[CentOS] anyone doing automatic yum updates via yum-updatesd on production servers?

Wed Jan 18 10:54:53 UTC 2012
Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

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Subject: Re: [CentOS] anyone doing automatic yum updates via yum-updatesd on 
production servers?

On 01/18/2012 08:05 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>>> I would like to expand on this a little.  Once you get a certain
>>> number of machine it probably makes sense to have your own internal
>>> mirror.
>>
>> Is there any particular approximate number of machines you'd say this would
>> apply to?
>
>based on personal experience, I'd say that number was at the '9' mark.
>Once you go double digit, and you have those many machines in one
>location, a local repo is the way to go. Perhaps then with one of them (
>either a machine or a VM instance ) doing auto nightly updates, and
>running a test to make sure all is still well and sending out a small
>email to the admin with a OK or 'Trouble found in updates'

Thanks. Will be looking into local repos it seems.

We've expanded our local calculation farm to now include mid-teen numbers, and 
manual updates is becoming a PITA...

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/Sorin