BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that it has extended support to include non-security Ubuntu updates for Ubuntu 24.04 on x86_64

[anjumyaseen]

The new site called ‘Updates for Ubuntu 2404’ use apt-get, which is Ubuntu’s default package manager and contains content which has priority set to:

Extra

Standard

Important

Required

The packages marked as “Optional” are excluded due to the huge number of the content that would impact the performances (over 80.000 packages)

Supported repositories for Ubuntu 24.04 systems under this new site is:

• jammy
• jammy-updates

Actions to take:

The new site ‘Updates Ubuntu 2404’ requires entitlement to any of the following licenses:

BigFix Remediate

BigFix Lifecycle

BigFix Compliance

BigFix Workspace / Workspace

BigFix Enterprise / Enterprise+

Subscribe to the ‘Updates for Ubuntu 2404’ site from the License Overview dashboard.This new site requires BigFix Client version 11 Patch 3 (11.0.3.82) or later.

Note: If the site is not showing in the License Overview dashboard, update your license from the dashboard by clicking on ‘Check for license update’, then run the BigFix Administration Tool (BFAdmin.exe).

Published Sites:

Updates for Ubuntu 2404, version 1.

Application Engineering Team

BigFix

[DavidWFranklin]

I do not see any “Updates for Ubuntu…” sites listed under my “Lifecycle Term” tab in the “BigFix License Overview” dashboard, but they are still visible in my “Lifecycle” tab. Is this expected behaviour?