0/16'/>

  <cause v='alzheimers'/>
  <team v='1971'/>
  <user v='calxalot'/>
</config>

Last 3 are first-run defaults.
You should probably instead use account-token to pre-configure account linking.
Note my allow list is not secure.

[thaddeusf]

For thread... The v8.4.9 format of config.xml is somewhat different that v7. Here is what works:

On Linux: /etc/fah-client/config.xml
On Mac: /Library/Application Support/FAHClient/config.xml

<config>
<account-token v="asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas"/>
<machine-name v="XXXXXXXX"/>
<user v="Joe_Mouser"/>
<passkey v="12341234123412342134213412341234"/>
</config>

Thanks.

[calxalot]

The format is the same.
The supported elements (options) has changed.