ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus - Create Patch Action

ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus - Create Patch Action performs an install or uninstall of a software patch on:

• Assets returned by the selected query or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

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Notes

• This Enforcement Action only works with assets from DesktopCentral that have a resource ID.

• This Action requires the ManageEngine license for Patch Manager Plus.

Required Fields

These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

• Use stored credentials from the ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus adapter - Select this option to use ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus connected adapter credentials.
  • When you select this option, the Select Adapter Connection drop-down is available, and you can choose which adapter connection to use for this Enforcement Action.

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Note

To use this option, you must successfully configure a ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus adapter connection.

• Patch IDs - Enter the IDs of the patches to be applied.
• Patch Configuration Name - Enter the patch configuration name.
• Patch Action - Select the action to perform:
  • install - Install the patch.
  • uninstall - Uninstall the patch.

• Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Working with Axonius Compute Nodes.

Additional Fields

These fields are optional.

• Fetch Desktop Central Data - Fetch data from Desktop Central.
• MFA QR Code - Click Upload File, select the QR code file and click Open.
• OAuth Client ID - Enter the OAuth Client ID.
• OAuth Client Secret - Enter the OAuth Client Secret.
• OAuth Refresh Token - Enter the OAuth Refresh Token.
• OAuth Zoho Accounts URL (default: https://accounts.zoho.com) - Enter the OAuth Zoho accounts URL.
• MSP Customer ID - Enter the MSP Customer ID.

• Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

• API Version - Select the API version to use.
• Patch Configuration Description - Enter a description of the patch configuration.
• Create patch per entity connection - When selected, a patch is created for each connection.

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Notes

• When Create patch per entity connection is selected, the credentials from Use stored credentials from ManageEngine... will be ignored as well as any other Enforcement Action credentials.

• When Use stored credentials from ManageEngine... is toggled on and Create patch per entity connection is not selected, the Action will create one patch.

• When Use stored credentials from ManageEngine... is toggled off and Create patch per entity connection is not selected, the Action will create patches for configured Action credentials.

• Gateway Name - Select the Gateway through which to connect to perform the action.

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Connection and Credentials

When Use stored credentials from the adapter is toggled off, some of the connection fields below are required to create the connection, while other fields are optional.

• Domain - Enter the ManageEngine domain. For more details, see ManageEngine Endpoint (Desktop) Central and Patch Manager Plus.

• Port (default: 8020) - Enter the port to use to apply the patch.

• User Name Domain - Enter the user name domain for ManageEngine.

• User Name - Enter the user name used to access ManageEngine.

• Password - Enter the password used to access ManageEngine.

• Domain Authorization Token - Enter the domain authorization token.

• Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

• HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

APIs

Axonius uses the ManageEngine Endpoint Central API - SoM Summary API.