commit 8bf9d193ece88df1fdc8a386ae885e4c9a24f00a Author: Tse Kit Yam tsekityam@users.noreply.github.com Date: Sun Jan 17 13:09:40 2021 +0800

Add instruction on enable autoupdate in RHEL 8

The tool for auto upgrade is changed from `yum-cron` to `dnf-automatic` in RHEL 8/ CentOS 8/ Fedora22.

A session on how to setup `dnf-automatic` in RHEL 8/ CentOS 8 is added, which is based on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AutoUpdates#Fedora_22_or_later_versions --- .../guard/centosrhel/updates/contents.lr | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/centosrhel/updates/contents.lr b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/centosrhel/updates/contents.lr index b6e353f..71d3bf9 100644 --- a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/centosrhel/updates/contents.lr +++ b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/centosrhel/updates/contents.lr @@ -6,9 +6,35 @@ title: RPM Distributions --- body:

-# CentOS and RHEL +# CentOS and RHEL 8 or later versions

-For CentOS and RHEL the yum-cron package is the preferred approach: +For CentOS and RHEL 8 or earlier versions, the dnf-automatic package is the preferred approach: + +``` +dnf install dnf-automatic +``` + +In /etc/dnf/automatic.conf set: + +``` +download_updates = yes +apply_updates = yes +``` + +Enable and start automatic updates via: + +``` +systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer +``` + +Check status of dnf-automatic: +``` +systemctl list-timers *dnf-* +``` + +# CentOS and RHEL 7 or earlier versions + +For CentOS and RHEL 7 or earlier versions, the yum-cron package is the preferred approach:

``` yum install yum-cron