Apache Upgrade necessary?

[bmett]

Hi there,

we just had a little 'incident' on our server causing a massive load and therefore many website were not reachable. We quickly figured out the what caused it (one of my scripts, of course ).
After the incident I did a bit of research and also realised that we don't run the newest version of apache. We run 2.2.16 and as far as I know 2.2.19 is the newest.
Is it important to always have the newest release running?
If yes, how risky is it to run EasyApache again to update? I wouldn't change the current configuration of the build, just want apache to upgrade. Anyway, would rebuilding Apache via EasyApache upgrade our apache to the newest?
Thansk for anyones insight
Cheers,
Bjorn

 

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would rebuilding Apache via EasyApache upgrade our apache to the newest?

Yes. Apache 2.2 update to 2.2.19 was done back in May.
EasyApache < AllDocumentation/ChangeLog < TWiki

 

[bmett]

Ahh ok, good to know.
This answered one of my questions

But what about the risk of an update on a production server? We have about 400-500 websites running on it and any downtime would be a problem
Cheers,
Bjorn

 

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While there's always a risk of a problem, EasyApache should not let you down.