Use the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard to register
the download plug-in for CentOS.
Before you begin
You must complete the following tasks:
- Subscribe to the Patching Support site
to gain access to the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard.
- Enable the Encryption for Clients Fixlet
on servers and relays for which you want to register the download
plug-in.
- Activate the Encryption Analysis for Clients analysis
and Download Plug-in Versions analysis.
When you register the download plug-in on
a computer without the plug-in, the plug-in is automatically installed
and the configuration file is created.
If a download plug-in
is already installed on the computer, the configuration file is overwritten.
Procedure
- From the Patch Management domain, click .
- From the Servers and Relays table, select the server or
relay on which the download plug-in is to be registered.
- From the Plug-ins table, select CentOS Plug-in.
- Click Register. The
Register CentOS Plug-in wizard displays.
Figure 1. Register
CentOS download plug-in wizard
- Optional: Enter the proxy parameters if the
downloads must go through a proxy server.
- Proxy URL
- The URL of your proxy server. It must be a well-formed URL, which
contains a protocol and a host name. The URL is usually the IP address
or DNS name of your proxy server and its port, which is separated
by a colon. For example: http://192.168.100.10:8080.
- Proxy Username
- Your proxy user name if your proxy server requires authentication.
It is usually in the form of domain\username.
- Proxy Password
- Your proxy password if your proxy server requires authentication.
- Confirm Proxy Password
- Your proxy password for confirmation.
- Click OK. The Take
Action dialog displays.
- Select the target computer.
- Click OK.
Results
You successfully registered the CentOS download plug-in.
