Installation guide

a. In the IF area, click Add.
b. Select Source Repository URI = YourRepository.
c. Select Must Exist.
d. In the THEN area, click Add and select Platform = Any and Section = Release.
e. Click Next.
9. On the Options page, configure the settings.
a. Select a Severity in the drop-down menu.
b. Select Make available for enforcement where possible.
c. Select Software Provisioning action.
d. Select Add Source in the drop-down menu and click Define Action.
e. On the Software Provisioning Compliance Remediation page, select Add source to the beginning
of existing source list.
f. Click Browse Sources and select the repository URI where the Platform=Any and Section=Release
exist, and click OK.
The Platform and Section update with Any and Release respectively.
g. Click OK.
h. Click Next.
10. On the Collection filters page, select the Provisioning - Package Managers collection filter and click
Next.
11. On the Important page, review the information and click Finish to save your rule.
What to do next
Add the rule to your template. When the Compliance Template is run, it checks the target machines to
determine if the repository source is added as a source. If it is not, the source is added to the machines
Package Manager.
Create Compliance Rules Containing Software Provisioning Remediation
Actions
When configuring a Compliance rule, you can configure the rule to perform a remediation based on a
software provisioning action such as Install Package, Remove Package, Add Source, or Remove Source.
In this procedure, the example is to determines whether a software application named XSoftware is
installed. If the software is installed correctly, a service named XService should be running. Configure a
Compliance rule to determine if XService service is running. If it is not running, install the XSoftware
package.
Procedure
1. Click Compliance.
2. Select Machine Group Compliance > Rule Groups.
3. Expand your rule group and select Rules.
4. On the Rules data grid, click Add.
5. On the Rule and Name page, type a Name and Description for your rule and click Next.
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