Tactical RMM: install and first setup
For the administrator who stands up a self-hosted Tactical RMM server: what the Tactical RMM License allows (it is not an open-source licence), the documented requirements, the three DNS names and why you can't change them later, running the install script and getting a Let's Encrypt wildcard certificate through a DNS TXT record, the --use-own-cert and --insecure options, first login with TOTP two-factor, what MeshCentral does in the stack, and the post-install and every-75-days checklists.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 55 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 2 Oct 2026
- Tactical RMM · free, source available
Skills you'll practise
- Explain what the Tactical RMM License permits and which commercial uses need AmidaWare's written permission
- Check a planned server and DNS design against the documented requirements before running the install script
- Verify the Let's Encrypt DNS TXT record from outside the server before letting the install continue
- Choose between a Let's Encrypt, own-certificate and --insecure install and state the consequences of each
- Describe what each of the rmm, api and mesh names serves and which of them agents must reach
- Set up the first roles in Permission Manager and plan the recurring server care the docs recommend
Course outline
- 1.Tactical RMM: install and first setupVideo · 2 min
- 2.Before you install: licence, requirements and namesLesson · 18 min
- 3.Running the install and getting a certificateLesson · 19 min
- 4.First login, MeshCentral and the first weekLesson · 18 min
- 5.Tactical RMM: install and first setup: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Final exam11 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Installation (requirements, DNS records, install script, certificates, first login)
- Install considerations (standard vs Docker, DNS names, larger installs)
- Getting started guide (post-install checklist, every 75 days, don't-do list)
- How it all works (URLs, services, agent, Windows update management, logs)
- MeshCentral integration
- User roles and permissions
- FAQ
- Tactical RMM License Version 1.0 (docs copy)
- amidaware/tacticalrmm LICENSE.md (Tactical RMM License Version 1.0)
- amidaware/tacticalrmm README (features, supported agents, sponsorship features)
- Tactical RMM documentation: overview, features and supported agent operating systems
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