{"id":379,"date":"2018-03-06T07:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/?p=379"},"modified":"2018-03-06T07:37:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:37:51","slug":"patching-your-server-vps-dedicated-servers-my-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/patching-your-server-vps-dedicated-servers-my-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Patching Your Server – VPS & Dedicated Servers (My Servers)"},"content":{"rendered":"

To protect yourself from security vulnerabilities, you must patch your server regularly. Developing a monthly or weekly habit of performing this simple task can save you a lot of grief and hassle later on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Managed Hosting<\/a> and Assisted Service Plan customers do not need to patch their own servers.<\/p>\n

The process to patch your server depends on what operating system your server uses:<\/p>\n

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Fedora or Cent OS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
    \n
  1. Connect to your server via SSH (more info<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  2. Switch to the root user (more info<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  3. Run the following:\n
    yum clean all<\/div>\n
    yum update<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
    \n

    Ubuntu<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    \n
      \n
    1. Connect to your server via SSH (more info<\/a>).<\/li>\n
    2. Switch to the root user (more info<\/a>).<\/li>\n
    3. Run the following:\n
      apt-get upgrade<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
      \n

      Windows Server<\/strong><\/h3>\n
      \n
        \n
      1. Connect to your server via RDC (more info<\/a>).<\/li>\n
      2. From the\u00a0Start<\/strong>\u00a0menu, select\u00a0Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      3. Click\u00a0Windows Update<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      4. Click\u00a0Check for Updates<\/strong>, and then complete the steps to update your server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        To protect yourself from security vulnerabilities, you must patch your server regularly. Developing a monthly or weekly habit of performing this simple task can save you a lot of grief and hassle later on. \u00a0Note:\u00a0Managed Hosting and Assisted Service Plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,198],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manage-my-server-vps-dedicated-servers-my-servers-help","category-vps-dedicated-servers-my-servers-help","tag-to-protect-yourself-from-security-vulnerabilities-you-must-patch-your-server-regularly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/cheap-domain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}