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We're build/maintain websites on LAMP, with Centos (5.*) running Apache (2.2.17). We're thinking of upgrading Apache to 2.2.20 and I'm wondering if there's a recommended route to achieving this? These are live sites, so obvuiously we're keen to do this with the minimum of risk; up to now we've been managing Centos via yum.

Cheers,

Toby

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If you are running Apache version 2.2.17, I wonder that you install it from CentAlt repo. You can check it by using repoquery program from yum-utils package:

# repoquery -i httpd

Name        : httpd
Version     : 2.2.15
Release     : 5.el6.centos
Architecture: x86_64
Size        : 3057369
Packager    : CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org>
Group       : System Environment/Daemons
URL         : http://httpd.apache.org/
Repository  : base
Summary     : Apache HTTP Server
Description :
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible
web server.

And if so, you can upgrade Apache to the latest version (2.2.20) from this repo with:

# yum update httpd

Verify the Apache version and restart httpd:

# httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.20 (Unix)
Server built:   Aug 31 2011 14:48:47

# service httpd restart

Take a look at error logs to confirm they are working fine.

PS: I strongly recommend you do it on the test server first.

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  • Thanks for the quick response! We've been using Jason Litka's repo (jasonlitka.com/yum-repository), but he seems to have stopped updating. I had seen that CentAlt has 2.2.20, but I don't know anything about that repo and the site's in Russian, which unfortunately I don't speak. Consequently I feel a bit paranoid about using the repo (in case I miss a warning along the lines of "Do not use this package, it is incomplete" or something). I guess I was thinking we'd have to revert to using an RPM, and wanted to know the safest way of making the switch, but maybe there's another way? Sep 12, 2011 at 10:16
  • Maybe grab the source and build your own rpm packages is the safest way.
    – quanta
    Sep 12, 2011 at 10:33
  • Building your own packages is always the safest way, regardless of wherever it comes from (one less link in the chain). That aside, I have used CentAlt packages before. Your concerns are legitimate, just wanted to note that they worked as expected. Sep 12, 2011 at 13:58

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