SOLVED hardened kernel installed? not reported by server after reboot.

[tss]

After following the procedure outlined here:
How to Harden Your cPanel System's Kernel - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation
I don't think that the server is utilizing kernel-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64.
Here's why.

# uname -r
2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64

I tried this after using yum for the original update and rebooting twice.

# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package kernel-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64 is already installed

Hmmm. More info:
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
# rpm -qa|grep kernel
dracut-kernel-004-409.el6_8.2.noarch
kernel-2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-32.el6.centos.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-40.el6.centos.x86_64
# cat /var/cpanel/envtype
hyper-v

Do I (somehow) need to replace kernel-2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 with 2.6.32-642.11.199.cpanel6.x86_64.rpm? Is there a way to do that without using yum or rpm?

 

[IndicHosts.net]

Did you miss this?

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• The cPanel-provided kernel update will not work for OpenVZ®, Virtuozzo®, LXC, or other container-based systems.

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[tss]

Did you miss this?

• The cPanel-provided kernel update will not work for OpenVZ®, Virtuozzo®, LXC, or other container-based systems.

"​

No, I sent a large part of the description, including this text, to the data center techs who told me that I could go ahead and install it and it wouldn't be a problem. I guess they were right - it's not a problem, it just doesn't get used.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

There's no mechanism that will prevent your system from downloading the cPKernel YUM repo file, but as mentioned, it isn't supported for OpenVZ®, Virtuozzo®, LXC, or other container-based systems.

Let us know if we can help answer any additional questions.

Thanks!