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Installing CentOS 7 on OVH Dedicated Server
titaniumboy
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Hello everyone, i just purchased OVH RISE-GAME1 server with AMD Ryzen 5 but there is no option of CentOS 7 Installation. There is only CentOS 8, Ubuntu and some other OS but none of them are compatible with cPanel/WHM. I contacted them they said to install by IPMI, i connected to IPMI but when I click on Virtual Media Wizard the IPMI closes and i also tried web IPMI console but when I select the ISO and click on start media then the iso uploads till 1044 KB then didn't uploads.
At last, i have found an solution which is Installing CentOS 8 and then Migrating to AlmaLinux. It worked , cPanel installation works on AlmaLinux but there's one more issue. When we install cPanel On CentOS 8 and AlmaLinux 8 then we won't have option to install PHP version lower than 7.2 and that is the problem. We want 5.6 7.0 7.1 PHP versions also, i know we can use CloudLinux for it but it's a paid product and i dont want to install CloudLinux.
Do someone have any solution for me?
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Used both techniques myself but prefer the first where you have IPMI access
Slightly bigger than 1044KB if that's all that is able to be uploaded, but it might be worth a shot at uploading https://netboot.xyz instead and then attempting to net install CentOS 7 possibly?
CentOS 7 is EOL and out of date.
cPanel supports AlmaLinux as an alternative. If it isn't an availabke OS template, you can install CentOS 8 first and then convert it into AlmaLinux.
Are you sure?
@Advin Centos 8 EOL date => June 30, 2024
Guess I'm wrong. I would still suggest updating to Alma though
Release Release date End of life
CentOS 8 September 24, 2019 December 31, 2021
CentOS 7 July 7, 2014 June 30, 2024
Just checked my OVH dedicated server (Rise, not Game) and CentOS 7 is listed on my installation template page, in the Control Panel. Horrible they aren't providing that for you. CentOS 7 is also an option for ovhcloud virtual servers, and not CentOS 8.
Jeez installing CentOS7 on a dedicated server in 2022? Everything below PHP7.4 is EOL if you really insist to use 5.6-7.2 why not just use a 3rd-party repository like Remi's or Sury PHP?
Whenever I hear someone installing a distro from 2014 in 2022 I shiver.
"I require Windows Server 2008"