Hi all, The "dsh" package might be worth a peek for this as well...
-Victor On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 14:28, Kirk Ismay wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Hsieh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 6:40 PM > Subject: how to upgrade dozens of debian servers > > > > Hello list, > > > > I have some debian servers and hav a pain when these is security upgrade > > package available, for I have to check and upgrade them one by one, making > > sure they are in safe status. > > > > I wonder how the administrator manage dozens or even hundreds of debian > > servers in this case? Any tool or administration tips? > > In a cron job I use the following to alert me when new packages are > available for my systems: > > # update Debian package list > 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/apt-get -q update > > # This produces a report of updated Debian packages > 30 10 * * * /usr/bin/apt-get -s dist-upgrade | /bin/grep Inst > > This sends me an email for each system, so I know what needs an upgrade. > When updates are available, I test them on a development system then deploy > the upgrade on my systems one by one. I only have a dozen systems, so this > works fairly well. You could write possibly write a script that ssh's to > each system in turn and runs apt-get dist-upgrade on each one, but you might > have to use expect or something to respond appropriately to apt's dialogs. > > Sincerely, > -- > Kirk Ismay > System Administrator > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
