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Abdulsattar Mohammed
Asked: 2020-11-18 20:47:35 +0800 CST

Automatic Reboot at specific time if Automatic Upgrade requires Reboot

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I have setup automatic updates and it updates automatically. However, there are updates that require a restart and I know

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";

will set it to reboot. But it reboots as soon as it updates. That could be at any time of the day, when my users are using my server. I want it to restart at a specific time, say 12:00 am that night. How do I do that?

ubuntu automatic-updates reboot

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Have a look in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades. You want Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time:

    // If automatic reboot is enabled and needed, reboot at the specific
// time instead of immediately
//  Default: "now"
//Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time "02:00";
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  2. You can disable automatic reboot by setting in your configuration file :

    Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "false"

    Reconfigure it :

    dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

    Write a script to check whether a reboot is required :

    #!/bin/bash
if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]; then 
/sbin/reboot now 
fi

    Set the correct permissions on the script :

    chmod +x <script_name>.sh

    Set a cron job so it will be executed everyday at 12 am.

    crontab -e

    Then append the above :

    0 0 * * * <path_to_your_script>.sh

    Save it and it's done.

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