# How to upload patches to the patch store from the console?

## Description

In certain cases, patches cannot be directly downloaded by the Patch Manager Plus server from the vendor sites due to any of the following reasons on the vendor's end:

- Frequent changes in the download URL.
- Issues with session keys and hash keys of the download link.
- Direct download of patches being available only to the customers with registered account and a valid license, etc.

In such cases, you can manually download the patch and upload it to the patch store directly from the product console by leveraging **Upload Patches** feature. Thus giving you more control over the patching process and ensuring that your network is up-to-date and secure.

## Steps

- Download the updates of the required applications manually.
- On the product console, navigate to **Patches** -> **Downloaded Patches** -> **Upload Patches**.
- You can find the list of patches that need to be manually uploaded in the **Upload Patches** view.

![upload-patches-1](https://www.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/desktop-central/help/uploadd2.png)

- Click on **Upload** under **Action**.
- Once the patch has been uploaded, select **Install Patches** to deploy them.
- Otherwise, navigate to **Patches** -> **Downloaded Patches** -> **Patches tab** -> Search for the **Patch ID** of the required patches and click on **Upload** under **Action**.

![upload-patches-2](https://www.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/desktop-central/help/uploadd1.png)

Follow the below-mentioned steps for patches which require checksum to be entered manually:

- Click on **Upload** under **Action**.
- In the pop-up window, browse and select the file to upload.
- Enter the checksum and choose between the **Checksum algorithm types** (MD5, SHA256 and SHA1).

You can either find the checksum of a file on the vendor's site or you can:

- Open Command Prompt and navigate to the directory that contains the file to be uploaded.
- The checksum of the file can be obtained by executing the command:

```
certutil -hashfile <filename> <algorithm>
```

For example:

```
certutil -hashfile Win10_1909_en_enterprisex64.iso SHA256
```

- Once the command is executed, the checksum will be displayed in the Command Prompt.

![upload-patches-cd](https://www.manageengine.com/patch-management/images/upload-patches-cd.png)

![upload-patches-3](https://www.manageengine.com/patch-management/images/upload-patches-3.png)

- Then click on **Upload**.
- Once the patch has been uploaded, wait for the checksum to be validated.
- Once validated, the patch can be installed.