RPM-OSTREED-AUTOMA(8)

💖 RPM-OSTREED-AUTOMATIC 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're talking about the automatic update girlies 💅

✨ NAME ✨

rpm-ostreed-automatic.service, rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer — they run the automatic updates policy. that's it, that's the whole job, and they do it flawlessly 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rpm-ostreed-automatic.service

rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer

no args, no flags, no drama. two units, just vibing ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the service unit is the one that actually enacts the AutomaticUpdatePolicy setting that lives in rpm-ostreed.conf(5). like, it reads the policy and then does the thing. for example — and this is the example, not me making stuff up — if the current policy is "check", then the service will check for updates. simple as that. iconic behaviour honestly 💖

meanwhile the timer unit is the one deciding how often the service unit gets run. it's the schedule girlie. the vibe-setter. the "when are we doing this" of it all.

⚠️ important, no cap: disabling or masking this timer unit effectively disables automatic updates, no matter what the setting in rpm-ostreed.conf(5) says. the config can scream, the timer's not listening. so don't be out here editing config files wondering why nothing's updating 💀

if you wanna know how to actually control systemd timers (start, stop, schedule, all of it), go read systemd.timer(5). it's giving documentation. it's giving answers. 📚✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• rpm-ostree(1)
• rpm-ostreed.conf(5)

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and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 🎀

this was brought to you by the rpm-ostree crew, page RPM-OSTREED-AUTOMA(8) — go forth and let your timers run on schedule, mwah 💜✨