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h1. Install Procedure for yum-cron

h2. Requirements

To install yum-cron you will need the following:

* a installed and supported operating system (e.g. CentOS 6.x)

* root-access

* a fast internet connection

h2. Preliminary Note

This procedure is based on a documentation supplied by [[http://www.gtkdb.de/index_7_1865.html]]

yum-cron allows for automated updates of CentOS.

h2. Install yum-cron

<pre><code class="bash">

yum install yum-cron

</code></pre>

h2. Configure yum-cron

the configuration of yum-cron happens by

<pre><code class="bash">

vim /etc/sysconfig/yum-cron

</code></pre>

most settings may be left with default values, maybe you want to send the output to someone else but yourself

<pre>

MAILTO=user@example.com

DAYS_OF_WEEK="45"

CLEANDAY="4"

</pre>

h2. Automatic yum-cron

Manually start the service

<pre><code class="bash">

/etc/init.d/yum-cron start

</code></pre>

you can set the runlevels of yum-cron by

<pre><code class="bash">

chkconfig yum-cron on

</code></pre>

you can check the runlevels by

<pre><code class="bash">

/sbin/chkconfig --list yum-cron

</code></pre>

you should get an output like:

<pre><code class="bash">

yum-cron     0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off

</code></pre>