Automatic server software updates

maestroc

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Just wanting to confirm since I am a DA noob. If i followed the instructions on this page:

https://forum.directadmin.com/showthread.php?t=54305

and made sure my custombuild had those items all set to yes then my system will automatically update all the server software including kernel updates, etc. on a regular basis. Is that correct? I got burned once by a kernel hack due to things not getting updated properly on my old CP server and don't want to have it happen again with this new one.

Is there anything I need to do other than make sure those items were set? They already were on yes for me.
 
then my system will automatically update all the server software including kernel updates, etc. on a regular basis. Is that correct?
No that's not correct.
As the post says, it will update Directadmin stuff handled by Custombuild.

Kernel updates and Bind for example (so operating system things except, apache, php, mysql, ftp etc. handled by custombuild) will not be done automatically. I know cPanel does, but DA does not.

For automatic OS updates you could maybe use yum cron.
Check this howto (no guarantees) for Centos 7:
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-setup-automatic-security-updates-on-centos-7/
Be aware that normally after a kernel update you need rebooting your system.

Since we don't have that many servers, we prefer to do server operating system updates manually.
 
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