[tor-commits] [community/develop] Add Fedora instructions to automatically update relay, link to post-install instructions

emmapeel at torproject.org emmapeel at torproject.org
Sat Oct 5 07:39:30 UTC 2019


commit cb3d88120d5c520a07fb9d41ca94f4488fcd2fe8
Author: gus <gus at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Aug 29 06:27:44 2019 -0400

    Add Fedora instructions to automatically update relay, link to post-install instructions
---
 .../technical-setup/guard/fedora/contents.lr       | 14 +++++++--
 .../guard/fedora/updates/contents.lr               | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/contents.lr b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/contents.lr
index cc984cc..5cfcf23 100644
--- a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/contents.lr
+++ b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/contents.lr
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ title: Fedora
 ---
 body:
 
-# 1.  Install the tor package:
+# 1. Enable Automatic Software Updates
+
+One of the most imported things to keeps your relay secure is to install security updates timely and ideally automatically so you can not forget about it. Follow the instructions to enable [automatic software updates](updates) for your operating system.
+
+# 2.  Install the tor package
 
 `dnf install tor`
 
-# 2. Put the tor configuration file `/etc/tor/torrc` in place:
+# 3. Put the tor configuration file `/etc/tor/torrc` in place
 
 ```
 #change the nickname "myNiceRelay" to a name that you like
@@ -19,12 +23,16 @@ ExitRelay 0
 ContactInfo tor-operator at your-emailaddress-domain
 ```
 
-# 3. Start the tor daemon and make sure it starts at boot:
+# 4. Start the tor daemon and make sure it starts at boot
 
 ```
 systemctl enable tor
 systemctl start tor
 ```
+
+# 5. Final notes
+
+If you are having troubles setting up your relay, have a look at our [help section](FIXME). If your relay is now running, check out the [post-install](/relay/setup/post-install/) notes.
 ---
 html: two-columns-page.html
 ---
diff --git a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/updates/contents.lr b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/updates/contents.lr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03ad164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/guard/fedora/updates/contents.lr
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+_model: page
+---
+title: Automatic Updates on Fedora
+---
+body:
+
+On Fedora you enable automatic updates via:
+
+```
+dnf install dnf-automatic
+```
+
+Now enable and start automatic updates via:
+
+```
+systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer
+```
+---
+html: two-columns-page.html
+---
+key: 1
+---
+section: Relay operations
+---
+section_id: relay-operations
+---
+subtitle: 
+---
+_hidden: yes
+---
+_slug: updates
+---
+_discoverable: no





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