Operating System Requirement for the Patch Server
- Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) and above
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) and above
Adding a patch server
Prerequisite
If you are adding the patch server by Hostname, you need to add the hostname and IP address, manually in the ‘hosts’ file located in the operating systems ‘etc’ folder.
To add a patch server, follow these steps.
- Go to Computer > Configurations > Patch management.
- Click the Patch Server Installer button to download the setup file.
- Follow the steps displayed on the UI to proceed.
- Click Add Patch Server. The Add Patch Server dialog appears.
- Enter the patch server name for the patch.
- Enter the patch server IP/ Hostname.
- Enter the port SSL Port number. By default 6201 appears.
- Enter the Seqrite Endpoint Protection server IP/Hostname.
- After entering these details, click Add.
The new patch server is added now and appears on the Patch Management page.
You can add multiple Patch Servers.
If multiple patch servers are added, you can sort the list as per Patch Server Name, Patch Server IP/Hostname, and Status.
Editing the patch server
To edit a patch server, follow these steps.
- Go to Computer > Configurations > Patch Management. Existing patch servers are listed.
- Click the Edit icon of the patch server that you want to edit.
- The patch server details appear. In Patch Synchronization and Configuration tab, you can view previous patch synchronization status with time stamp.
- Here you can edit the SSL port number. Also, you can edit the Patch Synchronization details, as required.
- By default, the Upstream Server is Microsoft Patch Server. You can change the Upstream Patch Server if required. If you select the option Local Seqrite Patch Server, select the server from the list.
- In Internet Settings tab, change proxy settings if required.
- Click Save.
Schedule Patch Synchronization
- Select the Enable Schedule Patch Synchronization check box.
- Select the Frequency of patch synchronization, either Weekly or Monthly.
- Select Weekday from the list to run patch synchronization.
- Select the time to run patch synchronization by selecting hours and minutes in the Start At list.
- Click Apply Filters to specify filters for patch synchronization.
- Click Start sync to run patch synchronization instantly.
- You can click Stop sync to stop patch synchronization if it is running. A notification is sent to the patch management server.
Applying filters
If you select the Parent patch server as Microsoft, then only these filters are applicable.
If you select the Parent patch server as WSUS, all metadata available on WSUS is synchronized. Microsoft filters are not applicable.
If you select the Upstream Patch Server as Local Seqrite Patch Server, then filters enabled on the selected server are applicable.
To apply filters, follow these steps.
- If you want to apply filters for downloading and synchronizing the patches, click Apply Filters. The Filters dialog appears.
- In Categories accordion, click + to expand. Either you can select the All Categories check box to select all categories to be synchronized for Microsoft applications or select the type of patches from the list, as required.
- In Languages accordion, click + to expand. Here you can select the languages for the patches for Microsoft applications. Select one of the following options.
- Download patches in all languages
- Download patches in the following selected languages – If you select this option, select the languages from the list.
- In Products accordion, click + to expand.
Here you can select the products for which you want to receive the patches. Either you select All products or select products as required from the list. - Click Apply.
The patch settings are updated.
Patch Management supports the following applications along with Microsoft applications,
- Adobe
- VideoLAN
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Microsoft
- PuTTY
- Notepad++, Inc.
- Oracle Corp.
- 7-Zip
- Mozilla Foundation
Patch Synchronization
To start patch synchronization, follow these steps.
1. Go to Patch Server Task Scheduler>Task Scheduler Library.
2. Run Seqrite Schedule Patch Sync to trigger on demand Patch Sync.
When the patch synchronization is complete as per applied filters, patch synchronization status is shown as Successful with timestamp.
When the patch synchronization is failed as per applied filters, patch synchronization status is shown as Failed with timestamp.
Deleting the patch server
To delete a patch server, follow these steps.
- Go to Computer > Configurations > Patch Management. Existing patch servers are listed.
- Click the Trash icon of the patch server that you want to edit.
- Click Yes on the confirmation dialog box. The patch server is deleted.
The patch server is deleted.