Update PHP and Core on Azure RHEL8 VM

Question

I stood up an Azure RHEL8 (8.2) VM but the default install of PHP is 7.2 and I need at least 7.4. How can I update it with the current Yum/dnf repos?

Additionally, how do I update my RHEL8 from 8.2 to 8.3?

Answer 1

@Admin - Thomas Morel , Thank you for your question.

You can enter the OS, target PHP version and type of installation at https://rpms.remirepo.net/wizard/ and it will generate detailed steps to install the desired PHP version.

To enable the module stream run the following command:

dnf module enable php:remi-7.4  

To update RHEL8 from 8.2 to 8.3 you can follow the answer here https://access.redhat.com/discussions/5664261?tour=8

Here are some information related to image update behavior of RHEL on Azure:

• If you provision a VM from a RHEL image that is connected to non-EUS repositories, you will be upgraded to the latest RHEL minor version when you run sudo yum update.
• If you provision a VM from a RHEL image that is connected to EUS repositories, you will not be upgraded to the latest RHEL minor version when you run sudo yum update.

For more information please check this article.

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