Implementation Guide › Configuring Services › How to Configure Subscription › Configure an Offline Subscription Proxy

Configure an Offline Subscription Proxy

An offline subscription proxy provides CA Enterprise Log Manager updates to its clients without connecting to the Internet. This configuration allows you to isolate some or all of your CA Enterprise Log Manager servers from the Internet.

Before performing an offline subscription update, manually copy offline update files from a CA FTP site to any offline proxies, using physical media, or via scp, which is included with CA Enterprise Log Manager. Copy the update files to the following path: /opt/CA/LogManager/data/subscription/offline.

By design, subscription clients of offline proxy servers automatically receive all updates that are manually installed on the offline proxy, regardless of any modules selected for a client at the local level. Therefore, in a mixed subscription environment where you have configured both online and offline proxies, do not include offline proxies in the proxy list for any online subscription client. If you do, the online subscription client automatically receives all updates that are manually installed on the offline proxy server, instead of the modules you selected for that client.

To configure an offline subscription proxy

1. Click the Administration tab and the Services subtab.
2. Expand Subscription Service and select the server to configure.

   The Subscription Service Configuration for the selected CA Enterprise Log Manager server appears.

3. Click the Administration tab.
4. Select the Subscription Proxy checkbox, and select Offline Subscription Proxy.
5. Select the .zip file containing the offline subscription files you want to install from the File drop-down list.

   Note: This procedure presumes that you have already copied the offline subscription package to the correct location on this server. If you have not yet done so, a prompt appears.

6. Click Save.

More information:

How to Configure Subscription