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    I want to update the software and the kernel on the Operating System of my VPS

    In order to keep your VPS as secure as possible, we recommend performing updates on a regular basis. This article shows you how to update the software and the Kernel on your Operating System.

    You can input the updates in your terminal or when you're logged into SSH. To perform updates for some Operating Systems, we use links to the documentation of the OS.

    • Some Operating Systems may ask you to confirm the update.
       
    • Depending on the Operating System, you may have to restarted updated services, or reboot the server entirely.
    CentOS
    sudo yum update
    
    Debian 7 and higher
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    
    Ubuntu
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade
    
    Windows Server

    For updating Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 en 2012 R2 you can use the steps in this article by Microsoft.

    For updating Windows Server 2016 you open the Start Menu and type 'Update'. Next, click on 'Check for updates' to see if there any updates available. After this check, you can immediately perform the updates.

    FreeNAS

    Use this article from the documentation of FreeNAS to update your software.

    FreeBSD
    sudo pkg update
    sudo pkg upgrade
    sudo freebsd-update fetch
    sudo freebsd-update install
    
    OpenBSD
    sudo pkg_add -ui
    sudo syspatch
    
    Fedora

    Use this article from the documentation of Fedore to update your software.

    Gentoo
    emerge --sync
    emerge -uDU --keep-going --with-bdeps=y @world


    In this article we explained how to update the software of your VPS.

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