{"id":484,"date":"2020-04-29T19:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/?p=484"},"modified":"2024-10-20T20:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:08:36","slug":"server-upgrade-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/server-upgrade-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Server Upgrade Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, it’s time to update my server! Currently, it’s hosted at DigitalOcean<\/a> with an old Centos 6.5\/2GB\/40gb droplet. I pay a cool $20\/month for my server for hosting, email, and about 10 other domains. It’s time to update!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I have to decide whether I will go with a Centos 7 or a Centos 8 image at $15\/month. The only main difference is that I have to determine whether I need the updated Kernel and the additional updates and if my software\/configs are easily portable to the new host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I start my pre-migration experiment in 2 Virtual Machines using Oracle Virtuabox<\/a> and the Centos7\/Centos8 Minimal images. I get them installed, connected to the internet, yum update, and begin to install the necessary services that I’m currently running. I take a cool inventory of the versions I’m running, and the version that is currently available for install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/th>Centos 6<\/th>Centos 7<\/th>Centos 8<\/th><\/tr>
httpd<\/th>2.2.15<\/td>2.4.6<\/td>2.4.37<\/td><\/tr>
PHP<\/th>7.2.26<\/td>5.4.16<\/td>7.2.11<\/td><\/tr>
MySQL<\/th>5.1.73<\/td>(mariadb)5.5.65<\/td>(mariadb)10.3.17<\/td><\/tr>
dovecot<\/th>2.0.9<\/td>2.2.36<\/td>2.2.36<\/td><\/tr>
nginx<\/th>1.10.3<\/td>1.16.1<\/td>1.14.1<\/td><\/tr>
sendmail<\/th>8.14.4<\/td>8.14.7<\/td>8.15.2<\/td><\/tr>
postfix<\/th>2.6.6<\/td>2.10.1<\/td>3.3.1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
What’s currently offered for Centos Machines and Software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the looks of what’s offered I quickly decide to go with Centos 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LET THE UPGRADE BEGIN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, it’s time to update my server! Currently, it’s hosted at DigitalOcean with an old Centos 6.5\/2GB\/40gb droplet. I pay a cool $20\/month for my server for hosting, email, and about 10 other domains. It’s time to update! So, I have to decide whether I will go with a Centos 7 or a Centos 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unliterate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}