Yum-cron in redhat enterprise 7.2

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Hi,

we have installed redhat 7.2 EL . there is a yum-cron.conf file but i cannot find a related service about this. And i cannot find automatic security updates for yum in documentation.

what is the chages of yum-cron in 7.2. how can i check it works or not ?

thanks in advance.

SELCUK
IT DEPT TRAKYA UNIVERSTIY

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thomas.jones2@dodiis.mil's picture Guru 6435 points
19 March 2016 9:18 PM

Before one can answer your question, one would need to know what your point of reference is. The yum-cron functionality has been around for a while now (I've used it since, probably, 2014 under EL6). Are you asking how does yum-cron from EL 7.2 compare to the version in 7.0, 7.1, or 6.x? In any case, which particular comparative features are you asking after?

In general, I've found the 7.x version to be at least as reliable as it was in 6.x, it's just got greater (and more useful) configurability.

DT Community Member 55 points
9 June 2016 8:06 AM

Hi i try to install yum cron with command "yum-y install" it fails (Becouse there is no package). Also when i check the systemctl status command whether this service run or not there is nothing about yum-cron or something else. But there is yum-cron.conf file. Also our system is registered in redhat portal.

thanks in advance.

jb Active Contributor 245 points
10 June 2016 8:49 AM

Hi,

I guess you don't have access to "rhel-7-server-optional-rpms" repository on your system.

What is the output of

yum repolist

If not listed (and I guess it won't), you can enable it with subscription-manager (assuming you are not using Satellite 5 and that your system is correctly registered with a valid subscription) :

subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms

Then you should be able to isntall your package:

yum install -y yum-cron

Jeremy

DT Community Member 55 points
10 June 2016 11:12 AM

Thank you.

Regards

Selcuk

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