By the time you arrive in Pittsburgh, the initial version of Automatic Updates should be in the Drupal core 10.1 beta. Maintaining Drupal sites is about to get a whole lot easier, and this session will contain everything you need to know to start taking advantage of this long-awaited feature.

We'll talk about:
* What Automatic Updates does and doesn't do, and how to get what you need out of it
* A high-level explanation of how it works
* How to make sure your site is ready to use automatic updates
* How your code can customize or extend automatic updates
* FYIs and known pitfalls

But there's more to this than just updating core – we'll also tell you how to use the contributed Automatic Updates Extensions module to keep your site's modules and themes secure and up-to-date.

Learning Objectives

- Set up Automatic Updates on your site
- Receive automated security updates
- Hook into and customize the update process

Prerequisites

Basic Drupal knowledge; should be able to install and set up a Drupal site

Synopsis

Automatic Updates is coming to Drupal core. Learning everything you need to know to use it on your sites.