There are different options for automatically updating your server. At this article we will use the unattended-upgrades package. We will start with installing the unattended-upgrades package. kok@fhome:~$ sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades After installing the unattended-upgrades package we need to add  the text below to the  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic file. APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists “1″; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages “1″; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval “5″; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade “1″; [...]