Preparing the configuration file for Oracle Solaris

In the configuration file, you provide information that is used by the Patch Downloader utility. This information includes definition of a proxy server (if one is used), identification of a local, temporary directory on the server that is used by the Patch Downloader utility during download, and download filter definitions.

Before you begin

Use the following command to encrypt the password supplied to the proxy server by the Patch Downloader utility. You must specify the resulting encrypted password in the <password></password> parameter in the configuration XML file.
If you are running the downloader on Microsoft Windows:

solaris_downloader.bat -encode <passwordToEncrypt>

If running the downloader on UNIX:

sh solaris_downloader.sh -encode <passwordToEncrypt>

To prepare the configuration file for Oracle Solaris

  1. Edit the sample XML configuration file (sample-solaris-downloader-config.xml)for use as the configuration file.

    Note

    Ensure that the editor you are using to edit the XML file supports UTF-8 encoding. The downloaded utility expects a configuration file with UTF-8 encoding. If the file uses a different encoding method, the application may fail with parsing errors.

  2. (Optional) Add proxy information within the following XML tags:

  3. Define download properties using the following XML tags:

  4. In the <subscription> tag, specify filters for limiting the patches that are included in the download. Use the following XML tags:

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    The following is an example of the sample-solaris-downloader-config.xmlfile with data:

    <solaris-downloader-config>
     <config>
      <proxy-settings>
        <port>8080</port>
        <host>_IPAddress_</host>
        <username>patch</username>
        <password>NWKIPRTPCWEB</password>
        <domain-name></domain-name>
        <proxy-type>ntlm-v2</proxy-type>
      </proxy-settings>-->
      <temporary-location>c:\tmp</temporary-location>
      <payload-repository-location>d:\tmp\solaris</payload-repository-location>
      <metadata-override-file-path></metadata-override-file-path>
      <download-request-retries>10</download-request-retries>
      <download-request-timeout>180000</download-request-timeout>
      <downloader-parallel-threads>10</downloader-parallel-threads>
     </config>
     <subscription>
       <cluster-filter>
         <cluster-name>Solaris 9 SPARC Sun Alert Patch Cluster</cluster-name>
         <cluster-path></cluster-path>
       </cluster-filter>
       <cluster-filter>
         <cluster-name>Java ES Required OS Solaris 10 x86</cluster-name>
         <cluster-path></cluster-path>
       </cluster-filter>
       <os-arch-filter>
         <os>9</os>
         <arch>x86</arch>
       </os-arch-filter>
       <os-arch-filter>
         <os>10</os>
         <arch>sparc</arch>
       </os-arch-filter>
       <patch-ids-filter>
         <patch-id>100287-05</patch-id>
         <patch-id>100323-05</patch-id>
         <patch-id>100386-01</patch-id>
         <patch-id>100393-01</patch-id>
       </patch-ids-filter>
     </subscription>
    </solaris-downloader-config>

Where to go from here

Use the command in Downloading-patches-using-defined-filters-for-Oracle-Solaris and pass the configuration file as a parameter to download the patches.

 

 

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