Updating the FreePBX 13 Operating System (CentOS 6.X)

[JaredBusch]

Like everything else, FreePBX has a base operating system, and like everything else it needs to be updated.

The operating system underneath of FreePBX 13 is basically a customized CentOS 6. This makes keeping it up to date very simple.

You simple use the built in package manager yum to run updates and because of the customized repositories used, it should always be a very safe process.

[root@fpbx ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, kmod
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repo id                                                      repo name                                                    status
base                                                         SHMZ-6.6 - Base                                              6,520
extras                                                       SHMZ-6.6 - Extras                                               38
pbx                                                          pbx                                                          2,940
schmooze-commercial                                          schmooze-commercial                                            179
updates                                                      SHMZ-6.6 - Updates                                           1,367
repolist: 11,044
[root@fpbx ~]#

As I recently did everything, there are no updates pending, but you can look at any CentOS example for what this looks like when you have updates.

[root@fpbx ~]# yum -y update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, kmod
Setting up Update Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
No Packages marked for Update

Part of the FreePBX 13 Setup Guide