Depot Helper Service - HTTP(S)

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The Depot Helper service monitors multiple folders including subfolders and files for changes and can only be installed on the master. In each monitored folder a file "_Matrix42FileInfo.json" is created, which can be used to get the contents of the folder listed quickly and efficiently.

The service is installed by default under "C:\Program Files\Matrix42\Depot Helper Service" and stores its log files under "C:\ProgramData\Matrix42\Logs\Depot Helper Service".

Monitored folders

"Empirum\Configurator\User" - used by the UEM agent during each synchronization.
"Empirum\Configurator\Packages\PatchManagement" - used by UEM Depot Management at each synchronization of patches (since v21 Update 1).
"Empirum\Configurator\Values\UserValues" - used by UEM Depot Management at each synchronization of user values (since v24).

Exclude folders and files

In the file "C:\Program Files\Matrix42\Depot Helper Service\Matrix42.Empirum.SWM.DepotHelper.Service.exe.config" there is a section <applicationSettings> where folders and files to be excluded can be listed. An example is provided in each case:

<applicationSettings>
  <Matrix42.Empirum.SWM.DepotHelper.Service.Properties.Settings>
    <setting name="BlacklistedFiles" serializeAs="Xml">
      <value>
        <ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
          <string>example for blacklisted file\example.txt</string>
        </ArrayOfString>
      </value>
    </setting>
    <setting name="BlacklistedFolders" serializeAs="Xml">
      <value>
        <ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
          <string>example\for\blacklisted\folder</string>
        </ArrayOfString>
      </value>
    </setting>
  </Matrix42.Empirum.SWM.DepotHelper.Service.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>

For folders and files applies:

Any number of entries can be added, i.e. "<string>...</string>".
Lower and upper case is not checked
Wildcards are supported, see the rules for exclusions in the documentation of the UEM Depot
Entries refer to absolute file paths or can also be relative. For example
- "Thumbs.db" for all "Thumbs.db" in any folder
- "C:\Empirum\Configurator\User\Thumbs.db" for the "Thumbs.db" in "C:\Empirum\Configurator\User"