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Linux patch management

Patch the whole fleet. Get your weekends back.

SysWard patches your entire Linux fleet on a schedule and only flags the CVEs that actually affect your installed packages — so patch Tuesday stops eating your Saturday. Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, SUSE. One dashboard.

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Supported operating systems

Built for the team running everything

Linux fleets from 1 to 1,000+ servers · one-line install · CVE-aware from day one

How it works

01

Install

One curl | sh on each Linux host. The agent registers itself, inventories every installed package, and starts reporting in under 60 seconds.

02

Scan

SysWard cross-references your packages against NVD, OVAL, and distro-specific CVE feeds. You see only the vulnerabilities that actually affect you — ranked by exploitability, not raw CVSS.

03

Patch

Patch a single host, a whole group, or schedule a maintenance window. Every action is logged for audit — including 2FA on every account.

Start patching in 60 seconds

Simple vulnerability and patch management for your servers.

  • – Get alerted immediately when new patch updates are available for installed packages
  • – Controlled patching via groups
  • – Track manually installed packages
  • – Simplified 1-line installation
  • – Searchable systems inventory
  • – 2-factor authentication & SSL/TLS security

Scale your DevOps & SecOps teams.

Between Poodle, Shellshock, glibc remote code execution, and many others, it can be hard to stay up to date. SysWard keeps the whole fleet current so a new CVE doesn't become a fire drill.

A look inside SysWard

Dashboard

An overview of all your agents. See at a glance how many security updates, regular updates, and what has happened recently with your systems. Also view any agents who haven't reported in recently.

Agent Listing

View all agents and get a detailed overview of system status. See whether systems need a reboot, update statuses, and system information. Export all your agent data to a CSV for inventory tracking.

CVE Alerts

View CVE alerts and patch them when they surface.

Group Management

Group your agents into what makes sense for your team, and apply patches to those groups to roll out upgrades.

Agent Dashboard

View system information and update statuses, manage patch status, hold and unhold packages, and view history.

Package Overview

View all common packages across all servers to find common upgrades and security issues.

Scheduled Jobs

Schedule and manage patches for servers to apply updates when convenient for your team.

Patch Agents

Apply all patches, just security updates, or schedule patches for a later time.

Email Notifications

Simple, readable email alerts that tell you what patches are required.

User Auditing

View every action a user has taken for upgrading packages and modifying servers.

Cloud, or entirely your infrastructure

Can't send package inventory to someone else's cloud? Run the self-hosted SysWard Appliance on-premises or fully air-gapped — same features, same $1/agent.

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An agent you can actually read

The on-host agent is open source. Inspect every line before you run it as root — no black box on your servers.

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Honest, boring pricing

Free for 2 servers, forever, with no feature limits. $1/agent/month after that. No contracts, no per-seat upsells.

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Linux patch management, by distro

Practical guides for the distros SysWard manages — patching workflows, CVE handling, and migration paths.

Linux patch management

Cross-distro patching workflow, CVE matching, and how SysWard fits next to open-source alternatives.

Ubuntu patch management

apt upgrades, unattended-upgrades, Livepatch, and fleet patching across LTS and interim releases.

CentOS patch management

dnf workflows, CentOS 7 EOL realities, and clean migration paths to Rocky and AlmaLinux.

Questions sysadmins actually ask

Does it work on air-gapped networks? +

Yes. The self-hosted appliance runs fully on-premises, including air-gapped environments.

Is the agent safe to run as root? +

The agent is open source — audit it yourself. It reads package state and applies only the updates you approve.

What's included in the free tier? +

Two servers, free forever, with no feature limits. Add more hosts at $1/agent/month.

Which distributions are supported? +

Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Fedora, Amazon Linux, SUSE, Oracle Linux, Arch Linux, AlmaLinux, and Vz Linux.

Start patching in 60 seconds

Free for 2 servers · $1/agent/month after · no credit card

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