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opened 2025-11-20 05:12:04 -05:00 by saavagebueno · 6 comments
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:04 -05:00
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Originally created by @mrbluecoat on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023).

Awesome project and I love how you support Ansible with API access tokens. Quick question: once I remotely deploy and configure a large set of school machines, how do I prevent someone disabling or modifying the settings on the device? Is there a "Lock Settings" option in the UI or API?

Originally created by @mrbluecoat on GitHub (Oct 19, 2023). Awesome project and I love how you support Ansible with API access tokens. Quick question: once I remotely deploy and configure a large set of school machines, how do I prevent someone disabling or modifying the settings on the device? Is there a "Lock Settings" option in the UI or API?
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:04 -05:00
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@braginini commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023):

Awesome project and I love how you support Ansible with API access tokens. Quick question: once I remotely deploy and configure a large set of school machines, how do I prevent someone disabling or modifying the settings on the device? Is there a "Lock Settings" option in the UI or API?

Hey @mrbluecoat
What kind of settings do you mean? The network access is controled by the administrator in the web UI. The end users shouldn't be able to change settings.

@braginini commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023): > Awesome project and I love how you support Ansible with API access tokens. Quick question: once I remotely deploy and configure a large set of school machines, how do I prevent someone disabling or modifying the settings on the device? Is there a "Lock Settings" option in the UI or API? Hey @mrbluecoat What kind of settings do you mean? The network access is controled by the administrator in the web UI. The end users shouldn't be able to change settings.
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:04 -05:00
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@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023):

At a minimum, prevent the end user from manually disconnecting from the VPN.

I'll see if NetBird supports always-on in Android and report back..

@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023): At a minimum, prevent the end user from manually disconnecting from the VPN. I'll see if NetBird supports always-on in Android and report back..
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:05 -05:00
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@mlsmaycon commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023):

Hello @mrbluecoat, it supports always-on on Android.

@mlsmaycon commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023): Hello @mrbluecoat, it supports always-on on Android.
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:05 -05:00
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@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023):

I was able to install NetBird on Android, connect, then configure the device (via Relution MDM) to use NetBird as always-on VPN + deny connections if disconnected. However, two issues arise:

  1. A user can easily open the NetBird app and click the big disconnect button and the device loses all connectivity. To avoid help desk calls it would be nice to disable the disconnect button in the NetBird UI if configured as always-on.
  2. The user loses all Internet connectivity (since exit nodes aren't supported yet: #289 )
@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023): I was able to install NetBird on Android, connect, then configure the device (via Relution MDM) to use NetBird as always-on VPN + deny connections if disconnected. However, two issues arise: 1) A user can easily open the NetBird app and click the big disconnect button and the device loses all connectivity. To avoid help desk calls it would be nice to disable the disconnect button in the NetBird UI if configured as always-on. 2) The user loses all Internet connectivity (since exit nodes aren't supported yet: #289 )
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:05 -05:00
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@mlsmaycon commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023):

Hello @mrbluecoat, thanks for the feedback, we would like to discuss your use case in detail. Would you join our Slack workspace and reach out?

@mlsmaycon commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023): Hello @mrbluecoat, thanks for the feedback, we would like to discuss your use case in detail. Would you join our [Slack workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/netbirdio/shared_invite/zt-vrahf41g-ik1v7fV8du6t0RwxSrJ96A) and reach out?
saavagebueno commented 2025-11-20 05:12:05 -05:00
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@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023):

Thanks for the invite, @mlsmaycon, but I'm not on Slack. My use case is pretty straightforward: routing school Android device traffic through a gateway for content filtering. We're currently using IKEv2 since it's native on Android but would love the performance boost from WireGuard. Since our use case requires a hub-and-spoke architecture and NetBird is designed for mesh, it's not a perfect fit but we like your simplified UI and exclusively centralized settings management approach.

I'll close this ticket since it was noted above end users shouldn't be able to change settings and keep an eye on any future developments that may better fit our needs.

@mrbluecoat commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2023): Thanks for the invite, @mlsmaycon, but I'm not on Slack. My use case is pretty straightforward: routing school Android device traffic through a gateway for content filtering. We're currently using IKEv2 since it's native on Android but would love the performance boost from WireGuard. Since our use case requires a hub-and-spoke architecture and NetBird is designed for mesh, it's not a perfect fit but we like your simplified UI and exclusively centralized settings management approach. I'll close this ticket since it was noted above `end users shouldn't be able to change settings` and keep an eye on any future developments that may better fit our needs.
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