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Setting the mode of operation of the program.

apply_updates

boolean, default: False

Whether packages comprising the available updates should be applied by dnf5-automatic.timer, i.e. installed via RPM. Implies download_updates. Note that if this is set to False, downloaded packages will be left in the cache till the next successful DNF transaction.

download_updates

boolean, default: True

Whether packages comprising the available updates should be downloaded by dnf5-automatic.timer.

network_online_timeout

time in seconds, default: 60

Maximal time dnf5 automatic will wait until the system is online. 0 means that network availability detection will be skipped.

random_sleep

time in seconds, default: 0

Maximal random delay before downloading (only applied if --timer option was used).  Note that, by default, the systemd timers also apply a random delay of up to 1 hour.

upgrade_type

either one of default, security, default: default

What kind of upgrades to look at. default signals looking for all available updates, security only those with an issued security advisory.

reboot

either one of never, when-changed, when-needed, default: never

When the system should reboot following upgrades. never does not reboot the system. when-changed triggers a reboot after any upgrade. when-needed triggers a reboot only when rebooting is necessary to apply changes, such as when systemd or the kernel is upgraded.

reboot_command

string, default: shutdown -r +5 'Rebooting after applying package updates'

Specify the command to run to trigger a reboot of the system. For example, to skip the 5-minute delay and wall message, use shutdown -r

Choosing how the results should be reported.

emit_via

list, default: stdio

List of emitters to report the results through. Available emitters are stdio to print the result to standard output, command to send the result to a custom command, command_email to send an email using a command, email to send the report via email using SMTP sever, and motd sends the result to /etc/motd.d/dnf5-automatic file.

system_name

string, default: hostname of the given system

How the system is called in the reports.

The command emitter configuration. Variables usable in format string arguments are body with the message body.

command_format

format string, default: cat

The shell command to execute.

stdin_format

format string, default: {body}

The data to pass to the command on stdin.

The command email emitter configuration. Variables usable in format string arguments are body with message body, subject with email subject, email_from with the "From:" address and email_to with a space-separated list of recipients.

command_format

format string, default: mail -Ssendwait -s {subject} -r {email_from} {email_to}

The shell command to execute.

email_from

string, default: root

Message's "From:" address.

email_to

list, default: root

List of recipients of the message.

stdin_format

format string, default: {body}

The data to pass to the command on stdin.

The email emitter configuration.

email_from

string, default: root

Message's "From:" address.

email_to

list, default: root

List of recipients of the message.

email_host

string, default: localhost

Hostname of the SMTP server used to send the message.

email_port

integer, default: 25

Port number to connect to at the SMTP server.

email_tls

either one of no, yes, starttls, default: no

Whether to use TLS, STARTTLS or no encryption to connect to the SMTP server.

Can be used to override settings from DNF's main configuration file. See dnf5-conf(5).