Start/notes.ini Parameters/AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy

AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy

🛠️
Parameter: AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy
Short description: Controls whether newly available Interim Fixes (IFs) are distributed and installed automatically or only reported for manual approval.

Profile

Parameter
AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy
Category
Startup / Tasks
Component
Server
Available since
14.0
Supported versions
14.0, 14.5, 14.5.1
GUI equivalent
notes.ini only (no GUI)
Possible values
0 = report only (default) • 1 = distribute and install IFs automatically

Description

With Domino 14, the AutoUpdate task was introduced: it regularly checks for new Fix Packs (FP) and Interim Fixes (IF) and can distribute them to Domino servers on its own. AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy controls the behavior specifically for Interim Fixes:
  • 0 (default): New IFs are merely detected and reported in the console log/Server document. Installation must be initiated manually by the admin – ideal for regulated environments with a change process.
  • 1: IFs are downloaded automatically and installed during the next scheduled maintenance window.
Fix-pack handling is controlled via separate AutoUpdate_FP_* parameters and the AutoUpdate Server document.

Example configuration

AutoUpdate_IF_Auto_Deploy=0

Notes & pitfalls

  • Use auto-deploy only in test/lab environments or when servers run in a clustered update window.
  • Configure the maintenance window and restart behavior in the AutoUpdate Server document.
  • Logging can be inspected via Debug_AutoUpdate=1.
  • Takes effect after a server restart or tell autoupdate refresh.
  • Complementary to AutoUpdate_FP_Auto_Deploy, AutoUpdate_Quiet_Period.