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Configuration
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AntiVir WebGate Avira GmbH
4.7.1 Configuring Automatic Updates through Internet Updater
The Internet Updater is a very simple daemon, which performs the following
commands at fixed intervals:
antivir --update
Automatic Start of Internet Updater
It is important that the Internet Updater starts automatically by every system
start. If you have performed the installation as described in
Installing AntiVir
WebGate – Page 13, your system is correctly set.
If Internet Updater has not yet been automatically activated at system start:
Reinstall WebGate with the necessary settings (see Reinstalling AntiVir
WebGate – Page 17).
Starting and Stopping Internet Updater Manually
If you want to start Internet Updater manually:
Type:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdater start
If you want to stop Internet Updater manually:
Type:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdater stop
If you want to check the current status of the Internet Updater:
Type:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdater status
Configuring Automatic Updates in avupdater.conf
UpdateAction The configuration file supports the following entry:
UpdateAction webgate <action>
The <action> may be any of "
none
" (the default), "
check
" or "
fetch
". These
settings instruct the updater how to keep your AV scan service up to date, and in
addition the updater will check for available updates or will even fetch an archive
with the new software to your local disk.
UpdateStore
Dir
Allows you to specify where the software archives should be stored, by default the
directory "
/usr/lib/AntiVir/updcomp/
" is used. Available updates for the
webgate component will not be applied automatically to your local installation.
Updating from a Local Mirror
By default, the Internet Updater fetches new versions of the software from the
official Avira download servers. Optionally the Internet Updater can be redirected