Defining the Components

The Sun Update Connection – Enterprise architecture includes the server, DM, agents, consoles, CLI, and API on the local side; and the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise public servers over the Internet. This section describes the architecture components.

• The public server is an Apache-based cache of Sun Update Connection – Enterprise certified components and their deployment rules, along with signature files and other security measures.

• The Sun Update Connection – Enterprise server pulls data, in the form of Apache pages, from the public server and pushes on-demand to agents, consoles, CLI, and API.

• The DM is the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise application that manages jobs. It manages communications between agents, consoles, CLI, and API.

• The knowledge base (KB) is a repository of downloadable packages and their deployment rules.

• The agent is the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise application that is installed on each host to be managed.

• The console is a graphical user interface.

• The CLI is a command-line interface.

• The API is an optional, customer-built interface.