Configuring Access to Vendor Updates for Your Server's Operating System

To keep your server's operating system up-to-date, you may want to configure the Parallels Products Installer so as to notify you of new update packages available from your vendor. Note that the Parallels Products Installer will not install any packages without your confirmation, it will only notify you.

Note: This option is available only for RPM-based operating systems.

To have the Parallels Products Installer check vendor sites for updates:

1. Log in to your Parallels Plesk Panel as administrator (admin user).
2. Go to Home > Updates > Preferences.
3. Select the Check for updates upon administrator's login to control panel check box and click OK.
4. Create a text file with name .autoinstallerrc in the /root/ directory on the server, or, if you previously created this file, modify it. Add the following line to the file:

   ADDITIONAL_SOURCE="<type>, <priority>, <url>, <username>, <password>"

   where you should replace <type> with repomd value, <priority> with a number from 1 to 999 (999 is the highest priority), and <url> with a URL of the vendor updates source. The values <username> and <password> are required only if your vendor's site requires authentication.

5. Save the file and exit from the text editor.