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Software to automate the management and configuration of any infrastructure or application at scale. Install Salt from the Salt package repositories here:
https://docs.saltproject.io/salt/install-guide/en/latest/
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Can SaltStack be used used for windows patch management #32171

Closed ReenaAcharya closed 8 years ago

ReenaAcharya commented 8 years ago

I am looking for patch management on both Linux and Windows instances. I have read about SaltStack . Can it be used for patch management on both Linux and Windows instances?

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jfindlay commented 8 years ago

@ReenaAcharya, thanks for asking. Linux systems can be easily patched through the normal package repository channels available to the platform and version using the pkg execution and state modules in salt. Windows patches are handled separately from the packaging system(s) for third party software, but salt has been adapted to handle both windows updates and package repository updates. See the win_update execution and state modules for managing the windows updater, and win_pkg and chocolatey for managing third party updates.

twangboy commented 8 years ago

@ReenaAcharya Also see the win_wua execution module.