How to upgrade packages

Now that you've accessed your server a first step is to always upgrade your packages on the machine. You can do this as follows for each operating system listed.

Debian/Ubuntu:

apt update
apt upgrade

CentOS/RedHat:

yum update

When running these commands it will prompt you for a yes/no response asking you to approve the packages being updated. Typically your response will be yes.

Updated on: 27/01/2021