Monitoring updates for Ubuntu VPS - Ask Ubuntu


i running vps. once in while see critical updates have been released, go ahead , apply in environment needed. @ being reactive approach , not proactive. how guys monitor patches/updates ubuntu environments?

there's number of tools notify impending package updates. use apticron. tool checks once day whether there pending updates and, if there are, sends notification mail. apticron needs mta (for example postfix) installed send mail. mails sent root, need redirect root's mail, example alias in /etc/aliases.

other similar tools cron-apt , succinctly named painintheapt. according description, painintheapt can send notifications on smtp or xmpp/jabber, don't need have mta installed.


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