Environment
NetIQ Designer for Identity Manager
Situation
Trying to get the latest Designer patches and Package updates
through Designer auto updates. The sites it tries to connect
to are either blocked or unavailable. How can the updates be
installed manually.
Resolution
In Designer, you can see the URL it is using to get the
updates under the Window, Preferences option. There are 2 URL
locations under that.
The URL paths are located under the following menu
options.
- For Designer updates: In Designer, click on Windows,
Preferences, NetIQ, Identity Manager. Then on the Tabs, click
on Updates. You will see the update path listed on the new
screen.
- For Package updates: In Designer, click on Windows,
Preferences, NetIQ, Package Manager, Online Updates. You will see 4
update URLs, 2 Public and 2 Beta. You want the 2 Public
URLs You need the files from both of them. It does not
matter which order you put them in, but it is recommended that you
replace the URL with the path to the files that correspond to the
URL. The 2 Beta directories are for any package updates which
are currently being tested. DO NOT use those in a production
environment.
NOTE: For older versions of Designer, the option is
Novell rather than NetIQ.
You will need to copy the updates to a machine where you have
access to the original URL and copy the package files or updates
you want to install to some location on the machine, then transfer
them to the workstation or server running Designer.
In Designer, change the URL to point to the path where the copied files are located.
Perform the update.
Additional Information
Here are some example steps on how to use general instructions above to update designer packages on Designer running on a Windows workstation. I know other ways to perform the same steps, but here are some that worked in a quick test.
1. Downloaded complete contents of https://nu.novell.com/designer/packages/idm/updatesite2_0_0/ using the following wget command on a linux box.
wget -r -E -ignore-length -x -k -p -erobots=off -np -N https://nu.novell.com/designer/packages/idm/updatesite2_0_0/
It will create a directory called nu.novell.com/designer/packages/idm/updatesite2_0_0 in the directory where you executed the wget command.
wget -r -E -ignore-length -x -k -p -erobots=off -np -N https://nu.novell.com/designer/packages/idm/updatesite2_0_0/
It will create a directory called nu.novell.com/designer/packages/idm/updatesite2_0_0 in the directory where you executed the wget command.
2. Use WinSCP to copy the updatesite2_0_0 directory to a windows box in some directory like c:\temp\updatesite2_0_0
3. In designer add the following entry in Preferences, NetIQ, Package Manager, Online Updates: file:///C:\temp\updatesite2_0_0 leaving it checked and unchecking the two other Public Site urls. ( I gave it a name of local)
4. Clicked Help, check for package updates. It found the local updates. Check local to install the updates.
5. After restarting designer you should see the updated packages available.