Software Patching

Upgrading External Packages with unattended-upgrade

software management
software patching
unattended-upgrade
upgrade

The unattended-upgrade tool is a great way to keep your system automatically updated. Learn how it works and how configure it.

Automatic Security Updates with DNF

automatic updates
dnf
dnf-automatic
fedora
linux
software patching
software vulnerabilities

The dnf package manager and dnf-automatic tool can be used for automated security patching on Linux systems. It requires only a few steps to set it up.

Showing Available Security Updates with DNF

dnf
fedora
package manager
packages
software management
software patching
software vulnerabilities

Systems running Fedora have the DNF utility. With DNF it becomes easily to install packages and stay up-to-date with security related updates.

Determine which processes need a restart with checkrestart/needrestart

debian
dpkg
fedora
patch management
rpm
software patching

Just patching software packages is not enough. We cover some tools to determine which processes need a restart to complete software patch management.

Using unattended-upgrades on Debian and Ubuntu

automation
debian
patch management
software patching
ubuntu
unattended-upgrade

To counter the biggest threat to software packages, Debian and Ubuntu based systems can use unattended-upgrades, to install security patches automatically.