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The Customize Windows > Computer and Internet > Cloud Computing > Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : cloud init, Apt, dpkg

By Abhishek Ghosh September 13, 2015 5:09 pm Updated on September 13, 2015

Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : cloud init, Apt, dpkg

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It May Not Be a Great Idea to Enable Auto Updates, However This Guide Shows Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server via cloud init, Apt and dpkg. In other words, it was a public demand to publish this guide to enable automatic updates on Ubuntu Server. We dislike it for various reasons. The division of cloud init, apt, dkpg is not what is called grammatically correct, this division on this guide on automatic updates on Ubuntu Server is for new users, who can at least remember this webpage!

 

Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : cloud init

 

Oddly, cloud init is less talked about than it should get the attention. We can WordPress Installation via cloud init easily. That method is important to read as we are talking about either HP Cloud or own OpenStack setup.

Using cloud-init, we can ensure that this is done right from the first boot or spin up. When creating a new instance, using OpenStack user script, we can enter the following to activate it :

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apt-get update
echo unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean true | debconf-set-selections
apt-get -y install  unattended-upgrades

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Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : Apt & dkpg

 

Regarding Apt, we are taking it granted that the reader is aware about package manager. There is a package named unattended-upgrades, like for trusty :

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http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/unattended-upgrades

We can run these two commands :

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sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades
sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades

Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server - cloud init, Apt, dpkg

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Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : Using dkpg

 

A text based interface will help you :

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

 

Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : Apt Only

 

We can run these one command to install the package :

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sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades

then Edit this file :

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

suppose with nano :

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

you may adjust precise what you want to update :

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Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "Ubuntu trusty-security";
//      "Ubuntu trusty-updates";
};

then edit :

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/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic

to example :

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

You can blacklist, you can set cron and do more works in this method. This is, indeed far better way and most importantly, this is the official method :

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https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/serverguide/automatic-updates.html

But – we do not want that you do this work instead login manually perform some works.

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Title: Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : cloud init, Apt, dpkg
2015-09-13

Author: Abhishek Ghosh
Subjects: Cloud Computing

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TheCustomizeWindows,

Sunday, September 13th, 2015,
Vol.1(01),
p.1–44918 [IoT Ready Journal]


Source:The Customize Windows
ISSN: 0019-5847 ;
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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Automatic Updates on Ubuntu Server : cloud init, Apt, dpkg," in The Customize Windows, September 13, 2015, December 8, 2019, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2015/09/automatic-updates-on-ubuntu-server-cloud-init-apt-dpkg/.

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