Automatically Running Yum

Captaffy · Unread post by **Captaffy** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:49 am

Ideally I would like to be able to enable the yum service so that my server will update itself nightly.

I added the ART channels to yum.conf, but I do not have a solid understanding of how yum works. What would happen if php update was released (not through ART)? Would yum attempt to install it, possibly breaking Plesk?

Unread post by **scott** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:28 am

Yes, it would install the update if you set the system to update nightly. In order to enable automatic updates, goto setup -> system-services -> yum

Captaffy · Unread post by **Captaffy** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:59 am

scott wrote:Yes, it would install the update if you set the system to update nightly. In order to enable automatic updates, goto setup -> system-services -> yum

My concern is that such an update could break Plesk. I have read about people whom installed (for instance) a mysql update through yum and plesk stopped working.

breun · Unread post by **breun** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:47 am

Updates that break your system would break your system if you installed it manually as well. If you're afraid your system might break, then use a separate box or vmware or something to test updates.