A simple framework for dynamically generating the Message Of The Day (motd)

Framework and scripts for producing a dynamically generated Message Of The Day. Based on and compatible with the framework implemented Ubuntu.

• The amzn2 branch is what has been built in Amazon Linux 2
• The al2023 branch is what has been built in Amazon Linux 2023
• The main branch is for any general development

Any new development should be done on main and any bug fixes can be cherry-picked back.

The update-motd package first shipped with Amazon Linux AMI 2011.9 (now known as Amazon Linux 1) back in 2011. It enabled the message of the day that is displayed upon logging into an Amazon Linux instance to contain a reminder of what security updates could be applied.

• Amazon Linux 1 (AL AMI)
  • update-motd-1.0-1.5.amzn1 shipped in Amazon Linux AMI (AL1) 2011.09
  • update-motd-1.0-1.9.amzn1 shipped as an update in AL AMI 2011.09
  • update-motd-1.0.1-1.10.amzn1 shipped in AL AMI 2012.09
  • update-motd-1.0.1-2.0.amzn1 shipped in AL AMI 2014.09
  • update-motd-1.0.1-3.0.amzn1 shipped in AL AMI 2014.09
  • update-motd-1.0.1-3.1.amzn1 shipped in AL AMI 2018.03 (not yet tagged in this repo)
• Amazon Linux 2
  • update-motd-1.0.1-3.amzn2 was the first build for Amazon Linux 2
  • update-motd-1.1.0-1.amzn2
  • update-motd-1.1.1-1.amzn2
  • update-motd-1.1.1-2.amzn2
  • update-motd-1.1.2-1.amzn2
  • update-motd-1.1.2-2.amzn2
  • update-motd-1.1.2-2.amzn2.0.2
• Amazon Linux 2023
  • A tech preview period existed in which this release was labelled AL2022
  • update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 was the first AL2023 build
  • update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.3 shipped with the AL2023 GA release
  • update-motd-2.1-1.amzn2023 shipped shortly after AL2023 GA, fixing a customer reported bug

See CONTRIBUTING for more information.

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.