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'unattended upgrades' is the name of the package on Ubuntu that will give you automatic security updates | 'unattended upgrades' is the name of the package on Ubuntu that will give you automatic security updates | ||
| − | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates | + | *[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates Desktop users] |
| + | *[https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/automatic-updates.html Server Guide] | ||
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| + | Configuration is in <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code> | ||
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| + | Enable unattended upgrades in <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic</code> | ||
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| + | The Server Guide suggests installing apticron to get notification emails | ||
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| + | If you're running at least 16.04, you can also sign up for the LivePatch service (free for 3 machines) which can patch the kernel without reboots. Similar services from RedHat etc. cost ~2K per year. | ||
[[Category:DevOps]] | [[Category:DevOps]] | ||
| + | [[Category:System Administration]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Security]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:15, 2 July 2017
'unattended upgrades' is the name of the package on Ubuntu that will give you automatic security updates
Configuration is in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Enable unattended upgrades in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
The Server Guide suggests installing apticron to get notification emails
If you're running at least 16.04, you can also sign up for the LivePatch service (free for 3 machines) which can patch the kernel without reboots. Similar services from RedHat etc. cost ~2K per year.
