Guides

Practical notes on keeping a small Linux fleet patched, from the people building Night Warden. Every command and file path was checked on our own servers before it went in.

• Guide · Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux

  unattended-upgrades on production servers: what it does and where it stops

  What Ubuntu's automatic updates install, what they restart, and what they leave for you.

• Guide · Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky

  Linux patch management for a small fleet: a process, a script and the tools

  A read-only fleet check you can run today, a weekly routine, and which tools fit at which size.

• Guide · DirectAdmin

  Updating DirectAdmin with CustomBuild: what the defaults do and how to stay current

  Why dnf skips PHP and MariaDB on DirectAdmin, what CustomBuild checks by itself, and the versions it never warns about.