Last modified: July 8, 2020
Overview
This feature allows you to update your cPanel & WHM software to the most recent build available on your server’s Release Tier. For example, if you selected the CURRENT tier in WHM’s Update Preferences interface (WHM >> Home >> Server Configuration >> Update Preferences), this feature will upgrade your server to the latest CURRENT build.
WHM displays the server’s cPanel & WHM version in the top right corner of the interface. You can alternately run the
/usr/local/cpanel/cpanel -V
command to view version information.To see the latest available cPanel & WHM version in your chosen release tier, visit our httpupdate page.
If the upgrade process encounters blockers, it will stop and send a warning message. For more information, read our Upgrade Blockers documentation.
If automatic updates are disabled on your server, click Enable automatic updates to reenable them.
How to update your cPanel software
To update your cPanel & WHM software, perform the following steps:
If you wish to force a reinstallation of the software, regardless of whether WHM detects that your system is up-to-date, select the appropriate checkbox. This can be useful if corrupt files exist and you wish to reinstall them.
Click Click to Upgrade.
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You can also run the
/scripts/upcp
script via the command line as theroot
user.
Additional software updates
The script that this feature runs (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp
) calls other scripts in the /usr/local/cpanel/scripts
directory that will update most of the software on your system.
The following table lists the additional scripts and the software that they update:
Script Name | WHM Feature | Description |
---|---|---|
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rpmup2 |
System Update | This script updates your system software.
Note:
This script is similar to the
yum update command.
|
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/sysup |
Update Server Software | This script updates software dependencies that the operating system provides and cPanel & WHM requires. |
The /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/*up scripts |
N/A | cPanel & WHM contains a number of scripts that update applications which cPanel & WHM installs. For a complete list of *up scripts, visit our WHM Scripts documentation. |