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    • IRJI
      IRJ
      last edited by IRJ

      First install unattended-upgrades and postfix

      sudo apt install unattended-upgrades
sudo apt install postfix

      On postfix install select "Internet Site" and keep the default hostname in the next step.

      727862cf-5511-4402-ab54-9b51407c8b1e-image.png

      Next edit the 50unattended-upgrades file

      sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

      Now uncomment the following lines

      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";

Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "[email protected]";

Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";

      There are some other options you can configure such as automatic reboots, but I decided not to do so.

      Now we need to configure /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

      sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

      Paste the following text in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades. The intervals below are set in days.

      APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

      Now save and test

      sudo unattended-upgrades

      You should get an email similar to this.

      Unattended upgrade returned: True

Packages that were upgraded:
 

Packages that were auto-removed:
 libutempter0 tmux python3-newt run-one net-tools pastebinit


Package installation log:
Log started: 2019-04-11  14:29:09
Removing tmux (2.6-3ubuntu0.1) ...
Removing libutempter0:amd64 (1.1.6-3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Log ended: 2019-04-11  14:29:13

Log started: 2019-04-11  14:29:14
Removing python3-newt:amd64 (0.52.20-1ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2019-04-11  14:29:16

Log started: 2019-04-11  14:29:16
Removing run-one (1.17-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Log ended: 2019-04-11  14:29:20

Log started: 2019-04-11  14:29:20
Removing net-tools (1.60+git20161116.90da8a0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Log ended: 2019-04-11  14:29:23

Log started: 2019-04-11  14:29:24
Removing pastebinit (1.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Log ended: 2019-04-11  14:29:28



Unattended-upgrades log:
Initial blacklisted packages:
Initial whitelisted packages:
Starting unattended upgrades script
Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-updates
Packages that will be upgraded:
Packages that were successfully auto-removed: libutempter0 net-tools pastebinit python3-newt run-one tmux
Packages that are kept back:

      Script for anyone who is 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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      • dbeatoD
        dbeato @IRJ
        last edited by

        @IRJ Awesome, I worked on this a few weeks ago so it is nice to see a tutorial.

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        • wrx7mW
          wrx7m @IRJ
          last edited by

          @IRJ Yay! Someone else that uses Nano.

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @wrx7m
            last edited by

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

            @IRJ Yay! Someone else that uses Nano.

            Thats one good thing about Ubuntu. Nano is included out of the box 😛

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite
              last edited by

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

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              • IRJI
                IRJ @black3dynamite
                last edited by

                @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

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                • wrx7mW
                  wrx7m @black3dynamite
                  last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite @wrx7m
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • IRJI
                      IRJ @black3dynamite
                      last edited by 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
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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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