Re: running yum update on remote servers

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On 02/25/2013 01:00 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have read a couple old threads here on updates for servers, and I am
>> looking for some mechanics to getting the actual updates done.  I don't
>> want automatic updates; I want to control when and what gets updated.
> Keep in mind that to _not_ install an update, you have to know more
> than the RH engineers about the code.  I usually assume they had a
> good reason for going to the trouble of shipping it and that they
> would have to have a very, very good reason to ship anything that
> would break an existing API in an update.  Of course it is always good
> policy to test the combination of things you run in production on a
> non-critical box first.

For example, an apache update MAY require that I first check what it 
will do to http.conf.  First install it on a test server, check out what 
is new, then apply it.  Or a firefox update, and I only run firefox 
anymore on the server when I am running in via vnc, and probably will 
never again (after setup) run firefox, so I will apply that update when 
I don't have something more to do.  I see mysqld on my DNS server, but I 
have it off.  Also cups is there, and I don't do printing.  I have not 
uninstalled these, so if they get updates, I will apply them, but not 
when I am on the road.  Now a bind or apache security update will get 
applied....

yes, I still tend to install desktop on my servers to get them 
configured, the set inittab to 3 and will rarely ever run desktop again.

>
>> First I have to determine that a particular server needs updates.  I
>> suppose a daily script that would run "yum check-updates' and emails me
>> the results could work, but then I would only want the email IF there
>> was something to update, at my limited use of this option does not show
>> anything to trigger a notify on changes.  Does anyone know of a script
>> that would do this?
> How about just joining the centos-announce mail list?

I am on it, and I do look at the announcements. Still which rpm is used 
on which server?  What is critical and what is not?


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