[Oisf-users] RHEL Kernel 3.1 to 4.x

[Andreas Herz]

On 24/01/17 at 13:14, Cloherty, Sean E wrote:
> On more than one test host I performed the upgrade using yum and elrepo and GRUB was still pointing to the older kernel by default.

You could provide us with the steps you did in detail, so maybe someone
familiar with RHEL/elrepo can help you.
But that's not an real suricata issue more a distribution issue.

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> From: Oisf-users [mailto:oisf-users-bounces at lists.openinfosecfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Herz
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> Subject: Re: [Oisf-users] RHEL Kernel 3.1 to 4.x
> 
> On 23/01/17 at 16:01, Cloherty, Sean E wrote:
> > Fresh from Suricata training in Sunnyvale CA (Thanks Peter and Eric!) and looking to upgrade the kernel on my CentOS hosts.
> > 
> > Assuming I follow the procedure of adding the elrepo repo and running 
> > the kernel upgrade -
> > 
> > 1. What are the possible risks - what could break?
> 
> That depends on what you're running on the machine, but most of the time there should be no breaks if you use the proper repo.
> 
> > 2. Following upgrade to the kernel - are there any other requirements other than changing the default kernel to boot in GRUB?
> 
> This should be done by the package itself
> 
> > 3. Which version is recommended?  4.7, 4.9 ?
> 
> 4.9 might be good choice since it's going to be a LTS kernel
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Sean Cloherty
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