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Roundfleet Installation Guide

Roundfleet is a powerful fleet management solution designed specifically for cloud-hosted Mac Mini environments. As a Mac Mini cloud hosting provider, you can use Roundfleet to monitor, manage, and optimize your entire fleet of virtualized Mac instances.

This installation guide will walk you through setting up Roundfleet monitoring across macOS, Windows, and Linux systems to ensure comprehensive oversight of your cloud infrastructure.

🍎 macOS

  • Download the .dmg file for Mac here
  • Double-click the downloaded .dmg file
  • Drag the Roundfleet app to the Applications folder
  • Eject the .dmg file
  • Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy
    • Privacy tab > Accessibility
    • Check Roundfleet to allow monitoring
  • Launch Roundfleet from Applications
  • Tracking starts automatically

🪟 Windows

  • Download the .exe file for Windows here
  • Right-click the .exe file > "Run as administrator"
  • Follow the installation wizard
  • Accept terms and conditions
  • Allow in Windows Defender if prompted
  • Grant application monitoring permissions
  • Launch Roundfleet from Start Menu
  • The application begins tracking automatically

🐧 Linux

  • Download the .deb package (Ubuntu/Debian) or .rpm (CentOS/RHEL) here
  • Install using your package manager
    • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo dpkg -i Roundfleet-linux.deb
    • CentOS/RHEL: sudo rpm -ivh Roundfleet-linux.rpm
  • Allow X11 access permissions if prompted
  • Add user to appropriate groups if necessary
  • Launch Roundfleet from Applications menu
  • The application begins tracking automatically

Note: After installation on all systems, log in with your Roundfleet credentials to sync data with your dashboard.

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