On 03/11/2016 10:41 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > Hi list, I know that there are automatic update with yum-cron but never > tried. > In my experiences I never did automatic backup because if update was broken > my installation will be broken and I wait some time before apply update. > Today seems to be that automatic update are used more than before. > What do you think about automatic update? It is a good practice on a > server? What is your experiences? > > Thanks in advance. > > Alessandro For me, yum-cron only downloads the updates and e-mails me to let me know they are ready. It does not actually apply them. To apply them, I ssh in and run the command "yum update" and they install fast w/o me needing to wait for the download. That lets me test everything that is critical and make sure it works after the update.