Managing Patch Definitions

Manage your patch definition files for your patch server.

Populate the S3 Bucket in AWS Console

To make patch titles available on your Patch Server, upload the JSON file of the full patch definition into the root of the S3 bucket created for the application.

Note

The JSON filename must match the software title ID of the patch.

Warning

Manually managing your patch definitions requires you to validate the JSON of the patch definitions on your own before uploading the files. It is recommended to use the REST API for managing your patch definition files as it will perform JSON schema validation on all requests.

Examples taken from Jamf’s official patch server would be saved to the S3 bucket as:

AdobeAcrobatProDC.json
Composer.json
GoogleChrome.json
JavaSEDevelopmentKit8.json
macOS.json
MicrosoftWord2016.json

To update your patch definitions, replace the existing file in S3 with the new, updated file.