StifleR Client Configuration File

The StifleR Client configuration file is used to configure global settings for the StifleR server. The config file (StifleR.ClientApp.exe.config) is located within in the program files directory in which StifleR Client was installed. The settings below are located within the <appSettings> section of the file:

Example: 
<appSettings>
    <add key="Setting Key Value Name" value="some value"/>
</appSettings>

Note: Not all values in the StifleR.ClientApp.exe.config file are documented here. Please contact 2Pint Support prior to making changes to undocumented settings.

You must restart the "2Pint Software StifleR Client" service for the changes in the configuration file to take effect. In general, numerical value 0 = False and 1 = True. Individual values are to be considered default.

Setting Key Value Name	Values and Descriptions
AlternativeLatencyHostName	Value: Description:
BlueLeaderProbePort	Value: 3703 Description:
BlueLeaderProxyPort	Value: 1338 Description:
BranchCachePort	Value: 1337 Description:
BranchCacheRetrievalPort	Value: 1336 Description:
CheckInterval	Value: 30000 Description:
ClientSettingsProvider.ServiceUri	Value: Description:
DataPath	Value: %PROGRAMDATA%\2Pint Software\StifleR\Client Description: The local folder in which the client stores its configuration data.
DebugLogPath	Value: %PROGRAMDATA%\2Pint Software\StifleR\Logs\ Description: The local folder in which the client stores the debug log.
DefaultDisconnectedBITSPolicy	Value: 128 Description: Default bandwidth limit (KBps) for BITS if the client is considered "Disconnected".
DefaultDisconnectedDOPolicy	Value: 128 Description: Default bandwidth limit (KBps) for DO if the client is considered "Disconnected".
DefaultNonRedLeaderBITSPolicy	Value: 64 Description: Default bandwidth limit (KBps) for BITS.
DefaultNonRedLeaderDOPolicy	Value: 64 Description: Default bandwidth limit (KBps) for DO.
EnableDebugLog	Value: 0 (default) 1-5 Description: Enables debugging. This log will be fairly verbose, so remember to set it to "0" to switch it off afterwards. 0 = Disabled 1 = Errors Only 2 = Warning 3 = OK 4 = Informative 5 = Debug Errors and warnings will always be logged to the event log.
EnableDebugTelemetry	Value: 0 (default) or 1 Description:
ExpectedRedLeaderIntervalMultiplier	Value: 3 Description:
Features	Value: EventLog, Power, PerformanceCounters, AdminElevatedTracking, AdminTracking, BranchCache, SendEndpoints, ResMon, MeasureBandwidth, LocationData, Disconnect, TcbStats, AckJobs, DOPolicy, RedLeader, BlueLeader, NotRedLeader, InterVlan, CreateBITSJobs, ExecutePowerShell ,RunCmdLine, ModifyJobs, Notify, WOL, UpdateServers, UpdateRules Description: A list of enabled features of the StifleR client. Add / Remove features and restart the StifleR client service. See descriptions of the features below.
GreenLeaderOfferPort	Value: 1339 Description:
LimitWiFiSpeeds	Value: 1 Description: If a Red Leader has not checked in within this time period, another one will be elected. Value in msecs.
MaxPokeBandwidth	Value: 128 Description:
MaxPolicyChangeTime	Value: 30 Description:
NoJobIntervalMultiplier	Value: 15 Description:
NoProgressTimeout	Value: 300 Description:
Notifications	Value: Administrator Description:
NotLeaderMaterial	Value: 0 (default) or 1 Description:
ReportOnly	Value: Description:
SendGeoData	Value: 1 (default) or 0 Description: If value is set to 1, the client will send geolocation data to the StifleR server.
SignalRLogging	Value: 0 (default) or 1 Description:
SkipMandatoryWarning	Value: 0 (default) or 1 Description: This setting disables the countdown dialog which appears when WinPE is about to run a mandatory Task Sequence assignment. This setting is only applicable to the StifleR Client .config file when using the /StifleRConfig option with the WinPEGen.exe utility. If the value is set to 1, the countdown dialog for a mandatory task sequence will be suppressed. For more information, see this OSDToolkit documentation page.
SleepBeforeSwitchingServer	Value: 60000 Description:
SRUMInterval	Value: 30 Description:
StiflerServers	Value: http(s)://servername.domain.com:port Description: The StifleR web service URL and port in which clients connect to.
StifleRulezURL	Value: http(s)://servername.domain.com/StiflerRules/StifleRulez.xml Description: The URL which hosts the StifleRulez.xml file.
UpdateRulesTimerInSec	Value: 3600 Description: The number of seconds in which the StifleR client will connect to the URL to download the StifleRulez.xml file.
UpdateScreenInterval	Value: 2000 Description:
UseBITSForRulezDownload	Value: 0 (default) or 1 Description: If value is set to 1, the client will use BITS to download the StifleRulez.xml file.
UseFilterDriver	Value: 1 (default) or 0 Description:
UseServerAsClient	Value: 1 (default) or 0 Description: The StifleR client can be run on a Windows Server system where, for example, you may want to monitor the Bandwidth performance of an SCCM Pull Distribution Point. the server can be monitored like any other client. It will not appear as a StifleR Server in the ‘Servers’ dashboard.
UseStiflerServer	Value: 1 (default) or 0 Description:
v1MaxSizeLimit	Value: Description:
VPNStrings	Value: VPN, Cisco AnyConnect, Virtual Private Network, SonicWall Description: A comma separated list of VPN client strings that the StifleR client uses to detect whether an adapter is a VPN adapter.

Features

The Features config settings referenced above can be modified to add or remove specific features and functionality from the StifleR Client:

Feature Name	Description
AckJobs	Enables the server to complete jobs
AdminElevatedTracking	Enables reporting of client admin and elevation data
AdminTracking	Enables reporting of members of the local administrator group
BlueLeader	Device is/can a blue leader, bridges network segments for BranchCache and DO
BranchCache	Enables the client/server to control the BranchCache settings
CreateBITSJobs	Allows the server to push BITS jobs to the client
Disconnect	Allows the server to disconnect the client
DOPolicy	Enables the client/server to control the Delivery Optimization settings
ExecutePowerShell	Allows the server to send PowerShell scripts to be executed
EventLog	Enables eventlog reading from server/dashboard
InterVlan	Enables Blue Leader messages, allows client to bridge other networks
LocationData	Enables server to control the network locality settings
MeasureBandwidth	Enables the client to measure the bandwidth availability if the server asks for it
ModifyJobs	Determines if running jobs can be modified from the server/dashboard
Notify	Not used, if device notifications are enabled
NotRedLeader	Client can not be selected as Red Leader
PerformanceCounters	Enables reading performance counters from server/dashboard
Power	Allows server to control power state from server/dashboard
RedLeader	Device is/can be a red leader, highest priority download on the network
ResMon	Enables resource monitor functionality
RunCmdLine	Allows the server to send command lines to be executed on the client
SendEndpoints	Enables the server to retrieve the list of TCP endpoints the client is connected to
TcbStats	Enables the server to retrieve the TCB statistics
UpdateRules	Enable automatic updates of the Stifle rulez
UpdateServers	Allows the server to update the server connection list
WOL	Enables Wake-On-LAN functionality