Bootcamp videos

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Introduction to AutoPatcher

AutoPatcher UI Overview

0:20 - User login
0:50 - AutoPatcher dashboard
1:56 - AutoPatcher UI sections overview

AWS machine registration

0:38 - Adding new AWS machine
1:07 - Setting up SSM in IAM mode
1:39 - Deploying CloudFormation Templates
4:20 - Creating EC2 instance
7:42 - Adding EC2 instance to AutoPatcher
9:22 - Defining additional machine attributes
11:00 - Note about missing ping status

Adding preexisting AWS machine

0:20 - Attaching AutoPatcher Managed Policy
0:54 - Machine availability in Systems Manager
1:27 - Starting SSM Agent on the instance
3:03 - Registering machine to AutoPatcher

Adding machine without SSM agent preinstalled

0:27 - List of machines with SSM agent preinstalled
0:50 - Creating machine with CentOS
2:10 - Installing SSM agent on CentOS

Adding hybrid instances (Azure/GCP/on-premise machines)

0:25 - Setting up SSM in hybrid mode
0:43 - Obtaining installer key for AP installer
2:54 - Using AP installer to add the machine

Create patching plan

1:51 - Adding machine via List
2:54 - Additional plan properties overview
4:52 - Overview of created plan and its events

Adding machine to the plan using AP installer

0:19 - Connecting to Windows machine in Azure
0:56 - Downloading AP installer
1:56 - Registering the machine along with adding it to the plans
3:51 - Adding already registered machine to the plan using AP installer

Event tracking

0:34 - Overview of patching report
0:52 - Generating PDF report
1:52 - Repeat failed patching using partial patching
4:54 - Re-generate reports based on new update log

Dynamic plans

0:10 - Preparing EC2 instances with tags
1:31 - Configuring tags for machines in dynamic plan
3:51 - Overview of the created dynamic plan
4:30 - Prerequisites for the machines patched with dynamic plans

Patching pipelines

0:32 - Defining pipeline steps
3:06 - Using machines that were added in a dynamic plan earlier
5:16 - Defining step delay
6:16 - Created pipeline overview
7:42 - Pipeline step policies overview

Baseline patching

1:07 - Example baseline patching configuration
4:22 - Overview of created events for baseline patching

Notification groups

0:42 - Notification channels overview
1:42 - Creating example email notification
2:15 - Notification group events and severity levels
4:08 - Attaching created notification group to the plan
5:13 - Creating example email and slack notification for particular events
7:18 - Attaching created notification group to the pipeline
9:16 - Overview of received notifications

Advanced features

Role-Based Access Control in AutoPatcher

0:28 - Assignments
0:43 - Roles
0:50 - Creating example read-only role for machine
1:55 - Attaching created role to user
3:59 - Overview of access limitation due to permission change

API keys

0:33 - Creating API key
1:40 - Using API key with AutoPatcher CLI
2:35 - Adding permissions to the API key
3:58 - Removing API key

Executing plans and pipelines on demand

0:09 - Executing plans on demand
1:31 - Executing pipelines on demand
2:13 - Details of the single pipeline execution (group of events)

Hooks

0:17 - Example plan with hooks for starting and stopping the machines
1:34 - Hooks execution analysis
3:13 - Overview of the hooks results
3:58 - Plan configuration
5:20 - Hooks implementation

Host hooks

0:15 - Example plan with host hook configuration
0:56 - Host hook types
1:28 - Preparing example script used as a host hook
5:28 - Results of patching with example host hook

Moving existing plan into pipeline

0:22 - Moving plan to a new step in the pipeline
1:20 - Adding plan to existing pipeline step
4:00 - Other example of moving plan to pipeline

Execute pipeline steps immediately after each other

0:18 - Configuring example pipeline with "run immediately" option
2:11 - Pipeline results

On hold window

0:08 - Creating example plan with on hold window
1:32 - Overview of created events
2:00 - Removing on hold window

Plans with manual approval

0:10 - Creating example plan with manual approval option
0:47 - Overview of created events
1:21 - Approving events

Installing only security updates for Linux machines

1:28 - Creating example plan with linux security only option
3:30 - Comparison of installed updates

AutoPatcher CLI

Downloading and configuring CLI

0:14 - Downloading and installing the AutoPatcher CLI
1:35 - Configuring the AutoPatcher CLI
3:24 - Overview of AutoPatcher CLI commands
4:49 - Showing all machines
5:03 - Showing a single machine
5:27 - Removing a machine
6:14 - Showing all plans
6:32 - Modifying a plan
8:40 - Bash autocompletion for the CLI
10:59 - Force running a plan
11:53 - Advanced transformation of the JSON output in command line (jq filter example)
12:33 - Force running a pipeline