How To Enable and Disable Automatic OS Updates

Prerequisites

Last Updated for InterWorx version 2.1.0

No special prerequisites.

Purpose

The following procedure explains how to enable and disable automatic OS updates for the InterWorx-CP server.

Procedure - Enable Automatic OS Updates

  1. Click on the Server menu if it is not already expanded.
  2. Click on the ♦    Software Updates item.
  3. You should now be looking at the Software Updates controls in the main content area.
  4. Locate the Automatic Update Options section.
  5. Select Enable from the drop-down list labeled OS Updates.
  6. Click the Update button.

Procedure - Disable Automatic OS Updates

  1. Click on the Server menu if it is not already expanded.
  2. Click on the ♦    Software Updates item.
  3. You should now be looking at the Software Updates controls in the main content area.
  4. Locate the Automatic Update Options section.
  5. Select Disable from the drop-down list labeled OS Updates.
  6. Click the Update button.
The automatic OS updates are run by a daily cron job that performs a yum update.
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