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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      I mean it is possible but I hesitate to even point you in the right direction.

      Maybe we've misunderstood you. You want to have pfSense OS updates applied automatically without you having to OK it first?

      Steve

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        netgateuname @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10
        I want to automate clicking on system -> update -> apply update in the web UI.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          You realise at the very least that would reboot your firewall at a random time when you might be in the middle of an important download etc?

          Steve

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            netgateuname @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            Right, I can take the downtime, but it wouldn't be at a random time if I can schedule it with cron for example.

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Well you could run pfSense-upgrade -y as a cron job but I highly recommend you don't! 😬

              Steve

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                oddussiben-3161
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                this is cool @stephenw10 thank you.

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                • stephenw10S Offline
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  I'm still recommending you don't do that however cool it may be. 😉

                  Steve

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                    oddussiben-3161
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                    its a test machine, appreciate your concern.

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                      inetquestion
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                      mkdir -p /tmp/upgrade && pfSense-upgrade -y | tee -a /tmp/upgrade/date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S-upgrade.log

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                        netblues @inetquestion
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                        Why automate something that has updates once a year typical?

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                          chpalmer @netblues
                          last edited by

                          @netblues said in Automatic updates:

                          Why automate something that has updates once a year typical?

                          Snapshots.

                          I like the concept because I like to update my test box daily. but I also like to watch it as it updates so automatic updates would be out for me just for that reason.

                          Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                          • stephenw10S Offline
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Yeah, about the only place I would consider doing this would be a test box running 2.5 snapshots where I'm specifically testing new snapshot failures.

                            Steve

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                              serbus
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                              Hello!

                              https://forum.netgate.com/topic/137707/auto-update-check-checks-for-updates-to-base-system-packages-and-sends-email-alerts

                              John

                              Lex parsimoniae

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                                provels @serbus
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                                @serbus
                                Stupid server tricks! I love it!

                                Peder

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                                  barrio603
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                                  I have been running the cron update every other saturday at 1am and yet to have a problem.

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