Updating rsyslogd to 8.x

WooDzu

• August 26, 2017 02:08

Has anybody had experience updating rsyslogd 5.x to more recent versions 8.x or could provide some hints on doing so and whether it could damage or interrupt any WHM services? Latest version from yum is 7.4 but I really need 8.20 or above due to important bug fix in rsyslog-elasticsearch WHM 64.0, CENTOS 6.9 # rsyslogd -v rsyslogd 5.8.10 # yum search rsyslog | grep Enhanced rsyslog.x86_64 : Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemons rsyslog7.x86_64 : Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemon # yum info rsyslog7 | grep Version Version : 7.4.10

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 28, 2017 15:22

  Hello, The rsyslog RPM is part of your operating system and isn't an application that cPanel publishes or controls. Manually installing a version outside of what your operating system provides is unsupported. I recommend posting to the CentOS forums for help manually installing a newer version on CentOS 6: CentOS 6 - General Support - CentOS Thank you.

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  WooDzu

  • August 29, 2017 05:34

  Hi @cPanelMichael Thanks for the reply and confirming that CPanel/WHM hasn't got a dependency on rsyslogd Best Regards

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 29, 2017 15:22

  Hello, Keep in mind that while cPanel does not provide the rsyslog package, it does interact with the rsyslog service (e.g. with Chkservd/Service Manager). Since we do not test the product with custom rsyslog versions, it's possible using a custom version can lead to unsupported issues related to how cPanel interacts with the service. Thank you.

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