Ubuntu unattended-upgrades

Semi-customized sane defaults

Config steps

1. Get it

git clone https://github.com/dev01d/unattended-upgrades.git \
&& cd unattended-upgrades

2. Edit the config files for your maintenance window

• 50unattended-upgrades provides the Automatic-Reboot-Time option
• download-override.conf provides the time potential updates are pulled down
• upgrade-override.conf provides the time upgrades are performed

3. Install it

'One-liner' install:

sudo cp -v *-upgrades /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ \
&& sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer.d/ \
&& sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/apt-daily-upgrade.timer.d/ \
&& sudo cp -v download-override.conf /etc/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer.d/override.conf \
&& sudo cp -v upgrade-override.conf /etc/systemd/system/apt-daily-upgrade.timer.d/override.conf \
&& sudo systemctl restart apt-daily.timer \
&& sudo systemctl status apt-daily.timer \
&& sudo systemctl restart apt-daily-upgrade.timer \
&& sudo systemctl status apt-daily-upgrade.timer \
&& cd .. \
&& rm -rf unattended-upgrades

Usage

Test with:

unattended-upgrade -v --dry-run

Manually upgrade with:

unattended-upgrade -v