christophwurst / unattended_upgrades

Updates Nextcloud apps automatically

🤡 Unattended Upgrades

Updates apps automatically

The app is still under development, so it’s time for you to get involved! 👩‍💻

How it works

The app will register a background job that runs once an hour. Depending on the configuration, it will update all, some or none of the upgradable apps.

Configuration

The app configuration is specified via config/config.php.

  'unattended_upgrades' => [
      // your preferences
  ],

Maintenance window

You can set a time window between which the upgrade is allowed.

  'unattended_upgrades' => [
      'maintenance_window' => [
          'start' => '06:00',
          'end' => '08:00',
      ],
  ],

Blocked apps

If you know that an app has questionable QA policies you may want to exclude it from the automated upgrade to save yourself from random fire fighting.

  'unattended_upgrades' => [
      'blocked' => [
          'unattended_upgrades',
      ],
  ],

Allowed apps

If you're feeling like the automated upgrades of every app are too much risk for you, you may pick the cherries and only allow certain apps.

  'unattended_upgrades' => [
      'allowed' => [
          'mail',
      ],
  ],

FAQ

Commonly asked questions.

Should I run this in production?

No, this app is an experiment. However, if you like living on the edge you may of course deploy the app anyway.

unattended_upgrades's Issues

Use semver

An unwritten rule says decent apps follow semver 👼. Thus we could try to be smart and only upgrade apps automatically if they bump their minor or patch version. This should be configurable most likely.

Allow limit to certain apps

As an admin I might not want all apps to automatically upgrade. Instead, a configurable list of apps that I know and trust should be upgraded only. Other apps shall only be updated manually.

Disable for ajax background jobs

Because of timeouts and stuff (downloading big apps, heavy database upgrade).

App store release

• Request an app cert
• Upload first version

Add activity on app upgrade

Configurable maintenance slots

As an admin I would like to be able to chose when the unattended upgrade runs, like when my users are most likely not active. This happens typically at night, but it depends on the time zone of the users and what kind of organization this is.