How to enable automatic updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Issue

  • I need to configure automatic updates
  • I need my system to update automatically
  • I need to install the yum-cron package
  • Automatically refreshing package database and downloading updates

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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