How to configure the Bitdefender Update Server module

Bitdefender Client Security is an easy to use business security and management solution, which delivers superior proactive protection from viruses, spyware, rootkits, spam, phishing and other malware. It offers the following components: Bitdefender Management Server (with/without add-on), Bitdefender Local Update Server, Bitdefender Business Client and Bitdefender Management Agent.

The Bitdefender Update Server allows you to set up a Bitdefender update location within the local network. Having a local update location, you can configure update policies and assign them to clients so that the Bitdefender products update from this local mirror instead of updating from the Internet.

By using a local Bitdefender update location, you can reduce Internet traffic (only one computer connects to the Internet to download updates) and achieve faster updates. Moreover, you do not have to worry about updating the Bitdefender products installed on computers that are not connected to the Internet.

Once installed, the Bitdefender Update Server automatically downloads the updates for the Bitdefender Business Client products available in the installation package (both the 32-bit and 64-bit version). Moreover, when other client products request updates (for example, a Bitdefender server security solution or a Bitdefender Business Client product in a different language), Bitdefender Update Server automatically downloads updates for those clients.

The Bitdefender Update Server can be used in two ways in order to improve and reduce the Internet and local traffic:

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  Single - meaning that you have only one Bitdefender Update Server that is downloading the updates for all your Bitdefender products installed within the local network;
• Cascaded - cascading configuration is generally used in geographically distributed computer networks, when one of the following conditions apply:

         I.  Only the central network has direct Internet access (the other networks may connect through the central network or they may not have Internet access at all).

         II.  The connection to the central network is faster (or more convenient in some other way) than the direct Internet connection.

To set up a cascading configuration:

         1.  Install and set up the local update server that will download Bitdefender updates from the Internet. No special configuration is required for this update server to allow distribution of Bitdefender updates to other local update servers (updates are automatically available to both Bitdefender clients and other local update servers, provided they are properly configured).

         2.  Configure the update servers in the isolated networks to download updates from the main update server. This is what you have to do:

         a.  Access the management panel and click Settings in the upper menu.
         b.  In the Update Server field, replace the Internet update address with the address of the local update server that downloads updates from the Internet. Use one of these syntaxes:

• http://main_update_server_ip:port
• http://main_update_server_name:port

         c.  Make sure the update servers can communicate. The easiest way to test this is to go to the Products page, add a new product to the list and start an update. If the update cannot be performed, check your network and firewall configurations.

         3.  There are no changes in how you configure the Bitdefender client products to update from their local update server.

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