How do you track auto-updates to the system?

[Philip Rhoades]

People,

This is the output from "uname -a":

Linux 192-168-1-30.tpgi.com.au 5.19.6-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP 
PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 31 17:58:15 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 
GNU/Linux

That machine has been running for a little while now - how do you 
monitor / keep track of auto-updates to the system?

Thanks,

Phil.
-- 
Philip Rhoades

PO Box 896
Cowra  NSW  2794
Australia
E-mail:  phil(a)pricom.com.au

[Dusty Mabe]

On 9/27/22 23:17, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>  People,
>  
>  This is the output from "uname -a":
>  
>  Linux 192-168-1-30.tpgi.com.au 5.19.6-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP 
>  PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 31 17:58:15 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 
>  GNU/Linux
>  
>  That machine has been running for a little while now - how do you 
>  monitor / keep track of auto-updates to the system?
>   
`rpm-ostree status` will show you some information about the system,
which will include the version number of the build you are on and a
timestamp of when that was built:

```
[core@dustymabe ~]$ rpm-ostree status
State: idle
AutomaticUpdatesDriver: Zincati
  DriverState: active; periodically polling for updates (last checked Wed 2022-09-28
04:02:26 UTC)
Deployments:
● fedora:fedora/aarch64/coreos/next
                  Version: 37.20220918.1.1 (2022-09-21T21:40:11Z)
                   Commit:
1cd3e6dae86fc62ca973ee137b7274e4cb356d8feb2fadf9067aee65fb8d6321
             GPGSignature: Valid signature by ACB5EE4E831C74BB7C168D27F55AD3FB5323552A

  fedora:fedora/aarch64/coreos/next
                  Version: 37.20220910.1.0 (2022-09-12T16:42:10Z)
                   Commit:
80855625a46e17264d3464c317ed6ba2888cab0ec0e5e61e0dd86c3b217d62a5
             GPGSignature: Valid signature by ACB5EE4E831C74BB7C168D27F55AD3FB5323552A
```

You can also compare what you are seeing to https://getfedora.org/en/coreos if you like.

Dusty

[Philip Rhoades]

Dusty,


On 2022-09-28 14:09, Dusty Mabe wrote:
>  On 9/27/22 23:17, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> > People,
> > 
> > This is the output from "uname -a":
> > 
> > Linux 192-168-1-30.tpgi.com.au 5.19.6-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP
> > PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 31 17:58:15 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
> > GNU/Linux
> > 
> > That machine has been running for a little while now - how do you
> > monitor / keep track of auto-updates to the system?
> > 
>  
>  `rpm-ostree status` will show you some information about the system,
>  which will include the version number of the build you are on and a
>  timestamp of when that was built: 

Ah excellent!


>  You can also compare what you are seeing to
>  https://getfedora.org/en/coreos if you like. 

OK - so there is no list of upgraded packages with their dates of 
updating somewhere?

BTW, I did not sort out my LiveUSB install issues but now that I think I 
will leave that server on, it doesn't matter much - and it was more an 
exercise anyway - I will revisit the exercise at some stage in the 
future . .

Oh and thanks for the fast response!

P.


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-- 
Philip Rhoades

PO Box 896
Cowra  NSW  2794
Australia
E-mail:  phil(a)pricom.com.au

[Dusty Mabe]

On 9/28/22 00:38, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>  Dusty,
>  
>  
>  On 2022-09-28 14:09, Dusty Mabe wrote:
> > On 9/27/22 23:17, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> >> People,
> >>
> >> This is the output from "uname -a":
> >>
> >> Linux 192-168-1-30.tpgi.com.au 5.19.6-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP
> >> PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 31 17:58:15 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
> >> GNU/Linux
> >>
> >> That machine has been running for a little while now - how do you
> >> monitor / keep track of auto-updates to the system?
> >>
> >
> > `rpm-ostree status` will show you some information about the system,
> > which will include the version number of the build you are on and a
> > timestamp of when that was built:
>  
>  
>  Ah excellent!
>  
>  
> > You can also compare what you are seeing to
> > https://getfedora.org/en/coreos if you like.
>  
>  
>  OK - so there is no list of upgraded packages with their dates of 
>  updating somewhere? 
If you run `rpm-ostree db diff` you can see the diff between the currently
booted and previous deployment.

You can also use `rpm-ostree ex history` to see the history of what upgrades
happened and when (limited by how much journalctl history you have). And you
can use this information to see what packages were upgraded when. You can use
the commits from that output to run `rpm-ostree db diff <commit1> <commit2>`
to
see the difference between various commits.

>  
>  BTW, I did not sort out my LiveUSB install issues but now that I think I 
>  will leave that server on, it doesn't matter much - and it was more an 
>  exercise anyway - I will revisit the exercise at some stage in the 
>  future . . 
👍

>  
>  Oh and thanks for the fast response! 
NP

Dusty