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Genydeploy User Guide

This user guide gives you all the information you need to install Genydeploy and deploy a configuration on a fleet of devices.

Graphical interface

Genydeploy main screen is displayed in the following way:

user home

In this screen, information related to device deployment are also visible in the top area:

  • Today: amount of configured devices on the current workstation.
  • Total: amount of configured devices in total for the project.
  • Remaining: amount of devices that can still be configured for the project.

The deployment area allows you to deploy a configuration and follow the progression per device. It can be displayed in list or grid view.

Settings

Click to open Genydeploy settings:

settings

From there, you can:

Set a deployment network

You can define the network that will be used during the deployment process only. This network can come either from the actual Internet connection of the host workstation or from a Wi-Fi network that you must specify.

Warning

Java 8 is required to use this feature.

To use the Internet connection of your host workstation:

  1. Select tab Deployment network.
  2. In Network type, select Host connection.
  3. If you do not want to use the default Google DNS servers, you can specify custom DNS servers in the corresponding field. You must separate them with commas.
  4. If you are behind a proxy, enter its type, host and port in the corresponding fields.
  5. In Proxy exclusion list, you can define allowed hostnames or IPs. You must separate them with commas. Example: *.genymobile.com,1.2.3.4
  6. Click Close to save your network.

To define a Wi-Fi deployment network:

  1. Select tab Deployment network.
  2. In Network type, select Wi-Fi.
  3. Enter the SSID, security type and password in the corresponding fields.
  4. (Optional) If your Internet access is restricted by a proxy, In Proxy type, select HTTP, enter the host and port in the corresponding fields and define an exclusion list for websites for which access is not performed via the proxy (e.g. corporate Intranet).
  5. Click Close to save your network.

Set a proxy

If your company uses a proxy, to allow the Genydeploy application to communicate with the remote server, you must set the proxy:

  1. Select tab Proxy.
  2. In Type, select the type of proxy (none, HTTP or SOCKS).
  3. Enter the host, port, username and password in the corresponding fields.
  4. Click Close or to save your proxy.

Define a license server

If Genydeploy web portal is hosted within your company structure, you must define its location in this section:

  1. Select tab License server.
  2. Enable Custom server.
  3. In Server URL, define the location of the web portal within your infrastructure provided by your Genydeploy admin.
  4. Click Close.

Login

Click to bring the login window:

login page

Enter your credentials and click Save to login.

Deployment

To deploy a configuration on a fleet of devices, follow the steps below:

  1. Connect devices to the Genydeploy host computer in USB. It should appear in the deployment area.
  2. Click Open.
  3. Browse your file explorer for the configuration file to be deployed.
  4. Click Deploy to launch the deployment of the configuration.1
  5. As soon as a device is configured, you can unplug it and connect a new one without disturbing the deployment of the configuration on other devices.

In the Action column, you can click to abort the deployment of a given device, click to launch it again, or click to remove the line of a failed deployment. You can abort the deployment of your fleet of devices at any time by clicking Stop.

Warning

If your balance is not sufficient to deploy a configuration, the deployment process stops. Contact Genydeploy administrator.

You can display the deployment progress of devices in list or grid view. When a deployment is complete:

  • The amount of devices deployed is deducted from the Balance field.
  • A screenshot is taken on each device showing the success or the failure of the deployment.
  • An XML file containing the following information is generated:
    • deployment duration
    • IMEI
    • applied configuration file
    • SIM number
    • telephone number
    • battery charge level
    • date
    • status
  • A CSV file compling all information of each XML file is generated.
  • A copy of the configuration file is performed.
  • A technical log file of the deployment is generated.
  • In the event of a deployment failure, the logcat file is saved in the log directory of the device. This file can help understanding the reasons of the failure.
  • Status and information of each device is retrieved in the Genydeploy web portal.

  1. When a deployment is performed, the line corresponding to the device is displayed in green. If the deployment has failed, it is displayed in red. ↩

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