WSUSoffline (on linux)

Create user

apt install sudo

adduser wsus
usermod -aG sudo wsus

sudo visudo
wsus ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

nano /etc/passwd
wsus:1001:1001:,,,:/home/wsus:/bin/bash

Install Network SMB Share

apt-get install samba-common samba unzip zip cabextract md5deep xmlstarlet wget trash-cli rsync dialog

mkdir /opt/wsusoffline

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

In the section "[global]" add the line at the end

guest account = nobody

If the option "map to guest = bad user" does not already exist, enter this line.

map to guest = bad user

At the end of the file, create a new section named "[wsus]"

 [wsusoffline]
 comment = Windows Updates
 path = /opt/wsusoffline
 browseable = yes
 guest ok = yes
 writeable = Yes
 create mask = 0775
 force user = wsus
 

 [wsusoffline-legacy]
 comment = Windows Updates
 path = /opt/wsusoffline-legacy
 browseable = yes
 guest ok = yes
 writeable = Yes
 create mask = 0775
 force user = wsus
 

Reboot to apply smb settings (or restart the service)

Install Current

cd /opt/wsusoffline

wget http://download.wsusoffline.net/wsusoffline115.zip

unzip wsusoffline115.zip

chmod -R 775 /opt/wsusoffline/

Install Legacy

cd /opt/wsusoffline-legacy

wget http://download.wsusoffline.net/wsusoffline924.zip

unzip wsusoffline924.zip

chmod -R 775 /opt/wsusoffline-legacy/

chown -R wsus:sudo /opt/wsusoffline/

Manually Run Legacy

This should only need to be run once ever

sudo bash /opt/wsusoffline-legacy/sh/DownloadUpdates.sh all enu /makeiso /dotnet /msse /wddefs

Crontab for legacy

crontab -e

10 22 * * * /bin/bash /opt/wsusoffline/sh/download-updates.bash all enu  -includesp -includecpp -includedotnet -includewddefs -includemsse -includewddefs8
 
 
 =Crontab for legacy=
 
  <nowiki>crontab -e

10 22 * * * /bin/bash /opt/wsusoffline-legacy/sh/download-updates.bash all enu /makeiso /dotnet /msse /wddefs