[TriLUG] large-scale patch rollouts?

[Sinner from the Prairy]

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On Tuesday 16 September 2003 01:56 pm, David R.Matusiak wrote:
> i know up2date is the tool to apply patches to a single (Red Hat)
> machine, but can this functionality be extended to tens or hundreds of
> machines?

I use apt4rpm (apt-get for rpm) +  local "updates" server (that mirrors 
official update servers for RedHat, daily rsync) + a cron job on the Linux 
boxes that launch a script (see below).

apt4rpm:
http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/

scripts:
- -------- /usr/local/sbin/cronupdate.sh ----------
#~/bin/sh
# for Red Hat, apt-get enabled
# by Sinner from the Prairy , 2002
# sinner at escomposlinux.org / sinner at trilug.org
apt-get update
/usr/local/sbin/auto-update.sh > /root/auto-update.log
cat /root/auto-update.log | mailto -s "Manual-update for `hostname` at `date`" 
sinner at trilug.org
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- -------- /usr/local/sbin/autoupdate.sh ----------
#!/bin/sh
# by Sinner from the Prairy , 2002
# sinner at escomposlinux.org / sinner at trilug.org
# This script is called by crond.


echo =================================================================
echo Updates for `hostname` starting at `date`
echo =================================================================
echo

apt-get -y upgrade

echo
echo =================================================================
echo Updates for `hostname` finished at `date`
echo =================================================================

- ------------------------------
- -------------- crontab -l --------------

# auto update system
55 23 * * *     /usr/local/sbin/cronupdate.sh
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Enjoy!
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