[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Patch now supports “Patches for Rocky Linux 8” on x86_64

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that it has extended support to include Rocky Linux 8 on x86_64 architecture.



The new site called ‘Patches for Rocky Linux 8’ uses dnf, which is Rocky 8’s default package manager, and contains content from the following channels for Rocky Linux 8 systems:

  *   RockyLinux - BaseOS
  *   RockyLinux - AppStream



Actions to take:

Rocky Linux 8 requires BigFix Client version 10.0 Patch 8 (10.0.8.37).



Subscribe to the ‘Patches for Rocky Linux 8’ site from the License Overview dashboard. If the site is not showing in the License Overview dashboard, update your license from the dashboard by clicking ‘Check for license update’, then run the BigFix Administration Tool.



The patch content support for Rocky Linux 8 is delivered together with the Download Plugin and Download Cacher tools.

Rocky Linux Download Plugin v.1.0.0.0 is available in the Manage Download Plugins dashboard of the latest Patching Support site.

Rocky Linux Download Cacher v.1.0.0.0 is available here:

Windows: http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/RockyDownloadCacher.exe

Linux: http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/RockyDownloadCacher-linux.tar





Published Sites:

                Patches for Rocky Linux 8, version 2

                Patching Support, version 1014



Application Engineering Team

BigFix

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