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Expecco Update Settings[Bearbeiten]
Expecco can be configured to automatically check for updates, enhancements and fixes to be loaded from exept's public HTTP or FTP server ("http://download.exept.de" or "ftp://ftp.exept.de").
Please notice that expecco versions before 2.10.1 only support FTP-access to the update server. However, a patch is available for 2.10, which adds HTTP support. After installation of this patch, the default mechanism will be http, and ftp only tried as a fallback.
Patches are provided on a per-release base, as a collection of individual hot fix files. Once installed as patch, these are loaded whenever the expecco application is started. Downloaded hot-fix files are stored in the "patches" directory, which is below the expecco installation directory (typically "\programs\expecco" or "/opt/expecco").
In order to protect against malware, patches are cryptographically signed by exept, and expecco will refuse to install any hot-fix, if it does not contain a corresponding signature.
Automatic vs. Manual Patch Updating[Bearbeiten]
You can manually check and/or install new updates or configure expecco to automatically check and/or install them periodically. The default setup is to never do this automatically (i.e. expecco will not try to contact any outside service).
Default Setup[Bearbeiten]
The default setup which is used if the dialog's fields are left empty/unchanged, accesses exept's public HTTP server ("download.exept.de").
Customers with a special maintenance contract may use a non-public, customer specific account to access additional hot-fixes. You will then be given a secret username/password combination by exept for access to your customer specific hot-fixes.
Company Local Setup[Bearbeiten]
If your infrastructure does not allow/provide access to the public internet (for example, due to security considerations), you may also setup your own company-internal HTTP or FTP service for the test hosts, and manually copy hot-fix files there. For this, change the "Update Host" field to name your company-internal server. Of cource, your server admin has to maintain the patches files there, keep track of new patches as provided by exept and install them on the server.
