Features
Everything you need to keep Linux patched.
CVE-aware patch detection, exploitability ranking, group-based rollouts, and audit-ready evidence — for every major Linux distro, from one dashboard.
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Built for the people who actually run the servers
One dashboard, every distro
Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, and Rocky — managed from a single pane. No per-OS workflow to learn, no juggling Ansible playbooks per OS.
See your whole fleet at a glance
Pending security updates surfaced first, by host. Stale agents flagged. Recent activity and patch failures visible without drilling down.
Only paged when it matters
CVEs matched against the packages actually installed on each host. Wake up for the vulnerability that affects you, not the 437 that don't.
Audit-ready evidence
Every patch, by whom, on which host, at what time — including manual installs done outside SysWard. Searchable, exportable, never overwritten.
Staged, controlled rollouts
Group hosts by QA, region, or customer tier. Patch one tier, watch for fallout, then push to production — without re-typing the same upgrade command twice.
Fix version drift in one click
Cross-host package view shows every server running a given package and what version each is on. Patch the whole set in one action with the same audit trail.
Patch every distro from one dashboard
Stop juggling Ansible playbooks per OS. Manage Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, CentOS, and SUSE in one place.
- — One agent, one UI, every supported distro — no per-OS workflow to learn.
- — Every SysWard feature works the same way across every supported OS.
- — Consolidate per-OS patching scripts into a single auditable workflow.
See your whole fleet at a glance
One dashboard shows what's patched, what's pending, and what hasn't checked in — ranked by what actually needs your attention today.
- — Pending security updates surfaced first, by host.
- — Regular updates kept in a separate queue so noise doesn't drown signal.
- — Recent activity and patch failures visible without drilling down.
- — Stale agents flagged so a "forgotten" host can't slip through.
Only get paged when it actually matters
CVE alerts are matched against the packages actually installed on each host — so you wake up for the vulnerability that affects you, not the 437 that don't.
- — Package-aware CVE matching — never get paged for software you don't run.
- — Email, Slack, and generic-webhook delivery when severity crosses your threshold.
- — Full sudoers support so the agent runs with the privileges you choose.
- — HTTPS and HTTP proxy support — works on air-gapped and locked-down networks.
- — Open-source agent: build it yourself if you need to guarantee what's running.
Audit-ready evidence on demand
Every patch, by whom, on which host, at what time — including manual installs done outside SysWard. Searchable, exportable, never overwritten.
- — Per-host history of every patch action — user, host, package, timestamp.
- — Manual
apt/yuminstalls detected and tracked even when applied outside SysWard. - — Searchable paper trail for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI — export to CSV or feed into your SIEM.
Roll out patches without breaking prod
Group your hosts however your environment is shaped — QA before prod, region-by-region, customer-by-customer — and roll out patches one tier at a time.
- — Patch QA first, watch for fallout, then push to production — without re-typing the same upgrade command twice.
- — Smart grouping by DNS hostname, subdomain, or arbitrary tags.
- — Filter to the exact set of hosts you mean to touch before you press "apply."
Patch the same package on hundreds of hosts in one click
Cross-host package view shows every server that has a given package, what version each is on, and which need an upgrade — then patches the whole set in one action.
- — Spot version drift across your fleet at a glance.
- — Group or host-level views — whichever lens you need.
- — One-click upgrade across the matching set, with the same audit trail every action gets.
- — Filter by exact package, OS, or group to scope the rollout.