Re:I no longer trust The Great Suspender
by Anthony-G on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:07PM
(#25849696)
I recently had to install Certbot on a CentOS 8 server and discovered that the Certbot documentation recommeds using Snap (for almost every popular GNU/Linux release). They have their reasons[1]. I figured it was time to investigate using Snap and the benefits it could provide.
While researching, I found many users reporting that forced updates of software installed by Snap caused many problems and I decided against using it; I was able to install Certbot via a good old-fashioned RPM from EPEL.
I also removed Snap from a different Ubuntu server which had recently been upgraded to 20.04 (I wasn't using LXD on that server so there was no need for it).
FWIW, I've been allowing Apt and Yum package managers to automatically update for about 8 years without any problems. The only manual OS updating I do is for a set of physical (non-virtual) servers that are operational 24/7.
While researching, I found many users reporting that forced updates of software installed by Snap caused many problems and I decided against using it; I was able to install Certbot via a good old-fashioned RPM from EPEL.
I also removed Snap from a different Ubuntu server which had recently been upgraded to 20.04 (I wasn't using LXD on that server so there was no need for it).
1. https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-install-certbot-w...
FWIW, I've been allowing Apt and Yum package managers to automatically update for about 8 years without any problems. The only manual OS updating I do is for a set of physical (non-virtual) servers that are operational 24/7.