Linux Automation

Setup a proxy server for apt

echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://myserver.com.com:port";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf

Update using apt

• Possible commands

apt-get -y  upgrade -s

apt-get -y  upgrade -s; logger "APT has been applied"

unattended-upgrade --dry-run -d

Automatic update using crontab

#echo 'MAILTO=""' > mycron
#echo "00 05 * * * apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade -s | logger 
#crontab mycron
#rm mycron