System/Debian

Description: Install unattended-upgrades. The server should run unattended upgrades every night, and reboot at 4 am if required by any application. Implementation: Login as root Install packages unattended-upgrades and cron-apt Set the following values in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern { "o=Debian,a=stable"; }; Unattended-Upgrade::MinimalSteps "true"; Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "true"; Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root"; Unattended-Upgrade::MailOnlyOnError "true"; Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "false"; Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time "04:00"; Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "false"; Set the following values in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "30"; Verification: Run unattended-upgrade --dry-run --debug as root....

Links Official Manual Example building sudo-1.8.11p1-2 # Download the source files curl -O http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.8.11p1-2.dsc curl -O http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.8.11p1.orig.tar.gz curl -O http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.8.11p1-2.debian.tar.xz # Extract the tarballs: tar xf sudo_1.8.11p1-2.debian.tar.xz # Creates folder sudo-1.8.11p1 tar xf sudo_1.8.11p1.orig.tar.gz # Creates folder debian # Move the debian file to the source mv debian sudo-1.8.11p1 # Cd to the folder cd sudo-1.8.11p1 # Build dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc