I have an ancient server running Red Hat 7. I would like to update the httpd set up and obviously Red Hat does not provide updates for a system this old. What would be the best method to update these services on this machine?
2 Answers
Honestly your best bet may be to update the OS. You're going to have to compile from source and chances are you will be compiling dependencies of the Apache and PHP from the source too.
You may have some luck getting the rpms from a source like this rpm.pbone.net
- +1 for rpm.pbone. Excellent resource for nonstandard rpms.Satanicpuppy– Satanicpuppy2011-05-27 14:11:37 +00:00Commented May 27, 2011 at 14:11
- @Satanicpuppy. I owe that site countless plugs for the time they have saved me.egorgry– egorgry2011-05-27 14:27:53 +00:00Commented May 27, 2011 at 14:27
- re: rpm.pbone how can the origin of these packages be verified? ie. how do we know they haven't been tampered with?Joe P.– Joe P.2011-05-27 14:49:44 +00:00Commented May 27, 2011 at 14:49
- It's been a trusted source in oss for many years. You can download the source rpms and look at them. You can sort by trusted vendors like the fedora project. You can contact the maintainer of the site and read the FAQ for more information. If you're really worried I would suggest you just compile everything from source. I think that's the road you will be heading down anyway.egorgry– egorgry2011-05-27 15:09:41 +00:00Commented May 27, 2011 at 15:09
Compile last(or needed) versions of Apache and PHP from sources
