Patch for CentOS Linux
BigFix® Patch for CentOS Linux™ provides an automated, simplified
patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives
you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and
manage patches to all CentOs endpoints.
Overview BigFix Patch for CentOS Linux™ keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.
Using the download plug-in The download plug-ins, CentOS Plug-in and CentOS Plug-in R2, are executable programs that downloads relevant packages directly from the patch vendor. Fixlets use an internal protocol to communicate with the download plug-in to download files. These Fixlets are based on updates made by the vendor.
Using the download cacher The download cacher is a standalone command-line tool that is designed to download and cache files required for caching. The pre-cached files can be used by the download plug-in to patch the endpoints.
Using BigFix Patch for CentOS Linux Use the Fixlets on the Linux™ RPM Patching and the various Patches for CentOS Fixlet sites to apply patches to your deployment.
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation BigFix Patch provides a solution to combine the installation of updates for multiple packages in a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the baseline.
Custom repositories management You can set up your custom repositories to manage patches for CentOS Linux version 5 and later. This solution allows for multiple repositories on the entire deployment.
YUM transaction management View YUM transaction history and manage transactions through the YUM Transaction History dashboard, which works with CentOS Linux version 5, 6 and 7.
Troubleshooting When problems occur when patching CentOS endpoints, review the log files to determine what went wrong and how to correct the errors.
Frequently Asked Questions To better understand BigFix Patch for CentOS, read the following questions and answers.
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