Enable patch management with a rule

Create a rule to enable Patch Management on a device. A rule ensures that as new devices are discovered and added, the Patch Management feature of N-able N-central is enabled automatically.

You can also use the Patch Setup Wizard to guide you through the creation of the rule.

1. Click Configuration > Monitoring > Rules.
2. Click Add and enter a name and description for the rule.
3. In the Devices to Target tab, select the Filter that targets a grouping of device types.
4. Click the Network Device Configuration Options tab and click Patch Management.
5. In the Action drop-down list, click Enable Patch Management and select the appropriate profile.
6. Click the Maintenance Windows tab.
7. Click Add > Patch Management and configure the maintenance windows for discovery, downloading, installing and rebooting.
8. Click the Grant Customers & Site Access tab to deploy the rule to customer sites. To propagate the rule to all newly added customer sites and devices, select Propagate to all new customers/sitesfrom the drop-down list.
9. Click Save.

N-able N-central saves the rule and when a new device is discovered and added, it runs the rule to enable Patch Management on the device.