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VM upgrade of CentOS
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:08 pm
by wat_006
Hi all,
I'm trying to find a way to upgrade the VM of NagiosXI that's available for download for trial. Is there a way to upgrade this VM to a more recent version of CentOS? If I recall the VMs available for download are running CentOS 6.x. I believe 7 is the most current version. Also looking for recommendations on patching/updating PHP and Apache. I'm not very familiar with CentOS
Thanks
Re: VM upgrade of CentOS
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:13 pm
by hsmith
wat_006 wrote: Is there a way to upgrade this VM to a more recent version of CentOS?
Nothing that would be easy at all.
wat_006 wrote:If I recall the VMs available for download are running CentOS 6.x.
They are.
wat_006 wrote:I believe 7 is the most current version.
It is. (7.2, I believe)
wat_006 wrote:Also looking for recommendations on patching/updating PHP and Apache.
What exactly are you looking to do?
Re: VM upgrade of CentOS
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:15 pm
by rkennedy
If you're looking to install on Centos 7, then I recommend just doing a source install yourself on a minimal install. Our OVA is built with Centos 6 still for stability reasons. Take a look at this link for instructions -
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ctions.pdf
As for PHP / Apache, what are you looking to accomplish?
Re: VM upgrade of CentOS
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:18 pm
by wat_006
Thank you all for the replies.
rkennedy I'm trying to find a way to patch PHP and Apache. Perhaps upgrading to Centos 7 would do the trick?
Re: VM upgrade of CentOS
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:33 pm
by rkennedy
It really depends on what you're trying to 'patch'. Keep in mind, Nagios expects a pretty unmodified system in regards to PHP / Apache. You could potentially break it depending on the changes you make.
I believe that XI is not supported on Apache 2.4+ or PHP 5.6+ currently. You'll need to keep that in mind too.