Automatic security updates
For new installations of Matillion ETL from version 1.73 onwards, and universal installer installations from 29th September 2023, automatic updates of security patches (yum update –security
) are set to run daily on all Matillion ETL environments on CentOS 8 and RHEL 8.
To run automatic updates, the following service is enabled by default on the instance:
dnf-automatic-install.timer
Updates will run daily at 6:00am.
Checking the service status
To check the status of the update service, use the following command:
systemctl status dnf-automatic-install.timer
If the service is running correctly, this will produce output similar to the following:
dnf-automatic-install.timer - dnf-automatic-install timer
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-install.timer; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (waiting) since Mon 2023-10-30 09:27:24 EDT; 54min ago
Trigger: Tue 2023-10-31 06:46:20 EDT; 20h left
Oct 30 09:27:24 [instance]: Started dnf-automatic-install timer.
Disabling the service
You can disable the automatic update service with the following commands:
systemctl disable dnf-automatic-install.timer
systemctl stop dnf-automatic-install.timer
Changing the update time
You can change the time at which the update service runs (6:00am by default). To do this:
- Edit the file
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-install.timer
. - Locate the line
OnCalendar=*-*-* 6:00
and edit it to show the time you want the update to run, for exampleOnCalendar=*-*-* 18:00
. - Save and exit the file.
Further configuration
Further options for configuring the service can be found here.