Preparing the configuration file for SUSE Linux Enterprise
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
- Download filter definitions
Before you begin
Use the following command to encrypt the password supplied both to the vendor site and to the proxy server by the Patch Downloader utility. You must specify the resulting encrypted password in both <password></password> tags in the configuration XML file.
To prepare the configuration file for SUSE Linux Enterprise
- Edit the sample XML configuration file (sample-suse-downloader-config.xml) for use as the configuration file.
(Optional) Add proxy information using the following XML tags:
Parameter
Description
<port></port>Port number used to communicate with the proxy server
<host></host>IP address or host name of the proxy server
<username></username>User name required for authentication prior to communication with the proxy server
<password></password>encrypted password for the specified user
<domain-name></domain-name>Domain name of the proxy server
<proxy-type></proxy-type>Type of proxy server used
Valid values are:- None — Indicates that no proxy server is used
- NTLM
- NTLM-V2
- Squid
Add download information using the following XML tags:
Tag
Description
<temporary-location></temporary-location>>Location where files can be stored temporarily during the download process
<payload-repository-location></payload-repository-location>Local location of the patch repository where metadata and payload are stored
<download-request-retries></download-request-retries>Number of times the download utility attempts to download if the first attempt at downloading a payload fails
<download-request-timeout></download-request-timeout>Number of milliseconds that the utility waits for a response before considering the attempt as failed
This parameter is useful if the http response is slow.<downloader-parallel-threads></downloader-parallel-threads>Number of downloads that can be performed in parallel
Modify the <subscription> tag to create a filter that downloads the latest RPMs from an SMT repository according to operating system, architecture, and channel combinations. Use the following syntax within the <smt-filter> </smt-filter> XML tag.
Parameter
Description
<os></os>OS for the channel label
<arch></arch>Architecture for the channel label
<smt-repo name="" target=""/>
Enter the SMT repository name and OS-Architecture combination of the target within the quotes.
For example, if you want to download patches from the SLES12-Updates SMT repository for a SLES 12 target with x86_64 architecture, enter the following:
<smt-repo name="SLES12-Updates" target="sle-12-x86_64"/>
Note: You can add more than one SMT repositories for a single OS and Architecture combination.Example of an SMT filter<smt-filter>
<os>SLES12</os>
<arch>x86_64</arch>
<smt-repo name="SLES12-Updates" target="sle-12-x86_64"/>
</smt-filter>Save the file. The sample-suse-downloader-config.xml file is shown below:
<suse-downloader-config>
<config>
<!--<proxy-settings>
<port>8080</port>
<host>_ipAddress_</host>
<username>patch</username>
<password>NWKIPRTPCWEB</password>
<domain-name />
<proxy-type>ntlm</proxy-type>
</proxy-settings>
<temporary-location>c:\tmp</temporary-location>
<payload-repository-location>/home/repo/</payload-repository-location>
<download-request-retries>10</download-request-retries>
<download-request-timeout>180000</download-request-timeout>
<downloader-parallel-threads>10</downloader-parallel-threads>
</config>
<subscription>
<smt-filter>
<os>SLES12</os>
<arch>x86_64</arch>
<smt-repo name="SLES12-Updates" target="sle-12-x86_64"/>
</smt-filter>
</subscription>
</suse-downloader-config>
Where to go from here
Use the command in Running-the-Patch-Downloader-utility-for-SUSE-Linux-Enterprise and pass the configuration file as a parameter to download the patches.