{"id":11644,"date":"2024-05-04T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/getting-started-guide\/shared-hosting-quick-start-guide\/how-to-configure-cpanel-update-preferences-from-whm\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T09:22:55","slug":"how-to-configure-cpanel-update-preferences-from-whm","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-configure-cpanel-update-preferences-from-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure cPanel Update Preferences from WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update Preferences gives you the ability to set up the server software update procedure. This covers the server’s installed packages as well as cPanel.
1. cPanel Updates
2. Operating System Packages Updates
3. Spam Assasin Rules Updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this interface, you can select which Release Tier you can use & how the updates should be handled. Select what is most important when updates are performed. Is it the Stability OR New features you value the most.
Login to your WHM as root & access option Server Configuration \u00bb Update Preferences<\/strong>.
Select the Tier & configure how often you wish to update it. An explanation of these Tiers is in image below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can also select as to how often the Operating System packages & SpamAssasin Rules should update.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Select Automatic, Manual OR None depending on your requirement. It is always recommended to set this to Automatic. The widely know script \u201c\/scripts\/upcp\u201d runs daily & will download\/install the updates automatically. When setting it to Manual, you will have to execute the upcp script manually for the updates to be downloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on Save for changes to reflect in the next updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cPanel updates can be configured depending on your requirements with our \u00a0VPS hosting\u00a0&\u00a0dedicated server hosting\u00a0plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Also: How To Change Resolvers\/Preferred DNS Server On Your Local Machine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update Preferences gives you the ability to set up the server software update procedure. This covers the server’s installed packages as well as cPanel.1. cPanel Updates2. Operating System Packages Updates3. Spam Assasin Rules Updates. With this interface, you can select which Release Tier you can use & how the updates should be handled. Select what is most important when updates are performed. Is it the Stability OR New features you value the most.Login to your WHM as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23377,"menu_order":698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11644","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20363,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11644\/revisions\/20363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=11644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}