Or asked the other way around: How long do you keep your servers running without installing any software updates?

update means something like

sudo dnf update

or something …

apt-get upgrade
apt-get update
  • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    On Alpine Linux I update my two Pi servers at 2 in the morning daily. It’s simpler compared to Debian which needs unattended-updates. Just add apk update && apk upgrade to a cron job and you’re good to go.

    I only have three docker services which is simple enough to update manually.

    I like to keep things as simple as possible for my already chaotic brain.

      • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        apk seems to have some tricks in there that aren’t as well known.

        I managed to catch in the IRC channel that apk add doc will automatically download any related man pages for packages with any future downloads through apk. That made life a bit more convenient instead of downloading all those packages separately.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Be careful with unattended upgrades, even on alpine. A recent breaking change in python3 broke my alpine 23 ansible instance. Thankfully I have backups, but if you’re going to automate the upgrade, you should automate tests as well.

      • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        My web facing server has just enough packages installed to (kinda securely) host a Caddy and Kiwix docker container to work with my domain name and make a comfortable work environment through SSH. My Pi for my HomeAssistant docker container has less because it’s locked down to just my local network.

        I also wrote my own install scripts so reinstalling everything and getting it back to a running state would take about 15 minutes for each device.

        And I also wrote my own backup/restore scripts that evolved over 3/4 of a year. I use them often so I have confidence in those scripts.

        I personally don’t really care too much. I have multiple ways of dealing with issues for something that’s a hobby to me. Which is why I stick to simplicity.

        I’m sure this is a thing for people to worry about when dealing with more complex setups. I just wanna vibe out in my tiny corner of the internet.