Applying OS security updates

Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Advisor Software Installation Guide

Version

4.6.x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92UCP120-15

Periodically apply security updates to the operating systems on the UCP Advisor Gateway VM, the UCP Advisor VM.

Note: Use this procedure to apply the security updates only on Oracle operating systems.

Verify that you have internet access to the UCP Advisor VM.
Verify that the VMs have been updated with Linux <host name> 4.18.0-513.24.1.el8_9.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 10 08:10:12 PDT 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The procedure listed below applies to the UCP Advisor VM.

Using an SSH client, such as PuTTy, log on to the UCP Advisor VM as the ucpadmin user. Enter:
```
ssh ucpadmin@<UCP Advisor VM IP address>
```
Check for updates. Enter:
```
sudo yum check-update
```
Get the list of available security updates. Enter:
```
sudo yum updateinfo list security all
```
Apply the latest security updates. Enter:
```
sudo yum -y update --security
```