Let us learn how to set up cpanel elevate script. With the support of our Cpanel support services at Bobcares we will how to set this feature up.

How to use the Cpanel elevate script?

The cPanel ELevate Project provides a script that may be used to upgrade an existing cPanel & WHM CentOS 7 server installation to AlmaLinux 8 or Rocky Linux 8.

Get the elevate-cpanel script

We can get a copy of the script to execute on the cPanel server by going to:

Pre-upgrade checks

Before upgrading, it is better checking for known blocks. The check is intended to prevent any modifications to the system.

By running: we can see if the system is ready to update to AlmaLinux 8.

To see if the system is ready to upgrade to Rocky Linux 8, run:

To upgrade

We may begin the migration once we have a backup of the server (the cPanel elevate script does not backup before upgrading) and have cleared upgrade blockages with Pre-upgrade tests.

NOTE This update may take more than 30 minutes. Make sure users are aware that the server may be down and inaccessible during this period.

By running: we may update to AlmaLinux 8.

# Start the migration to AlmaLinux 8
/scripts/elevate-cpanel --start --upgrade-to=almalinux

We may update to Rocky Linux 8 by performing the following command:

# Start the migration to Rocky Linux 8
/scripts/elevate-cpanel --start --upgrade-to=rocky

Options for the Commandline

Follow the are the commandline options:

# Read the help (and risks mentionned in this documentation)
/scripts/elevate-cpanel --help

We have to check whether the server is ready for elevation (dry run mode).

Begin the migration process:

Check the current status by typing in the following commandline:

/scripts/elevate-cpanel --status

To monitor the elevation log type in the following:

In the event of mistakes, we can resume the migration procedure after they have been resolved.

/scripts/elevate-cpanel --continue

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Conclusion

To sum up we have now seen how to set up the cpanel elevate script. With the support of our Cpanel support services at Bobcares we can now gone through the whole process.