Overview
This article describes the CentOS mailing lists that JetPatch requires access to for proper patching operations on CentOS machines, along with testing procedures to verify connectivity.
Required Mailing Lists
For JetPatch to properly patch CentOS machines, the JetPatch server must be able to connect to the following mailing lists:
- For CentOS 7
- For CentOS 8
| https://cefs.steve-meier.de/ |
| Warning: CentOS 8 is End-of-Life (EOL) and may no longer be supported or receive updates. |
Proxy Configuration
If a proxy needs to be configured, see this article.
Testing Connectivity
To test connectivity, log into the JetPatch server and run the following command (example for CentOS 7):
| curl -kv https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/ |
Verifying Endpoint Configuration
To verify that individual endpoints are properly configured, please run the following command:
| yum updateinfo |
This will provide a summary like below:
|
Updates Information Summary: available 3 Security notice(s) 1 Important Security notice(s) 2 Moderate Security notice(s) 1 Bugfix notice(s) updateinfo summary done |
To see the full advisory list, run the following command:
| yum updateinfo list |
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