Updated Proxmox VE LXC Updater

[tteck]

We've added a new menu that allows you to choose which containers you want to exclude from the update process. This feature provides greater control over the update procedure. We're eager to hear everyone's feedback on this addition and gather their thoughts.

[tteck]

Even though the new menu displays the Container IDs of templates, it continues to automatically skip them during the update process.

[towerhand]

Awesome. It works like a charm. Would it make sense to add the same to the Proxmox VE LXC Cleaner script?

[tteck]

• Proxmox VE LXC Cleaner
  • Added a new menu that allows you to choose which containers you want to exclude from the clean process.

[CoreyJ87]

Does this script update the actual applications or does it just do like apt/yum update/upgrade?

[timdonovanuk]

Yeah I meant for the application though. Does each lxc itself contain link or reference to the original script that created it, or will each lxc need a custom crontab?

Thanks :)

[tteck]

As of Oct 5, 2023 each LXC created has an "update" command to run a script for updating the application. However, this approach is not unattended.

[ajtatum]

Hi @tteck, thanks for these scripts. I have the qBittorrent LXC and when I SSH into the machine and type "update" it says that the command is not found. Do I need to be in a specific directory? I did create the LXC before Oct 5, 2023 but have run the LXC update script for it. Would the update command be installed through the LXC update if it wasn't already installed?

[tteck]

The update command is only for LXCs created after Oct 5, 2023. You can continue to update via the script.

[tteck]

#1900

[tismofied]

Is there a way to get notified (email or ntfy ,etc...) when lxcs gets updated using this script?

[tismofied]

No. It's not an unattended process, so, why the need to be notified?

I must have misunderstood the way the script work with crontab scheduling. I thought the script would run every Sunday at midnight to run the updater script against all LXCs.

[tteck]

That would be the Proxmox VE Cron LXC Updater, it is unattended. Maybe I just misunderstood.

[tismofied]

Yeah that's what I was talking about lol.
So... is it feasible ?

[tteck]

Well, the Proxmox VE Cron LXC Updater script would need to be modified to log its output, then the log could be emailed, if the command-line utility called ssmtp is installed and set up correctly. Or, possibly sending emails could be set up using Webmin. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Modifying the script to log its output I can do, but sending the email part, I have no idea as I've never done that.

[tismofied]

Thank you for all you do by the way. It's really not a big deal. I can live without. 😄