keep your debian zoo updated
Besides the big update actions it happens relatively often that you want to ensure updates for certain packages.
For situations like this, I use a small ansible playbook where I can ensure that all hosts in question run a
apt [dist-|full-]upgrade and in addition it allows me to:
- ensure that services requiring a restart after the upgrade will be restarted using
needrestart(this must be installed un the target host) - check that a defined list of packages is installed at a min. required version (usefull after the release of a fix in a Debian Security Advisory)
See: github gist
Example:
ansible-playbook -e run_versioncheck=true -e check_quiet=false aptupgrade.yml
ansible
- dns blocklist - use unbound with dns blocklists
- git-remembrall - simple script to notify team members of pending tasks on their git branches
debian
- apt - find orphaned packages - find packages not distributed by the current distro
apt
- apt - find orphaned packages - find packages not distributed by the current distro
