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He patched almost 10 servers by prompting his agent instead of logging into each one

A man patched almost 10 devices the day before posting by prompting his local the AI or AI agent through a small connector that gives it access to the whole fleet only when he asks. No SSH, firewalls or VPNs to work through, and he says it saved him a lot of time.

How it works

  1. He connects his local agent to the fleet through a small connector, access only when he asks
  2. He prompts it to patch the machines
  3. It works through almost 10 devices
  4. The round is done the same day

Why it’s worth knowing

A full patching round across a small fleet was done by talking to one agent, no logins at all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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