{"id":10139,"date":"2023-01-04T07:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T07:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/?page_id=10139"},"modified":"2023-01-06T02:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:22:43","slug":"vps-dedicated-servers-hcc-faq-patching-your-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/vps-dedicated-servers-hcc-faq-patching-your-server\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211;  VPS &#038; DEDICATED SERVERS (HCC) FAQ &#8211; Patching Your Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10139\" class=\"elementor elementor-10139\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-304adb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"304adb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5cf952\" data-id=\"b5cf952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5030e46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"5030e46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d03e490\" data-id=\"d03e490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd60fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd60fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Help<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/faq-vps-dedicated-servers-hosting-control-center\">VPS &amp; Dedicated Servers (Hosting Control Center)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-025e9b7\" data-id=\"025e9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-199c9524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"199c9524\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b070c2b\" data-id=\"b070c2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2a3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2a3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h2 no-top\">Patching Your Server<\/h1><div class=\"help-articles\"><p>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.<\/p><p class=\"note\">\u00a0<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Managed Hosting and Assisted Service Plan customers do not need to patch their own servers.<\/p><p>The process to patch your server depends on what operating system your server uses:<\/p><div class=\"many-open, all-closed\"><h3 class=\"display\" title=\"fedoracentos\"><a title=\"fedoracentos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/6461?ci=1827&amp;prog_id=501414#fedoracentos\">Fedora or Cent OS<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"stretcher\"><ol><li>Connect to your server via SSH (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/4943?prog_id=501414\">more info<\/a>).<\/li><li>Switch to the root user (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/12330?prog_id=501414\">more info<\/a>).<\/li><li>Run the following:<div class=\"hacker code-sample-blue\">yum clean all<\/div><div class=\"hacker code-sample-blue\">yum update<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"many-open, all-closed\"><h3 class=\"display\" title=\"ubuntu\"><a title=\"ubuntu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/6461?ci=1827&amp;prog_id=501414#ubuntu\">Ubuntu<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"stretcher\"><ol><li>Connect to your server via SSH (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/4943?prog_id=501414\">more info<\/a>).<\/li><li>Switch to the root user (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/12330?prog_id=501414\">more info<\/a>).<\/li><li>Run the following:<div class=\"hacker code-sample-blue\">apt-get upgrade<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"many-open, all-closed\"><h3 class=\"display\" title=\"windows\"><a title=\"windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/6461?ci=1827&amp;prog_id=501414#windows\">Windows Server<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"stretcher\"><ol><li>Connect to your server via RDC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/134?prog_id=501414\">more info<\/a>).<\/li><li>From the\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>\u00a0menu, select\u00a0<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Windows Update<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Check for Updates<\/strong>, and then complete the steps to update your server.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help \/ VPS &amp; Dedicated Servers (Hosting Control Center) Patching Your Server 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 customers do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10143,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions\/10143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}