Re: how to upgrade dozens of debian servers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Hsieh" <pahud@ezplay.tv>
To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: how to upgrade dozens of debian servers
> Hello list,
>
> I have some debian servers and hav a pain when these is security upgrade
> package available, for I have to check and upgrade them one by one, making
> sure they are in safe status.
>
> I wonder how the administrator manage dozens or even hundreds of debian
> servers in this case? Any tool or administration tips?
In a cron job I use the following to alert me when new packages are
available for my systems:
# update Debian package list
0 2 * * * /usr/bin/apt-get -q update
# This produces a report of updated Debian packages
30 10 * * * /usr/bin/apt-get -s dist-upgrade | /bin/grep Inst
This sends me an email for each system, so I know what needs an upgrade.
When updates are available, I test them on a development system then deploy
the upgrade on my systems one by one. I only have a dozen systems, so this
works fairly well. You could write possibly write a script that ssh's to
each system in turn and runs apt-get dist-upgrade on each one, but you might
have to use expect or something to respond appropriately to apt's dialogs.
Sincerely,
--
Kirk Ismay
System Administrator
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