Update task settings

This section provides information about the settings you can specify for the Update task.

All available values and default values for each setting are described.

SourceType

This setting lets you select the source from which Kaspersky Endpoint Security will receive updates.

Available values:

KLServers—Kaspersky Endpoint Security receives updates from one of the Kaspersky update servers. Updates are downloaded via the HTTPS protocol.

SCServer—Kaspersky Endpoint Security downloads updates to the protected computer from Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server installed on the local network. You can select this update source if you use the Kaspersky Security Center application for centralized administration of anti-virus protection of computers in your organization.

Custom—Kaspersky Endpoint Security downloads updates from the custom source specified in the [CustomSources.item_#] section. You can specify directories on HTTP servers or directories on any device mounted on the protected computer, including directories on remote computers mounted via the Samba or NFS protocols.

Default value: KLServers

UseKLServersWhenUnavailable

You can use this setting to configure Kaspersky Endpoint Security to access the Kaspersky update servers if all custom update sources are unavailable.

Available values:

Yes—Kaspersky Endpoint Security connects to Kaspersky update servers if all custom update sources are unavailable

No—Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not connect to Kaspersky update servers if all custom update sources are unavailable

Default value: Yes

IgnoreProxySettingsForKLServers

This setting lets you configure the use of a proxy server for connecting to Kaspersky update servers.

Available values:

Yes—Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not use a proxy server to connect to the Kaspersky update servers

No—Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses a proxy server to connect to the Kaspersky update servers

Default value: No

IgnoreProxySettingsForCustomSources

This setting lets you configure the use of a proxy server for connecting to custom sources of updates. You need to enable this setting if you require access to a proxy server in order to connect to any of the custom HTTP update servers.

Available values:

Yes—Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not use a proxy server to connect to the custom update sources

No—Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses a proxy server to connect to the custom update sources

Default value: No

ApplicationUpdateMode

Specifies the application updates downloading and installation mode.

Available values:

Disabled—Do not download and install the application updates

DownloadOnly—Download the application updates, but do not install them

DownloadAndInstall—Automatically download and install the application updates

Default value: DownloadOnly

ConnectionTimeout

You can use this setting to specify the time to wait (in seconds) for a response from an update source such as an HTTP server while attempting to connect to it. If an update source does not respond within the specified time interval, Kaspersky Endpoint Security contacts the next update source on the list.

You can use only integers within the range from 0 to 120.

Default value: 10

The [CustomSources.item_#] section contains the following settings:

URL

This section lets you specify the address of the custom source of updates in the local area network or on the Internet.

The default value is not defined.

Example:

URL=http://example.com/bases/ – address of the HTTP server with the directory containing the updates.

URL=/home/bases/ – directory on the protected computer containing the application databases.

Enabled

This setting lets you enable or disable use of the update source specified in the URL setting. Use of at least one update source must be enabled before the task can run.

Available values:

Yes—Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses the update source

No—Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not use the update source

The default value is not defined.

Example:

Enabled=Yes

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