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Authors: fire1ce | Created: 2021-08-27 | Last update: 2022-08-02

Unattended Upgrades

sudo apt install -y unattended-upgrades apt-listchanges

Edit the config to your preference

sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

Example

Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
"${distro_id}:${distro_codename}";
"${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
// Extended Security Maintenance; doesn't necessarily exist for
// every release and this system may not have it installed, but if
// available, the policy for updates is such that unattended-upgrades
// should also install from here by default.
"${distro_id}ESMApps:${distro_codename}-apps-security";
"${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}-infra-security";
"${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
"${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
// "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
};

Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "auto";
Unattended-Upgrade::AutoFixInterruptedDpkg "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::MinimalSteps "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "false";
//Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "";
//Unattended-Upgrade::MailReport "on-change";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Kernel-Packages "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time "06:00";
//Acquire::http::Dl-Limit "70";
// Unattended-Upgrade::SyslogEnable "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::SyslogFacility "daemon";
// Unattended-Upgrade::OnlyOnACPower "true";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Verbose "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Debug "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Allow-downgrade "false";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern {
// Codename based matching:
// This will follow the migration of a release through different
// archives (e.g. from testing to stable and later oldstable).
// Software will be the latest available for the named release,
// but the Debian release itself will not be automatically upgraded.
"origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename}-updates";
// "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename}-proposed-updates";
"origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian";
"origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";

// Archive or Suite based matching:
// Note that this will silently match a different release after
// migration to the specified archive (e.g. testing becomes the
// new stable).
// "o=Debian,a=stable";
// "o=Debian,a=stable-updates";
// "o=Debian,a=proposed-updates";
// "o=Debian Backports,a=${distro_codename}-backports,l=Debian Backports";
};

Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "auto";
Unattended-Upgrade::AutoFixInterruptedDpkg "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::MinimalSteps "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "false";
//Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "";
//Unattended-Upgrade::MailReport "on-change";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Kernel-Packages "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time "06:00";
// Acquire::http::Dl-Limit "70";
// Unattended-Upgrade::SyslogEnable "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::SyslogFacility "daemon";
// Unattended-Upgrade::OnlyOnACPower "true";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "true";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Verbose "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Debug "false";
// Unattended-Upgrade::Allow-downgrade "false";

Automatic call via /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

echo unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean true | sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive unattended-upgrades

Check the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades for those 2 lines:

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

Manual Run:

sudo unattended-upgrade -d

To enable unattended-upgrade use the following command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades

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