This book is the first comprehensive manual for patching Linux systems in industrial settings.
It offers patching options for several distributions, including Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, and Debian. Both tools unique to a given distribution and popular community tools like apt and yum are comprehensively covered.
The streamlined patch management strategies in this book cover both programs and the underlying OS while minimizing effects on users, networks, and administrators. Regardless of your position in the management of Linux systems, Linux Patch Management will lower your expenses, increase the availability of your systems, and significantly boost your individual productivity.
- Consolidating patches on a Red Hat network, including cached updates, as well as patching systems based on RHEL rebuild distributions
- Working with SUSEs update systems, including YaST Online Update and Zenworks Linux Management
- Making the most of apt commands and the GUI-based Synaptic Package Manager
- Configuring apt for RPM distributions such as Fedora and SUSE Linux
- Creating repositories that can manage gigabytes of patches on diverse Linux systems
- Updating networks of Linux computers without overloading WAN or Internet connections
- Configuring yum clients, including coverage of emerging GUI tools such as Yum Extender
