Does 84.0.17 Update will force you to update MySQL?

[froi-manila]

Is this build will forcibly update MySQL to 5.7?? We have a server that we know is under 5.6 but has been updated to 5.7. it broke a system hosted on that server. Our cPanel server's update preference is set to automatic but, as far as we know, MySQL will not auto-update.

We need to know, so we could adjust other server's update preference.

Thanks

 

[quietFinn]

cPanel/WHM update will never update server's MySQL/MariaDB. If the update would require a certain MySQL/MariaDB version it would be an "update blocker".

 

[cPJeremy]

Hello, froi-manila!

At this time I just wished to mention that quietFinn is correct. Updating cPanel & WHM to a new version will not automatically update your MySQL or MariaDB version. If you were required to update your MySQL or MariaDB version for any reason, you would be warned and would be blocked from updating to a newer version of cPanel.

Thank you!

 

[froi-manila]

thanks for your responses guys. It is now a huge question mark on our end how MySQL got updated.... thank you for validating

 

[quietFinn]

Maybe I need to clarify a few things (for myself also):
As I said cPanel/WHM update does not automatically update MySQL or MariaDB version.
But if you go to WHM -> Server Configuration -> Update Preferences there is another setting for Operating System Packages.
If you have that set to Automatic, if will also update MySQL/MaridDB, but only the minor version, i.e. if you have MySQL version 5.7.xx it will be updated to MySQL 5.7.yy. It will not update the major version, for ex. from 5.6 to 5.7.