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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").
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.
Notice:
expecco versions before 2.10.1 only supported FTP-access to the patches server.
However, a patch is available for 2.10, which adds HTTP support. After installation of this patch,
the default mechanism is http, and ftp only tried as fallback if that fails.
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.
