Configuring the DROPS modules

Required Rights
(by category)		 Module Updater
Remote Installation
Perspective  Configuration Management
Access  DROPS Server →  Updater →  Modules

Users with the correct rights have access to the  Updater node which enables you to remotely install and update modules made available by DROPS Software. The DROPS Agent is a module and is automatically downloaded to the DROPS Server according to the schedule defined in the configuration settings.

Reference

For more information about when and to where modules and updates to existing modules are downloaded to the DROPS Server, refer to DROPS modules repository settings.

For more information about installing the DROPS Agent manually or remotely, refer to Installing the DROPS Agent.

The DROPS Agent and any other module is managed remotely from the Modules view. To open it, select Modules from the Updater node in Configuration Explorer.

The Modules view

To view a module's details, either right-click on it in the  Modules view then select  Edit Module, select the item then click the  edit selected module icon or double-click it. The Module editor is opened where all of the entity's details can be viewed.

The information that defines a module, including where it has been installed, can be viewed at any time by users with the rights to do so.

The Module editor

Module Name
A label used to give additional information about the module.
Update Site URL
This is the remote location, managed by DROPS Software, from which the DROPS Server downloads new modules and new versions of existing modules.
Login & Password
If the URL from which modules are downloaded requires a login, enter it as well as the corresponding password.

The list of downloads displays all of the versions of the selected module available on the DROPS Server. Clicking on one of the available releases in the list of downloaded releases displays the list of infrastructure items on which is has been installed. The list of items includes failed as well as all of the successful installation attempts. Clicking on one of the infrastructure items in the list displays the log created when the installation was executed. If there was a problem with the installation, refer to this log.