{"id":153,"date":"2007-09-27T23:19:41","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T06:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.oliverhansen.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/27\/updating-my-freebsd-installation-automatically\/"},"modified":"2007-09-28T13:40:01","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T20:40:01","slug":"updating-my-freebsd-installation-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oliverhansen.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/27\/updating-my-freebsd-installation-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating My FreeBSD Installation &#8212; Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My APC Smart-UPS 700XL arrived yesterday so I decided to do the first step in relocating my server from next to my TV in my bedroom to inside my closet. The server is just a desktop PC size and isn&#8217;t extremely loud but it is noticeable when sleeping. I actually think it took me a while to sleep last night because I wasn&#8217;t used to the quiet! I will eventually have 2 or 3 computers running full time so I wanted them to have a place to be and a UPS for at least the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.oliverhansen.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/23\/my-network-attached-storage-solution\/\"><span class=\"ubernym uttAcronym\" onmouseover=\"domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'Network Attached Storage' );\"><acronym class=\"uttAcronym\">NAS<\/acronym><\/span> box<\/a>. So now the <span class=\"ubernym uttAcronym\" onmouseover=\"domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'Network Attached Storage' );\"><acronym class=\"uttAcronym\">NAS<\/acronym><\/span> box is in my closet with the UPS. Soon I hope to have the UPS smart port connected to the <span class=\"ubernym uttAcronym\" onmouseover=\"domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'Network Attached Storage' );\"><acronym class=\"uttAcronym\">NAS<\/acronym><\/span> box so if power is not restored the box will shut itself off properly before losing power completely.<\/p>\n<p>After relocating the <span class=\"ubernym uttAcronym\" onmouseover=\"domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'Network Attached Storage' );\"><acronym class=\"uttAcronym\">NAS<\/acronym><\/span> box, I decided I should try to keep my FreeBSD 6.2 server installation updated and do it regularly. I had done an update previously when I <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.oliverhansen.com\/index.php\/2007\/08\/05\/recovering-my-freebsd-nas-server-from-a-hard-drive-failure\/\">discovered my hard drive was bad<\/a> but after reinstalling everything I hadn&#8217;t done another. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/\">The FreeBSD Handbook<\/a> is a great resource and I went there to see the method for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/ports-using.html\">updating the ports tree<\/a>. Keeping the ports tree up to date is important so whenever you decide to install a new program you have the latest information.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The main suggested way to keep the ports tree up to date is to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/cvsup.html\">CVsup<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/ports-using.html\">install CVSup as directed on the upgrading ports page<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Continue following the instructions on the page by running CVSup and then I suggest taking the advice of creating your own <strong>supfile<\/strong>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS\">server closest to you will<\/a> matter if you are outside the US but if inside, I have no idea which of the servers on the list are closest to me so just pick your favorite number and go from there!<\/li>\n<li>Follow the instructions in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/ports-using.html\">section 4.5.4.2<\/a> and install the port <strong>portupgrade<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>At least the first time you run <strong>portupgrade<\/strong>, you should use the <strong>-ai<\/strong> option so it will ask you to confirm before you actually upgrade each port. If you find you want every port upgraded then you can get rid of the <strong>-i<\/strong> part of the option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I created a script to run the CVSup and made a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/doc\/en_US.ISO8859-1\/books\/handbook\/configtuning-cron.html\">crontab<\/a> to run the script every Sunday night. I&#8217;ll have to wait until this Sunday to see if it works because I don&#8217;t feel like debugging it now by changing the timing of the crontab. I know the script runs when called from the command line. I didn&#8217;t include the portupgrade part in the script because I don&#8217;t want to be upgrading my ports all the time. If it&#8217;s working and there is no security fix then I really don&#8217;t need to upgrade it. But this way if I need to upgrade it, the current port is already there.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p><strong>*Note*<\/strong> <em>You should also keep the stable or current system tree up to date as well. I am using the stable because I just need things to work; not be the latest and greatest. This can be done by using CVSup but changing the supfile to one you will find in <strong>\/usr\/share\/examples\/cvsup\/stable-supfile<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My APC Smart-UPS 700XL arrived yesterday so I decided to do the first step in relocating my server from next to my TV in my bedroom to inside my closet. The server is just a desktop PC size and isn&#8217;t extremely loud but it is noticeable when sleeping. 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