Managing patches
Use Puppet Enterprise to configure patching node groups to meet
your needs, view available operating system patches for your nodes in the console, and apply
patches using the pe_patch::patch_server
task.
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Configuring patch management
To enable patch management, create a node group for nodes you want to patch and add the node group to the PE Patch Management parent node group. -
Patching nodes
After configuring patch management, you can start applying patches to nodes. Thepatch_server
task enables simply applying patches, while thegroup_patching
plan performs health checks before and after patches are applied. -
Advanced Patching
If you have a Puppet Enterprise Advanced license you can enable Advanced Patching from the PE console. From the PE console navigation bar, select Overview and click Get started with Advanced Patching now. -
Advanced Patching API
To enable Advanced Patching, you must acquire a Puppet Enterprise Advanced license. Contact your Puppet Enterprise administrator or Contact our sales team to acquire a license and enable this feature.