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    How to configure automatic updates on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @IRJ
      last edited by

      @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.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @wrx7m
        last edited by

        @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 😉

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        • IRJI
          IRJ @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @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

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @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?

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite @IRJ
              last edited by 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

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              • IRJI
                IRJ @black3dynamite
                last edited by

                @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 😛

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                • wrx7mW
                  wrx7m @black3dynamite
                  last edited by

                  @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 🙂

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite @IRJ
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • IRJI
                      IRJ
                      last edited by 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
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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ @black3dynamite
                        last edited by

                        @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?

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                        • black3dynamiteB
                          black3dynamite @IRJ
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                          • IRJI
                            IRJ @black3dynamite
                            last edited by

                            @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?

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                            • black3dynamiteB
                              black3dynamite @IRJ
                              last edited by

                              @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
                              50ffd3fe-b4c3-440e-9327-17d824eecaee-image.png

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                              • DanpD
                                Danp @IRJ
                                last edited by

                                @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.

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