bananana.dev help
Everything about looking after your company's computers with bananana.dev: setting it up, adding computers, keeping them safe and up to date, helping people, and working from any of your own machines. Every page has pictures of the real screens.
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New here?Sign in, find your way around and add your first computer in about fifteen minutes.
Add a computerA code for someone at home, one command for a PC in front of you, or a key for fifty at once.
Work from anywhereOpen your office PC from home, exactly as you left it.
Something's wrongSymptoms and fixes, from "device offline" to "install failed".
Start here
- Getting startedSign in, learn the layout, and add your first computer. About fifteen minutes from start to a computer showing up on your dashboard.
- How bananana.dev worksThe brain, nodes, the relay and the agent, and what happens when you click something. Five minutes that make everything else make sense.
- Finding your way aroundThe menu, search, the device switcher, the AI button and how the dashboard looks on a phone.
- Running bananana in DockerThe brain and the agent as containers: Docker, Unraid, TrueNAS and Synology. Install, update, back up and remove.
Everyday use
- Company overviewEvery device the brain looks after on one page: what needs attention first, then every device, security, apps, the server, automations and recent activity.
- The server's own pagesOverview, Hardware, Processes, Services, Docker, Virtual machines, Websites and Alerts: live readings and controls for the brain, or for whichever device you pick.
- My computers and working from anywhereOpen your office PC from home or a laptop exactly as you left it: your documents, tabs and windows. Copy and paste between them, lock it when you leave, wake it up, and install the apps you need.
- Screen, terminal and filesSee and control a computer's screen, use its command line, and move files to and from it, all through the encrypted relay with nothing to open on your network.
- The AI assistantAsk about your computers in plain words. Set it up with your own AI account or plan, keep spending in check, and know exactly what it can and can't see.
Devices
- Devices and the device pageThe Nodes page, and everything on a device's own page: overview, management details, security, apps, processes, services and files.
- Adding computersThree ways in: a remote code for someone elsewhere, an install command for a computer in front of you, and a deployment key for many at once. Step by step for Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Approving devicesWhy devices wait for approval, how to approve many at once, and the expected-devices list that approves computers by serial number from a purchase order.
- The agent and the tray iconWhat gets installed on each computer, the bananana.dev icon by the clock, commands for people at the computer, updates, and how to uninstall.
Managing the fleet
- AutomationsTasks that run by themselves: on a schedule, when an alert starts, when a device goes offline or a reading stays high, or when another system calls a link. With a script library, dry runs and full output for every run.
- The app catalogList the apps your company uses, say who must have them, and bananana.dev installs whatever is missing by itself. Self-service for optional apps, seats for licences, and install, update and remove per device.
- Rollouts and ringsUpdate apps and operating systems in waves (pilot, early, everyone), so a bad update stops at a few computers instead of reaching all of them.
- Alerts and emailWhat bananana.dev watches, when it emails, what each alert means and how to fix it, and how to turn emails on or off.
Security
- Windows security: Defender and firewallSee every PC's antivirus, firewall and detections, and act on them: scans, definition updates, settings, exclusions and firewall rules, with honest results and a firewall change that can never cut a PC off.
- ComplianceSay what every computer must have (encryption, antivirus, firewall, updates, screen lock, required apps) and see which ones don't, what to fix, and since when. With history and a CSV for auditors.
- How bananana.dev keeps things safeEnd-to-end encryption, a relay that can't read anything, keys that never leave their computers, permissions checked twice, a tamper-evident audit log, and nightly backups. In plain words, with the technical names for your IT.
People and access
- Users, roles and permissionsInvite people, give each a role that fits their job, limit them to some devices, make your own roles, and suspend or remove someone in seconds.
- Signing in and your accountPasswords and codes, authenticator apps, Google and Apple sign-in, confirming it's you, signed-in devices, and Finder or Explorer access to files.
- The audit logEvery action anyone took (and everything bananana.dev did by itself), who, what, which device, when and from where, in a log that shows if anyone tampers with it.
Reference
- The iPhone and Android appsThe whole dashboard in your pocket, with Face ID or fingerprint unlock, native Google and Apple sign-in, a terminal keyboard that works, and photo uploads.
- TroubleshootingSymptoms and fixes: devices offline, installs and onboarding failing, screens and terminals not opening, security and compliance oddities, sign-in problems and emails not arriving.
- Questions people askCost, privacy, what we can see, what happens if the internet or the relay is down, which systems are supported, and more.
- GlossaryEvery term in bananana.dev, in a sentence or two.