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Arthur Ulfeldt
Asked: 2010-05-19 12:37:51 +0800 CST

How can I make Ubuntu server always install updates without asking?

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I would like to set some Ubuntu Server VM's to always pull updates (nightly) with out asking?

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3 Answers

  1. Have a look at cron-apt

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  2. i wouldn't recommend unattended updates, but you can do something like this:

    create a file... update.sh for example, throw it in /usr/local/sbin/

    #!/bin/sh
apt-get update
apt-get -y dist-upgrade

    run chmod 700 /usr/local/sbin/update.sh and chown root.root /usr/local/sbin/update.sh

    then in root's crontab, add a line:

    15 03 * * * /usr/local/sbin/update.sh

    this will kick off your apt-get update and apt-get -y dist-upgrade every night at 3:15am

    or just:

    15 03 * * * /usr/sbin/apt-get update && /usr/sbin/apt-get -y dist-upgrade

    in root's crontab sudo crontab -e to edit it.

    if you want to download only:

    15 03 * * * /usr/sbin/apt-get update && /usr/sbin/apt-get -yd dist-upgrade
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  3. There is an article here that will tell you how to disable the update pop-up.

    You then need to run

    apt-get update
apt-get -y upgrade

    from root's crontab

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