What is KernelCare
KernelCare is a service that provides important updates for your running kernel, removing the need to reboot your server. KernelCare is compatible with 64bit versions of RHEL/CentOS 5.x, 6.x , 7.x, CloudLinux 5.x, 6.x, Virtuozzo/PCS/OpenVZ 2.6.32, Debian 6.x, 7.x and Ubuntu 14.04 kernels .
KernelCare Installation
To install KernelCare on RPM based system, run:
rpm -i https://downloads.kernelcare.com/kernelcare-latest.x86_64.rpm
To install KernelCare on Debian system, run the following command:
wget https://downloads.kernelcare.com/kernelcare-latest.deb
dpkg -i kernelcare-latest.deb
To check if the new patches applied
/usr/bin/kcarectl –info
KernelCare will automatically check for new patches every 4 hours. If you would like to run update manually:
/usr/bin/kcarectl –update
Uninstall KernelCare
To Uninstall KernelCare run the following command as root privileges:
yum remove kernelcare
To disable KernelCare automatic updates
Edit file /etc/sysconfig/kcare/kcare.conf
Set AUTO_UPDATE=False
View current version of KernelCare
View current version of KernelCare run the command as root:
/usr/bin/kcarectl –uname
