Server Update

CynProWeb

• February 22, 2016 21:41

Ok so I have a question on updating my server. Its running CentOS 6.5, and it hasn't been updated in quite a while - as in, two, maybe three years aside from the regular cpanel updates. How do I go about updating it? Should I run the Yum Update command? Will this break anything on the server? Furthermore, I would like to update the server to the latest version of PHP. How do I go about doing this? The server runs a number of websites, all personal and all backed up. I'd rather not loose anything but if I do, I'm prepared. My main concern is updating with Yum and having Mod Security go haywire and 404 everything.

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  Eric

  • February 23, 2016 13:04

  Howdy, a good ole yum -y update and reboot will do most of your updates. For PHP updates you will need to run /scripts/easyapache (do after yum) and pick an updated PHP version. Yum and mod_sec should not be entangled. I personally cron yum -y update and read the output in my emails in the morning. Thanks!

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