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How often should you reboot a production webserver? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Specifically, a dedicated server running Debian 12.

After a monthly sudo apt upgrade? (Is a monthly upgrade even necessary?)

Never? (unless there is a security update?)

Edit: I may be missing kernel upgrades. Those are probably good... I can't remember if I installed a LTS kernel. I imagine it would be unsecure to post an exact kernel version, however.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Some packages managers, including Debian APT, create a /var/run/reboot-requiredfile when an upgrade requires a reboot (like a kernel upgrade). If you have other reasons to reboot, it's up to you to find the best interval between reboots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Neat. Is it created after an update, or an upgrade?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

In Debian? I guess this is after upgrade, as update just update the packages database.