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Overview:

After a system update, cPanel & WHM runs the /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/find_outdated_services script. This script checks all services to determine whether they require a restart. An outdated service is any service that depends on a library that is no longer present on the system.

Run the script

To run this script on the command line, use the following format:

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/find_outdated_services [options]

Options

Use the following options with this script:

• --always-restart — The script locates and restarts any outdated services.

• --never-restart — The script locates any outdated services but will not restart them.

• --auto — By default, the script uses this option when it runs as part of the /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/maintenance script. It will locate and restart any outdated services. If the /var/cpanel/disabled/auto-restart-services touchfile exists, the system will not restart any outdated services.

The ignore_outdated_services file

The /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/find_outdated_services script uses this file to exclude certain services from the script’s check.

To exclude a service from this script, add it to the /etc/cpanel/local/ignore_outdated_services file. This file uses the following format:

• Use the pound character (#) at the beginning of a line to mark it as a comment.

• Enter only one service per line.

  Note:

  The service name must match its name as it appears in the process table. Use the ps command with the necessary flags to list processes (for example, ps -aux).

   

• Use Unix line endings to separate the entries.

• The system skips blank lines.

For example, this file’s contents would resemble the following:

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# Prevent cPanel from checking about the cloud-init service
cloud-init
cloud-final

Example

We want to block the cloud-init and cloud-final services from restart checks. Create the /etc/cpanel/local directory:

mkdir -p /etc/cpanel/local

Create the /etc/cpanel/local/ignore_outdated_services file and add the cloud-init and cloud-final services with the following command:

echo -e "# Prevent cPanel from checking the cloud-init and cloud-final services\ncloud-init\ncloud-final" >> /etc/cpanel/local/ignore_outdated_services