How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

black3dynamite

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

IRJ

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

wrx7m

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

I just did this for Fedora 29 and am going to do it on my CentOS 7 server when I get a minute.

black3dynamite

@wrx7m said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ Yay! Someone else that uses Nano.

I use nano, vim, and vi.

IRJ

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@wrx7m said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ Yay! Someone else that uses Nano.

I use nano, vim, and vi.

One of my buddies has a christian looking sticker on his car that says

:w saves

scottalanmiller

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

Um, no. Fedora is like "install, set to "on" and done." SO easy.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

I just did this for Fedora 29 and am going to do it on my CentOS 7 server when I get a minute.

Our entire fleet has it and it took less time than it would take to do this once on Ubuntu

IRJ

@scottalanmiller said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

Um, no. Fedora is like "install, set to "on" and done." SO easy.

Maybe you save a few seconds? :man_shrugging_light_skin_tone:

https://mangolassi.it/topic/15665/using-dnf-automatic-to-keep-fedora-up-to-date

IRJ

@scottalanmiller said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@wrx7m said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

I just did this for Fedora 29 and am going to do it on my CentOS 7 server when I get a minute.

Our entire fleet has it and it took less time than it would take to do this once on Ubuntu

How is that so?

unattended-upgrades should already be installed. I didnt have to install it on my stuff.

Other than you are literally copying to config files?

black3dynamite

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.

# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_host = localhost|email_host = ${EMAILHOST}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
egrep '^email_to|^apply_updates|^emit_via|^email_from|^email_host' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer

Edit: Missing the setting for the email_host

IRJ

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer

It's the same if any difference at all. Although unattended-upgrades should already be installed, so there's that

wrx7m

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer

stealing this

black3dynamite

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
It's the same if any difference at all. Although unattended-upgrades should already be installed, so there's that

Maybe its Debian that doesn't have it included.

IRJ

Scripted a bit for anyone interested


#***********************************************************
# Install postfix and Unattended Upgrades
#***********************************************************

apt install -y unattended-upgrades
apt install -y postfix

#***********************************************************
# Edit Config file
#***********************************************************

sed -i '/Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true"/a\\Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "[email protected]";
' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

sed -i '/Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true"/a\\Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

sed -i '/Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true"/a\\        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades


#***********************************************************
# Create additonal config file
#***********************************************************

cat > /tmp/20auto-upgrades <<\EOF
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
EOF

#***********************************************************
# Copy Config file
#***********************************************************


cp /tmp/20auto-upgrades /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
rm /tmp/20auto-upgrades

#***********************************************************
# Enable and run Unattended-Upgrades
#***********************************************************

systemctl enable unattended-upgrades
apt update
unattended-upgrades

IRJ

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer

Are you installing postfix as well?

black3dynamite

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
Are you installing postfix as well?

No, but I do have a postfix relay server setup for that purpose.

IRJ

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
Are you installing postfix as well?
No, but I do have a postfix relay server setup for that purpose.

Where do you configure that on the client?

black3dynamite

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

@black3dynamite said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Thank you for the how-to.
I am too spoiled on how to configure auto updates for Fedora and CentOS.

yeah this is actually easier than fedora imo

I don't know about that. I've done so many setups now that I script it.
# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

[email protected]
[email protected]
EMAILHOST=smtp.domain.com
sudo sed -i "s|^email_to = root|email_to = ${EMAILTO}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^apply_updates = no|apply_updates = yes|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^emit_via = stdio|emit_via = email|' /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
sudo sed -i "s|^email_from = [email protected]|email_from = ${EMAILFROM}|" /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
# Enable and Start dnf-automatic.timer
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
Are you installing postfix as well?
No, but I do have a postfix relay server setup for that purpose.
Where do you configure that on the client?

Looking over my post, I left out the email_host setting.
You will enter the name, domain or IP address of the email host

Danp

@IRJ said in How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

Scripted a bit for anyone interested

FWIW, this line didn't work for me --

sed -i '/Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true"/a\\        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

I believe this is due to the line being inserted outside the Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins grouping.