Debian: Unattended upgrades
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....