How to fetch patches to livepatch on-prem server

The livepatch application is configured to fetch patch updates every 24 hours. This setting is configurable.

Patch snapshot downloads can also be manually triggered:

$ livepatch-admin sync trigger --wait

We recommend triggering a patch snapshot download once the server is successfully set up.

Verifying that server is up to date

To verify that the server is receiving the latest patches from the livepatch server hosted by Canonical use the following command.

$ livepatch-admin sync reports