Configure Automatic Update on Amazon EC2 Server
While deploying EC2 server, one of the features tech operation stuff want is auto updates. We can configure such services in EC2 virtual server. First install yum-cron using the command below: sudo yum install yum-cron Next, we need to configure the conf file. Use the following command to open the config file: sudo nano /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf The configuration sample are as follows: # configure to apply type of update, apply update, email update_cmd = default update_messages = yes download_updates = yes apply_updates = yes random_sleep = 120 emit_via = email email_from = root@localhost email_to = emailladdress@domain.com email_host = localhost To start yum-cron and configure the service to start when system reboots using the following command: sudo systemctl start yum-cron.service sudo systemctl enable yum-cron.servic For older system, we might need to use the following command: sudo service yum-cron start sudo chkconfig yum-cron on ***...