How can I keep my DirectAdmin installation up-to-date?

Your CentOS(old)/AlmaLinux(new) and DirectAdmin installation can only be updated separately from each other.

Updating CentOS

Step 1

Connect to your DirectAdmin VPS using SSH or your VPS console.

Step 2

To check available updates of software on your CentOS VPS, use the command:

yum -y check-update

This command verifies if new updates are available.

Step 3

To install available updates type:

yum -y update

Confirm the action with 'y' and CentOS will download and install the available updates.

Please note that the first step is optional. Using yum update you'll install all pending updates, regardless of whether you checked them in advance or not.

Updating AlmaLinux

AlmaLinux is updated similarly to CentOS and can be done using the command:

dnf -y update

Updating DirectAdmin

When updating DirectAdmin two options are available: updating DirectAdmin as a whole, or its services (such as MariaDB).

Updating DirectAdmin

Step 1

Connect to your DirectAdmin VPS using SSH or your VPS console.

Step 2

To update DirectAdmin, simply run the command below.

/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/getDA.sh current

'Current' can optionally be replaced by alpha, beta, or stable.

Updating DirectAdmin's services

Step 1

Connect to your DirectAdmin VPS using SSH or your VPS console.

Step 2

Updating DirectAdmin should be done through the custombuild script.

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild 
    ./build update

Step 3

You can check which updates are available using the command:

./build versions

This command gives an overview of all the currently installed versions and possible updates.

Step 4

Install all pending updates using the command:

./build update_versions

The custombuild command is a process that will compile and install updates. The update process can take some time.

This concludes this article. For more information about updating DirectAdmin / software on your DirectAdmin VPS, take a look at our DirectAdmin tutorial series.

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