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cdist-type__apt_unattended_upgrades

automatic installation of updates

Install and configure unattended-upgrades package.

For more information see <https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades>.

Set options for unattended-upgrades. See examples.

Supported options with default values (as of 2020-01-17) are:

  • AutoFixInterruptedDpkg, default is "true"
  • MinimalSteps, default is "true"
  • InstallOnShutdown, default is "false"
  • Mail, default is "" (empty)
  • MailOnlyOnError, default is "false"
  • Remove-Unused-Kernel-Packages, default is "true"
  • Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies, default is "true"
  • Remove-Unused-Dependencies, default is "false"
  • Automatic-Reboot, default is "false"
  • Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers, default is "true"
  • Automatic-Reboot-Time, default is "02:00"
  • SyslogEnable, default is "false"
  • SyslogFacility, default is "daemon"
  • OnlyOnACPower, default is "true"
  • Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections, default is "true"
  • Verbose, default is "false"
  • Debug, default is "false"

Python regular expressions, matching packages to exclude from upgrading.

__apt_unattended_upgrades \
    --option Mail=root \
    --option MailOnlyOnError=true \
    --blacklist multipath-tools \
    --blacklist open-iscsi


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