i have a digital ocean droplet ..and every time i log onto it there is always an update was wondering if it is really necessary for me to keep updating it .or if there is a way this can just be make automatic ..or perhaps someone could point me to a good serve management tutorial
imo, you might want to stay up to date with your Kernel (and other) updates, but not automatically.
Sometimes you might be updating a piece of software that needs to stay at the version (because of other software), or the new updated version could need new config options setup.
Pick a day of the week / month and put the server maintenance window in there. From then on, you'll run the updates on that day every week / month if there are any, and make sure not to click on OK too fast while running the updates.
and create a "snapshot" of your server before you do this. This way you can easily switch back to the previous settings if something does fail and you are unable to fix or rollback it in short time.
@mac03733 You can probably enable automatic updates in your OS. If you're using an Ubuntu 18.04 droplet, a quick goog for "enable automatic updates in ubuntu 18.04" will get you what you need. I don't use Cent/RH much these days, but I'm sure the same is available in the yum configuration.
That said, I think automatic patching is risky AF. I would, and do, update manually.
and create a "snapshot" of your server before you do this. This way you can easily switch back to the previous settings if something does fail and you are unable to fix or rollback it in short time.
