Configuring the online SWA External Downloader
Use this procedure to configure the (Online) SWA External Downloader.
- Copy the SWA_External_HPDownloader.zip file from the patch/SupportFiles directory to a location on the SWA Server.
- Extract the contents of the SWA_External_HPDownloader.zip file.
For more information about the contents of this directory, see Installing the HP-UX Patch Downloader. - Use a text editor to locate and open the downloader.conf file.
Enter values for the following parameters:
Parameter
Description
JAVA_PATH
Enter the operating system native path to the location where the Java software, version 1.5 or later, is installed on the SWA Server.
PROXY_URL
Enter information about the proxy server used to connect to the vendor site. The format is as follows:
user:password@yourproxyserver:proxyportIn this URL, specify the following values:
- User: User ID required to access the Proxy Server
- Password: Password associated with the User ID required to access the Proxy Server
- YourProxyServer: Proxy Server Domain
- ProxyPort: Port number for the proxy server
- Save and close the downloader.conf file.
- Use a text editor to locate and open the swa.conf file (/etc/opt/swa).
Edit the following parameters as needed:
Parameter
Description
download_cmd
Defines the external download command, downloader.pl, for the SWA Server. The argument for this command contains the default location for the downloader.pl script.
download_cmd=perl<location of SWA_External_HPDownloader/downloader.pl><Location of SWA_External_HPDOwnloader>catalog_source
Defines the URL location for downloading the SWA catalog. The definition for this parameter overrides the default value pre-defined in the swa.conf file.
The default value is:
catalog_source=http://ftp.itrc.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDownloadPatch/swa_caPatchName=/export/patches/swa_catalog.xml.gz- Save and close the swa.conf file.