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Revised: Save Hudson/Jenkins settings and installed plugins

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:42:07 GMT

.. code:: bash
 #!/bin/bash
JENKINS_FOLDER="/shared/jenkins"
DEST_FOLDER="/jenkins-backup"
if [ ! -d "${DEST_FOLDER}" ]; then
  mkdir -p ${DEST_FOLDER}
fi
if [ ! -d "${DEST_FOLDER}/jobs" ]; then
  mkdir -p ${DEST_FOLDER}/jobs
fi
cd ${JENKINS_FOLDER}
pwd
/usr/bin/rsync -v -a --relative --checksum ./*.xml ${DEST_FOLDER}
/usr/bin/rsync -v -a --relative --checksum ./plugins/ ${DEST_FOLDER}/
cd ${JENKINS_FOLDER}/jobs
pwd
find . -maxdepth 2 -name "config.xml" -print0 | /usr/bin/rsync -v -a --relative --checksum --files-from=- --from0 ./ ${DEST_FOLDER}/jobs/

SOLVED: Apply only security updates in Ubuntu

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:07:56 GMT

Sometimes I don't want to update everything on my Ubuntu, but I want to keep it up to date with all patched security holes. At the same time I don't like when updates happen automatically, like Ubuntu documentation suggests.

This is the way to apply only security fixes:

1. Copy update sources list to a new file

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/security.sources.list

2. Comment out everything in new file, but leave only security repositories

3. Use following command to apply updates using new file:

sudo apt-get upgrade -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security.sources.list

I created an alias in my .bash_aliases for it:

alias updatesecurity='sudo apt-get upgrade -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security.sources.list'

Now I simply type updatesecurity to stay up to date.

I found this solution via ServerFault.com

Short list of how-to's for new Linux installation

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:10:45 GMT

Install Sun Java:

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Install Google Chrome unstable:

Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main

sudo wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub > google.pub

sudo apt-key add google.pub

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable