Hi! I was wondering if it was possible to setup AltStore Server on a Windows VM and have it refresh AltStore instances on the same network. My only block so far in the process is that I can't connect my iPad to the VM via USB because I dont have USB passthrough on the VM, so the only way I'd be able to setup AltStore is via Network. I could alternatively set it up on my Mac but would it then be refreshed over the network by the Windows VM?
#AltStore Server Setup On Windows VM
trail geode
tight valve
why are you trying to set AltServer up in a VM?
trail geode
why are you trying to set AltServer up in a VM?
I just have the VM on a server machine so it'll always be on and it'll always refresh whenever I go home. Or If I need to I can VPN into my house and it'll get refreshed theoretically
trail geode
The server machine is ESXi it's just VMs
tight valve
ooh okay
you’d have to get USB passthrough working to get AltServer and AltStore working
trail geode
Ah shit lol
Is there an easier version of AltStore server for Linux? I have another bare metal machine running Ubuntu Server I could use
tight valve
yes, take a look at this repo https://github.com/NyaMisty/AltServer-Linux
trail geode
I tried doing this one:
https://github.com/NyaMisty/AltServer-Linux
But got a bit stuck when I tried getting Netmuxd
trail geode
? I mean like I had trouble installing NetmuxD
trail geode
So I put the file from github into a directory in my ubuntu server, but I'm not sure how to install the package from there
tight valve
it's just an executable so you don't have to install anything, to run it do chmod +x x86_64-linux-netmuxd (you only have to do this once) then use ./x86_64-linux-netmuxd to run it
make sure you have usbmuxd installed before doing everything
trail geode
make sure you have usbmuxd installed before doing everything
I just did sudo apt-get install usbmuxd for that
trail geode
it's just an executable so you don't have to install anything, to run it do `chm...
I've got it running in a screen now so I'm gonna try running the AltServer-Linux part
tight valve
awesome! hopefully it all works
trail geode
Quick questions! What does it mean here for if installing IPA
I don't want to fully jailbreak the iPad I just want AltStore on it, is the IPA just for apple what an APK is for Android?
tight valve
yes
trail geode
Gotcha and do I need to specify a path for that last argument?
tight valve
I don't know where to find the AltStore IPA though, you'd probably have to sideload IPAs using AltServer instead of AltStore
tight valve
Gotcha and do I need to specify a path for that last argument?
yes
trail geode
I don't know where to find the AltStore IPA though, you'd probably have to sidel...
Wdym?
tight valve
AltStore is what gets installed to your device normally and that lets you sideload IPAs and stuff, without that you'd have to sideload IPAs manually instead of through AltStore
if that makes any sense
trail geode
Yeah but aren't I just going to install AltStore using AltServer?
Like wont the AltServer Linux instance install AltStore on my device?
tight valve
I don't think so
trail geode
Okay, do you know how I could get my devices UDID?
Because I'm trying to do this command now
./AltServer -u [UDID] -a [AppleID account] -p [AppleID password]
Actually I have the UDID but this is what I'm getting now
tight valve
hi, sorry I never saw these messages