CentOS - Feb 2022 - Email Notification of updates which are available to be applied on CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)

Hi,

I am running the below open source components on CentOS Linux release
7.9.2009 (Core)

   1. nginx service
   2. mysql service
   3. php framework
   4. pph-fpm service
   5. composer A Dependency Manager for PHP

Is there a way to notify via email if there are any new security updates
available for CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 along with the above open
source components which are running?
Currently, I am manually running the *yum -y update* command to update the
OS along with the above open source components. I have tried
for yum-updatesd - Update notifier daemon but it is not available for
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core). Thanks in advance. I look forward to
hearing from you.

More info:- https://linux.die.net/man/8/yum-updatesd

Best Regards,

Kaushal

> Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2022 22:26:08 +0530
> From: Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
> 
> Is there a way to notify via email if there are any new security
> updates available for CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 along with the
> above open source components which are running?
You can run "yum check-update" from a (daily) cron job and get
notified of updates that are available for your system. 

Personally, I find running *yum -y update*, without knowing what's
going to be touched, to be a little risky.

On 2/9/22 10:56 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running the below open source components on CentOS Linux release
> 7.9.2009 (Core)
> 
>     1. nginx service
>     2. mysql service
>     3. php framework
>     4. pph-fpm service
>     5. composer A Dependency Manager for PHP
> 
> Is there a way to notify via email if there are any new security updates
> available for CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 along with the above open
> source components which are running?
> Currently, I am manually running the *yum -y update* command to update the
> OS along with the above open source components. I have tried
> for yum-updatesd - Update notifier daemon but it is not available for
> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core). Thanks in advance. I look forward to
> hearing from you.
> 
> More info:- https://linux.die.net/man/8/yum-updatesd
You might be interesting in yum-cron

 From the manpage:

DESCRIPTION
yum-cron  is an alternate interface to yum that is optimised to be 
convenient to call from cron.  It provides methods to keep repository 
metadata up to date, and to check for, download, and apply updates. 
Rather than accepting many different command line arguments, the 
different functions  of  yum-cron  can  be  accessed through config files.

With CentOS you generally will not have security included with the
package data, so only install security related errata is not a simple
action.  However applying all updates, or sending a notification about
updates be available, etc are options you can enable.

Good luck,
Jon M

On 2022-02-09 11:56, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running the below open source components on CentOS Linux release
> 7.9.2009 (Core)
> 
>    1. nginx service
>    2. mysql service
>    3. php framework
>    4. pph-fpm service
>    5. composer A Dependency Manager for PHP
> 
> Is there a way to notify via email if there are any new security 
> updates
> available for CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 along with the above open
> source components which are running?
> Currently, I am manually running the *yum -y update* command to update 
> the
> OS along with the above open source components. I have tried
> for yum-updatesd - Update notifier daemon but it is not available for
> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core). Thanks in advance. I look forward 
> to
> hearing from you.
> 
> More info:- https://linux.die.net/man/8/yum-updatesd
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Kaushal
Hello, Kaushal.

If you have not already done so, I suggest signing up for the 
Centos-Announce list at 
https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce.
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Mike Burger
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"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever 
just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1

I just run this command line as a cronjob (weekly):

 /usr/bin/yum check-update | /bin/mail -s 'check-update' heller at
deepsoft.com
 
I have *newer* versions of the mysql server and php from the IUS repo, so yum 
check-update picks up new versions from the IUS repo, along with the core (and 
epel) repo.

At Wed, 9 Feb 2022 22:26:08 +0530 CentOS mailing list <centos at
centos.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am running the below open source components on CentOS Linux release
> 7.9.2009 (Core)
> 
>    1. nginx service
>    2. mysql service
>    3. php framework
>    4. pph-fpm service
>    5. composer A Dependency Manager for PHP
> 
> Is there a way to notify via email if there are any new security updates
> available for CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 along with the above open
> source components which are running?
> Currently, I am manually running the *yum -y update* command to update the
> OS along with the above open source components. I have tried
> for yum-updatesd - Update notifier daemon but it is not available for
> CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core). Thanks in advance. I look forward to
> hearing from you.
> 
> More info:- https://linux.die.net/man/8/yum-updatesd
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Kaushal
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