{"id":3823,"date":"2021-01-13T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T00:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T20:25:05","slug":"enable-automatic-update-for-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/enable-automatic-update-for-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable Automatic Update for Ubuntu Server 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These steps should work for multiple versions of Ubuntu Server.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully enabling automatic updates in Ubuntu is super easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First make sure that the “unattended-upgrades” package is installed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
It was already installed on my Ubuntu 20.04 server instance.  
Next run dpkg to reconfigure and enable updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You should get the following prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Configuring automatic updates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hit “Yes” to enable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your system should now automatically install updates.  however, if it needs to reboot it may not.  You can configure the reboot options in <\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo vi \/etc\/apt\/apt.conf.d\/50unattended-upgrades<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Scroll down to the Reboot lines and uncomment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/\/ Automatically reboot *WITHOUT CONFIRMATION* if\n\/\/  the file \/var\/run\/reboot-required is found after the upgrade\nUnattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot \"true\";  \/\/ <- Uncomment line<\/strong>\n\n\/\/ If automatic reboot is enabled and needed, reboot at the specific\n\/\/ time instead of immediately\n\/\/ Default: \"now\"\nUnattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time \"02:00\";  \/\/ <- Uncomment line<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Save the file.  Your system should now automatically install stable updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disable automatic update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can disable the automatic updates by running the dpkg command again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and selecting “No”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automatic updates should now be off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More information can be found at the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.cyberciti.biz\/faq\/set-up-automatic-unattended-updates-for-ubuntu-20-04\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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