(Plesk for Linux) System Updates – Updating System Packages

The System Updates tool checks for updates on a daily basis and displays
updates information in the list of packages and on the Plesk home page.
It also sends notifications if you configured it so.

To update system packages automatically:

1. Go to Tools & Settings > Server Management > System
   Updates > Settings.

   Alternatively, go to Tools & Settings > Update
   Settings.

2. Select Automatically install system package updates.

3. (Optionally, not recommended) Specify whether to disable safe
   updates. Learn more in Changing the Source of
   Updates.

4. (Optionally) Specify notification settings in order to receive
   notifications about installed updates.

   

To update system packages manually:

1. Go to Tools & Settings > Server Management > System
   Updates > Available Updates.

   For each package in the list, you can view the following details:

   • The details about an available update. To view it, click this
     update in the Updates column.
   • The details about a package. To view it, click this package name
     in the Package column.

2. Update all or selected packages

   • To update all packages for which updates are available, click
     Update All.
   • To update specific packages, select one or more packages in the
     list and click Update.

To update locked packages:

If some packages are locked, you can still update them:

1. In System Updates, click Update (to update only the selected
   packages) or Update All.
2. Select the option Unlock the packages to allow this update only
   in the Update Packages window.

To lock packages to prevent them from updating:

In Tools & Settings > System Updates, select one or more
packages and click Lock.

Locked packages are not updated automatically in System Updates during
automatic updating. However, you can update them manually. To do so,
select them and click Update and then select Unlock the packages
to allow this update only. Another way to update such packages is by
using the native operating system means.

If there are other packages that depend on a locked package, Plesk will
ask you if you allow the update of a locked package.

To unlock packages for updates:

In Tools & Settings > System Updates, select one or more locked
packages and click Unlock.