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How often should you reboot a production webserver?
(hexbear.net)
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.
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.Neat. Is it created after an update, or an upgrade?
In Debian? I guess this is after upgrade, as update just update the packages database.