dnf.automatic (8) Linux Manual Page

dnf.automatic – DNF Automatic

Synopsis

dnf-automatic [<config file>]

Description

Alternative CLI to dnf upgrade with specific facilities to make it suitable to be executed automatically and regularly from systemd timers, cron jobs and similar.

The operation of the tool is completely controlled by the configuration file and the command only accepts single optional argument pointing to it. If no configuration file is passed from the command line, /etc/dnf/automatic.conf is used.

The tool synchronizes package metadata as needed and then checks for updates available for the given system and then either exits, downloads the packages or downloads and applies the packages. The outcome of the operation is then reported by a selected mechanism, for instance via the standard output, email or motd messages.

Configuration File Format

The configuration file is separated into topical sections.

[command] section

Setting the mode of operation of the program.

apply_updates

boolean, default: False

Whether packages comprising the available should be applied (i.e. installed via RPM). Implies download_updates.

download_updates

boolean, default: False

Whether packages comprising the available should be downloaded.

upgrade_type

either one of default, security, default: default

What kind of upgrades to look at. default signals looking for all available updates, security only those with an issued security advisory.

[emitters] section

Choosing how the results should be reported.

emit_via

list, default: email, stdio, motd

List of emitters to report the results through. Available emitters are stdio to print the result to standard output, email to send the report via email and motd sends the result to /etc/motd file.

system_name

string, default: hostname of the given system

How the system is called in the reports.

[email] section

The email emitter configuration.

email_from

string, default: root

Message’s "From:" address.

email_to

list, default: root

List of recipients of the message.

email_host

string, default: localhost

Hostname of the SMTP server used to send the message.

[base] section

Can be used to override settings from DNF’s main configuration file. See command_ref.

Author

See AUTHORS in DNF source distribution.

Copyright

2012-2014, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+