How to enable/disable autoupdates in Plesk?

Log in to Plesk GUI

Go to Tools & Settings > Upgrade and update settings

Manage the automatic installation of updates and apply changes:

Connect to the server via SSH or RDP

In Windows, start a command prompt as Administrator

Execute the following commands to enable corresponding settings:

Note: If it is required to disable an option, use false value instead of true

• Automatically install Plesk updates (Recommended)

  # plesk bin server_pref -u -autoupdates true

• Automatically install updates for third-party components shipped by Plesk

  # plesk bin server_pref -u -autoupdates-third-party true

• Automatically install system package updates

  # plesk db "INSERT INTO misc(param, val) VALUES('automaticSystemPackageUpdates', 'true') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE val = 'true';"

• Enable safe updates for system packages

  # plesk db "INSERT INTO misc(param, val) VALUES('systemPackageUpdatesSafeOnly', 'true') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE val = 'true';"