Uploading a Custom Patch

Upload a custom patch to Object Storage. Uploaded patches can be applied to relevant resource targets or product homes in Fleet Application Management.

• Console
• CLI
• API

• 1. On the Patches list page, select Upload patch. If you need help finding the list page, see Listing Patches.
  2. Enter the following information:
     • Name: Enter a unique name to use for the patch. Avoid entering confidential information.
     • Description: Enter a descriptive name for the patch.
     • Create in compartment: Select the compartment that you want to store the patch in.
     • Product Compartment: Select the compartment that contains the product.
     • Product: Select a product from the list of Oracle-defined products or products that you have created to add to the patch.
     • Product version: Select the product version to which the patch applies after you select a product.
     • Patch type Compartment: Select the compartment that contains the patch type.
     • Patch type: Select a patch type from the list of Oracle-defined patch types or patch types that you have created to add to the patch.
     • Severity: Select the severity of the patch type defined in the product's metadata.
     • Patch release date: Select the day, month, and year when the patching starts.
  3. Under Platform, select generic or platform-specific:
     For instructions, see steps 3 to 9 in Applying Patches to a Generic or Platform-Specific using the Console.
  4. If a patch has dependent patches, perform the following steps under Dependent patches:
     1. Switch on the Dependent patches toggle.
     2. Select Select dependent patches and then select the checkbox next to the dependent patches you want from a compartment.
        Note
        
        Switch the compartment to select different set of patches.
     3. Select Select patches.
     4. Alter the order of dependent patches to arrange them in the order you want them to run when they're applied to the resources.
        Note
        
        To alter the order, from the Actions menu () in the row for that dependent patch, select an appropriate order.
  5. Select Create.

  The custom patches are uploaded and listed on the Patches page.

• Use the oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create command and parameters to upload a custom patch:

  oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create --artifact-details <json_file_or_string> --compartment-id <compartment_OCID> --name <text> --patch-type <json_file_or_string> --product <json_file_or_string> --severity <text> --time-released <datetime> [OPTIONS]

  Use the oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create-patch-generic-artifact-details command and parameters to upload a generic patch:

  oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create-patch-generic-artifact-details --artifact-details-artifact <json_file_or_string> --compartment-id <compartment_OCID> --name <text> --patch-type <json_file_or_string> --product <json_file_or_string> --severity <text> --time-released <datetime> [OPTIONS]

  Use the oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create-patch-generic-artifact-details command and parameters to upload a platform-specific patch:

  oci fleet-apps-management fleet-apps-management-operations patch create-patch-platform-specific-artifact-details --artifact-details-artifacts <json_file_or_string> --compartment-id <compartment_OCID> --name <text> --patch-type <json_file_or_string> --product <json_file_or_string> --severity <text> --time-released <datetime> [OPTIONS] 

  For a complete list of flags and variable options for Fleet Application Management CLI commands, see the CLI for Fleet Application Management.

• Run the CreatePatch operation with parameters to upload a custom patch.