Patch Download Using Cloud Agents

The Windows Cloud Agent downloads the required patches from external sources. However, patches that require authentication cannot be downloaded by the agent. You can manually download and install such patches on the assets. Qualys Patch Management will then identify these patches as installed.

The Linux Cloud Agent accesses the patches from the YUM repository and deploys the patches to the Linux assets in Patch Management.

The same Qualys Cloud Mac Agent that is currently used for vulnerability management can now be used to detect and patch Mac OS patches as well as Mac 3rd party application patches. You can just enable Patch management on MAC agents with a single click, and you do not need to go through the never-ending approval process of installing one more agent. For more information, see this blog.

To experience MacOS support, contact your Technical Account Manager (TAM) to get the compatible Mac agent binary 4.25 or later for x64, x86_64, and binary 4.26 or later for arm64 architecture.