kernel updates on an openvz node

camarg

On my openvz servers (hosts, not guests/containers) I noticed that normal kernels are being installed with yum update/upgrade. Should I just exclude "kernel*" from base repos ?

aus

What's wrong with kernel upgrades?

camarg

I don't want my server to boot into a non-openvz kernel, do I?

FrankZ

You question would seem to contain it's own answer

aus

@camarg said:
I don't want my server to boot into a non-openvz kernel, do I?

Kernel updates do not change boot orders.

FrankZ

Don't change base repo.
In /etc/yum.conf add exclude= kernel

camarg

aus said: Kernel updates do not change boot orders.

Are you sure?

FrankZ said: You question would seem to contain it's own answer

Just thought to ask :-) Just in case "exclude=kernel*" would exclude something else that I need

FrankZ said: In /etc/yum.conf add exclude= kernel

Thank you

petris

You know you could just yum remove the stock kernel...

camarg

@petris said:
You know you could just yum remove the stock kernel...

Nice...I didn't think about it. I should probably remove kernel-headers as well?

linuxthefish

Remove stock kernel and check grub config after updating, it's not a good idea to stop openvz updates after the last few exploits!