System Reboot after Update

[fanton]

How do I know if my system needs to reboot after an update?

Thank you for your reply,

Frank

 

[daanw]

You can know this if /run/reboot-required exists. Usually only when a new kernel was installed.

See: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/o...do-you-know-when-a-reboot-is-required.156352/

 

[Johannes S]

Or install needrestart, which also checks for services which needs to be restarted.

 

[fanton]

Or install needrestart, which also checks for services which needs to be restarted.

Great tip.

Thanks,

Frank

 

[MKle]

You can configure the OS to reboot automatically after a kernel update.
For Debian and Ubuntu see unattended-upgrades.
See here.

Then you never need to know...