There is also a package called cron-apt which will automatically update your debian machines and send you an email regarding what it updated.
~Morgan -----Original Message----- From: George Georgalis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:37 PM To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mass update deployment strategy On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 08:37:42PM +0100, mario wrote: >Hello List, > >i am responsible for 10 (ubuntu and debian) installations so far. >I have installed apticron which informs me about updates frequently. >Actually, its that often that i sometimes need to invest 1h a day just >doing updates. > >Do you have a strategy or anything to automate this task a little more? >The server farm is growing and i might have to look after 20 or 30 >installations soon. I can already see myself updating ubuntu/debian >installations all day long :(. > >My installations are most of the time small firewalls and samba servers. > >Any comments or field reports about this? on your master computer you could run a script somthing like this... #!/bin/sh set -e set -x ENV="set -e && export TERM=$TERM && . /etc/profile" UPD="echo && hostname && Updating Package Lists... && apt-get -qq update || true" UPG="apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded" UPC="apt-get clean" for n in host1 host2 hostz; do ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "$ENV && $UPD ; $UPG && $UPC" done don't forget to have ssh-agent working beforehand. // George -- George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator <IXOYE>< -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
