Zypper Automatic

Automatically install and notify of updates in openSUSE.

About

The benefits this has over yast2-online-update-configuration is the integration with systemd services/timers and email notifications similar to what's provided in dnf-automatic or unattended-upgrades.

Builds

Builds are available on OBS at https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:losuler/zypper-automatic.

This repo can be added on supported systems by:

# openSUSE Tumbleweed
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:losuler/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:losuler.repo
# openSUSE Leap 15.2
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:losuler/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/home:losuler.repo

zypper refresh
zypper install zypper-automatic

Config

The configuration file located at /etc/zypper-automatic.conf has three main sections. The already filled in values in the examples below are the defaults.

Zypper

[zypper]
patch_categories =
with_interactive = false
list_only = false

patch_categories is a list delimited by commas , of patches you'd like to install. Categories include security, recommended, optional, feature, document and yast.¹

with_interactive when set to true will install "interactive patches, that is, those that need reboot, contain a message, or update a package whose license needs to be confirmed."²

list_only when set to true will only send a list of the patches waiting to be installed and will not install them.

Emitters

[emitters]
emitter =

The emitter refers to one of the message services listed in the subsections below.

Email

[email]
email_to =

email_to is the email in which to send the notification to. It requires a Sendmail compatible MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) to be setup.

Telegram

[telegram]
token =
chat_id =

token is the token for the Telegram bot, which is provided by creating a bot by following the steps provided in the Telegram bot API documentation.

chat_id is the unique identifier for the target chat. It can be obtained by messaging the bot and executing the following command (replace $BOT_TOKEN). The ID may be found at "chat": {"id": 12345678},:

curl https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates | python -m json.tool