Guides tagged “upgrade”
Step-by-step MdmHost guides about upgrade, sorted A-Z.
9 guides
How to upgrade or downgrade a cPanel account package in WHM
Move a customer to a bigger or smaller hosting package with Upgrade/Downgrade an Account in WHM, and check quota, limits and feature list after the change.
Proxy WebSocket connections through Nginx
Make WebSockets work behind Nginx by passing the Upgrade and Connection headers, using a map for connection_upgrade, raising read timeouts, and testing the socket.
Understand your DirectAdmin package limits and when to upgrade
Read the DirectAdmin dashboard to see disk, bandwidth, inode, email and database limits, understand what happens at each limit, and decide when to clean up or upgrade.
Update and upgrade Plesk safely (GUI and command line)
Install Plesk micro-updates, upgrade to a newer Plesk Obsidian release, add or remove components and recover from a failed update using the installer.
Update or switch Node.js versions safely (nvm, NodeSource, cPanel)
Upgrade Node.js to a newer LTS version on a VPS with nvm or NodeSource, or change it in cPanel Setup Node.js App, then rebuild dependencies and restart apps.
Update or upgrade WHMCS safely (automatic and manual)
Back up, check compatibility and update WHMCS with the automatic updater or a manual upload, then verify modules, themes and the cron, and recover from a failed upgrade.
Upgrade a reseller to master reseller in WHMReseller
Change an existing reseller into a master reseller in WHMReseller without moving accounts: change the type, set reseller limits, adjust privileges and update billing.
Upgrade MySQL or MariaDB on a cPanel server in WHM (root guide)
Safely upgrade MySQL or MariaDB on cPanel as root with WHM's MySQL/MariaDB Upgrade tool: version choice, backups, compatibility checks, running the upgrade and rollback planning.
Upgrade Ubuntu to a new LTS release on your VPS
Safely upgrade an Ubuntu VPS to the next LTS release with do-release-upgrade: back up, patch fully, run the upgrade in a safe session and verify afterwards.
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