{"id":1755,"date":"2020-11-16T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-staging1.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1755"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T11:34:56","slug":"how-do-i-update-linux-kernel","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/how-do-i-update-linux-kernel\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I update Linux Kernel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Updating your Kernel version.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect to your server using SSH, switch to\u00a0<em>root<\/em>\u00a0and use\u00a0<em>Yum<\/em>\u00a0to update your kernel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">user# su \nroot# yum update kernel<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Reboot the server to the update to the installed Kernel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root# reboot<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Checking your server is running the latest Kernel version.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following command listed the currently available Kernel versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root# rpm -qa | grep kernel<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The following will show the currently active Kernel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root# uname -vr<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-caution-block\"><p class=\"nco-caution-block-content\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Active Kernel version should match the latest installed package.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating your Kernel version. Connect to your server using SSH, switch to\u00a0root\u00a0and use\u00a0Yum\u00a0to update your kernel. user# su root# yum update kernel Reboot the server to the update to the installed Kernel root# reboot Checking your server is running the latest Kernel version. 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