Contents1 Configure Automatic Updates Ubuntu 18.04LTS1.1 Configure unattended-upgrades1.2 Enable automatic updates2 Notifications (Optional)3 Checking it all works Configure Automatic Updates Ubuntu 18.04LTS We suggest that you enable automatic updates for your AMI instance. At the least you should enable security updates. To get started install the unattended upgrades package sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades Configure unattended-upgrades sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades adjust the following to fit your needs. The configuration below will install updates and…
Read MoreDoing things as root
Sometimes you need to do actions as root to configure things for your AMI. SSH login user Firstly login as as the regular user for your AMI instance. Username: ubuntu or Username: centos No password is used. You should connect to your instance using the public IP address and your public key ssh -i mykey.pem ubuntu@public-ip or ssh -i mykey.pem centos@public-ip Becoming a super user There is no root login…
Read MoreUnattended upgrades (Centos 7)
Configure Automatic Updates Centos 7 We suggest that you enable automatic updates for your AMI instance. At the least you should enable security updates. On CentOS servers, we can enable the automatic download and installation of security updates using the yum-cron package. To get started install the unattended upgrades package Install the yum-cron package. # Install yum-cron sudo yum install yum-cron Edit the yum-cron.conf file sudo nano /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf Edit the file with the following #Install…
Read MoreHow to install SSL certificates (Centos)
This guide is for Symetricore products available in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace that come preconfigured with self-signed SSL certificates. This should be in the documentation for the product. A simple test of whether this is the type of product can be made by the way you access the product. If you are using web access that is something like http://a.b.c.d then you are not using SSL. The you…
Read MoreHow to install SSL certificates (Ubuntu)
This guide is for Symetricore products available in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace that come preconfigured with self-signed SSL certificates. This should be in the documentation for the product. A simple test of whether this is the type of product can be made by the way you access the product. If you are using web access that is something like http://a.b.c.d then you are not using SSL. The you…
Read MoreUnattended upgrades (Ubuntu 14.04)
Contents1 Configure Automatic Updates Ubuntu 14.04LTS1.1 Configure unattended-upgrades1.2 Enable automatic updates2 Notifications (Optional) Configure Automatic Updates Ubuntu 14.04LTS We suggest that you enable automatic updates for your AMI instance. At the least you should enable security updates. To get started install the unattended upgrades package sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades Configure unattended-upgrades sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades adjust the following to fit your needs. The configuration below will only install urgent security updates. If you…
Read MoreHow to set up SSH Keys
Using SSH Keys SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a your server using SSH rather than using a password alone. A password could be cracked using a brute force attack or a dictionary attack. SSH keys on the other hand are very long and complex and will provide much better security. Generating an SSH key pair (public and a private key) provides a these long keys. It works…
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