Detect if cPanel has updates

Manoa R.

• February 01, 2021 09:02

Good morning, I'm writting a BASH script to perform automatic periodic server maintenance. Is there a way to detect automatically if cPanel has new available updates? Thanks in advance.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • February 01, 2021 16:17

  Hey there! We have the following API command that connects to our update servers and displays the available update tiers: whmapi1 get_available_tiers
  You could use the values for current, edge, lts, release, and stable that are displayed in that output to determine if your server needs an update. Let me know if that helps!

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  Manoa R.

  • February 02, 2021 07:49

  Good morning, Thank you for your answer. The API provide available versions, but doesn't tell me my current cPanel version and/or if I need to update my server or not. Is that normal? Command output: [CODE=bash][root@cpanel1 ~]# whmapi1 get_available_tiers --- data: "11.30": 11.30.8.0 "11.32": 11.32.7.3 "11.34": 11.34.2.8 "11.36": 11.36.2.12 "11.38": 11.38.2.23 "11.40": 11.40.1.22 "11.42": 11.42.1.31 "11.44": 11.44.3.5 "11.46": 11.46.4.0 "11.48": 11.48.5.3 "11.50": 11.50.6.2 "11.52": 11.52.6.6 "11.54": 11.54.0.36 "11.56": 11.56.0.52 "11.58": 11.58.0.52 "11.60": 11.60.0.48 "11.62": 11.62.0.48 "11.64": 11.64.0.42 "11.66": 11.66.0.35 "11.68": 11.68.0.39 "11.70": 11.70.0.69 "11.72": 11.72.0.12 "11.74": 11.74.0.12 "11.76": 11.76.0.22 "11.78": 11.78.0.49 "11.80": 11.80.0.24 "11.82": 11.82.0.19 "11.84": 11.84.0.22 "11.86": 11.86.0.36 "11.88": 11.88.0.17 "11.90": 11.90.0.19 "11.92": 11.92.0.9 current: 11.92.0.9 edge: 11.93.9999.137 lts: 11.86.0.36 release: 11.92.0.9 stable: 11.92.0.9 metadata: command: get_available_tiers reason: Got tiers list result: 1 version: 1
  

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • February 02, 2021 12:42

  I'm sorry if that wasn't clear - that is the normal output for that command, but I was suggesting you use that in combination with your custom script in order to see if an update was available. I didn't mean to imply this script would take care of the whole process for you. Running the following would give you the cPanel version: # /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel -V 92.0 (build 9)
  or if you'd prefer a more plain text approach, you could run this; # cat /usr/local/cpanel/version 11.92.0.9
  

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  Manoa R.

  • February 02, 2021 14:27

  Thank your for your explanation. I have everything I need for my project.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • February 02, 2021 15:06

  Great - if you run into anything else just let me know!

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