Patch Management for Windows releases the Custom Repository Setting feature for Java patches

Usage and Config Patch
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IBM Endpoint Manager for Patch Management for Windows is pleased to announce the release of the Custom Repository Setting feature for Java patches in the Updates for Windows Applications site. With this feature, users can create, update, or delete custom repository settings for Java patches.

For Java patches, the installers are cached for a limited time in IBM Endpoint Manager servers and eventually removed automatically. This requires users to again download and manually cache the installers to deploy Fixlets.

The Custom Repository Setting feature works as an alternative to manual caching. Users can configure custom repository settings to cache Java installers to the custom repository folder. Installers are then maintained in the repository without the risk of automatic removal.

As patches are deployed and actions taken from the IBM Endpoint Manager console, Java Fixlets download the patch binaries from the custom repository folder. Since patch binaries are permanently cached, users can maintain the custom repository folders as they prefer.

Actions to Take:
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Published site version:
Updates for Windows Applications site, version 757.

Additional links:
For more information about the Custom Repository Setttings feature, see https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Using%20the%20Custom%20Repository%20Setting%20feature.

Application Engineering Team
IBM Endpoint Manager

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Is it only supported for JAVA? Can we create or use custom repository for other use cases?

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Currently it only supports Java patches. We will expend it to other apps in the future.

And yes, you can use it for other use cases in your custom fixletx if you want.

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I attempted to setup in dev but continued to receive the download error message. I followed the instructions listed in link.

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What’s the error message?
By the way, have you tried accessing the custom repo url from your browser to verify the custom repo is set up correctly?

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The custom repo url is accessible using file but not http or https. The download error message “Download error: The requested URL does not pass this deployment’s download whitelist”

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What is the URL? Give me the URL or the format of the URL to your repository and I will tell you how to add it to your server’s whitelist which is located here on your BigFix server:

\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\Mirror Server\Config\DownloadWhitelist.txt

For example, here is what my Whitelist looks like: