Configuring automatic security updates

You can specify how often the DTI network server and the NX appliance share security content.

Prerequisites

Admin access

Configuring automatic security content updates using the Web UI

Use the DTI Network Settings page to configure automatic security content updates.

Note
The Intelligent Virtual Execution - Server appliance has a CLI and a Web UI. The recommended method for this configuration on a Intelligent Virtual Execution - Server appliance is through the Central Management System Web UI.

Prerequisites

Admin access

To configure automatic security content updates:

Click the Settings tab.
Click DTI Network. then click the icon in the Settings column of the Security Contents row.
Select the update frequency from the Update Frequency drop-down list.
- daily
- hourly
Set the update start time in the time drop-down list.
- If you selected a daily update, set the time, based on a 24-hour clock, when the update starts.
- If you selected an hourly update, set the minutes after the hour when the update starts.
Click Apply Settings.
(Optional) To receive email notification of each security content update, select the Notify checkbox.
Note
If you select the Notify checkbox, make sure that you have configured event notifications. See theNetwork Security User Guide.

Configuring automatic security content updates using the CLI

Use the CLI commands in this topic to configure automatic security content updates.

To configure automatic security content updates:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Enable automatic updates of security content:

hostname (config) # fenet security-content autoupdate action update

Specify the automatic update time interval:
- To update daily, enter the following command, where <hh:mm> specifies the time to start the update based on a 24-hour clock.:
```
fenet security-content autoupdate schedule daily at <hh:mm>
```
- To update hourly, enter the following command, where <mm> is the number of minutes after the hour when the update starts.:
```
fenet security-content autoupdate schedule hourly at <mm>
```
- To update after a set number of minutes, enter the following command, where <mm> is the number of minutes between updates.:
```
fenet security-content autoupdate schedule every <mm>
```
- To use the default interval, enter the following command:
```
fenet security-content autoupdate schedule default
```
(Optional) To receive email notification of each security content update, enter the fenet security-content autoupdate notification enable command. Notifications are disabled by default. After enabling automatic update notifications, you can specify which kind of notifications to receive:
- To receive an email notification if the automatic update of security content fails, enter the following command. This option is the default.
```
fenet security-content autoupdate notification class fail
```
- To receive an email notification when the automatic update of security succeeds or fails, enter the following command:
```
fenet security-content autoupdate notification class info
```

Validate the update configuration.

hostname (config) # show fenet security-content status

Save your changes.
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```