AlmaLinux v9 kernel free-patch support?

[bogdan.sh]

any news

We do have free patches available for some AlmaLinux 9.4 kernels, could you please specify your one? Please provide the output of

kcarectl --doctor

. Feel free to share it privately with me.

[Neijek]

As of today the free patch is still in discussion without any ETA.

any news

[Neijek]

As of today the free patch is still in discussion without any ETA.

alrighty, thanks for the update, i hope it's something that does come out, but i understand free is not really free for the devs

[bogdan.sh]

As of today the free patch is still in discussion without any ETA.

[Neijek]

Sorry for the misinformation, just clarified it with the KernelCare team and it appears we are still considering to ship it as a free kernel module. Indeed it was not done yet, and unfortunately cannot provide any ETA on this.

Any updates on this for almalinux 9.4 > ?

[bogdan.sh]

Sorry for the misinformation, just clarified it with the KernelCare team and it appears we are still considering to ship it as a free kernel module. Indeed it was not done yet, and unfortunately cannot provide any ETA on this.

[imdtajirul]

It was already added, sorry for not making it clear from the last message. Have you tried it on your server?

Does not working. Please note, I am not used or installed KernelCare. Only installed KernelCare's Free Patch Set from click on the "Add KernelCare’s Free Symlink Protection." in WHM.

[root@na ~]# kcarectl --info
No patches applied, but some are available, run 'kcarectl --update'.
[root@na ~]# kcarectl --update
Downloading updates
The IP XXXXXX was already used for a trial license on 2023-08-25
[root@na ~]# kcarectl --patch-info
No patches applied, but some are available, run 'kcarectl --update'.
[root@na ~]# kcarectl --set-patch-type free --update
'free' patch type is unavailable for your kernel
[root@na ~]# kcarectl -i
No patches applied, but some are available, run 'kcarectl --update'.
[root@na ~]# uname -r
5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3.x86_64
[root@na ~]#

[bogdan.sh]

It was already added, sorry for not making it clear from the last message. Have you tried it on your server?

[imdtajirul]

Does have any update about AlmaLinux v9 kernel free-patch support?

[bogdan.sh]

I apologize for the delay in replying here, this thread got lost somehow. Just clarified with developers and kernel support has been added as the KCARE-12908 bug report.

[imdtajirul]

Hi,

Unfortunately cannot provide you with any ETA, the work is in progress and I will update this thread when ready.

Does have any update?

[bogdan.sh]

The mod_lsapi is available for CloudLinux OS only, not for AlmaLinux.

[imdtajirul]

Also Please let me know that How to install mod_lsapi in AlmaLinux 9?

[root@na ~]# yum install liblsapi liblsapi-devel
yum install ea-apache24-mod_lsapi
Last metadata expiration check: 1:15:41 ago on Mon Jul 24 18:17:09 2023.
No match for argument: liblsapi
No match for argument: liblsapi-devel
Error: Unable to find a match: liblsapi liblsapi-devel
Last metadata expiration check: 1:15:42 ago on Mon Jul 24 18:17:09 2023.
No match for argument: ea-apache24-mod_lsapi
Error: Unable to find a match: ea-apache24-mod_lsapi
[root@na ~]#

[bogdan.sh]

Hi,

Unfortunately cannot provide you with any ETA, the work is in progress and I will update this thread when ready.

[imdtajirul]

Hello,

AlmaLinux v9.2 kernel 5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.x86_64 are not supported Add KernelCares Free Symlink Protection. Please do you have any plan for support updated?

Thanks