PHP 8.2 End of Life (December 31, 2026): What Are Your Options?
by Danila Vershinin, October 31, 2026
PHP 8.2 reaches end of life on December 31, 2026: no more upstream security releases. Upgrade paths for current distros, and patched 8.2 packages for CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 20.04 where updates already stopped.
Read More...How to Install PHP 8.5 on CentOS 7
by Danila Vershinin, October 25, 2026
Install PHP 8.5 on CentOS 7 using base packages or a parallel collection, with PHP-FPM, built-in OPcache and clear extension compatibility guidance.
Read More...PHP2Shell on CentOS 7: Patched PHP 5.4 to 8.4
by Danila Vershinin, October 22, 2026
PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) is a critical unauthenticated PHP RCE. Here is the free fix for every PHP from the stock 5.4 to 8.4 on CentOS 7, in both Remi package shapes.
Read More...Monitor Varnish like a PRO in CentOS 7
by Danila Vershinin, September 12, 2018
Add a bit of monitoring to your Varnish
Read More...In-Place Upgrading: Percona MySQL 5.6 to 5.7 (RedHat/CentOS 7)
by Danila Vershinin, June 17, 2018
A simple script for updating your Percona MySQL Server 5.6 to version 5.7, in CentOS/RHEL systems.
Read More...How Install ModSecurity NGINX module in CentOS/RHEL 7
by Danila Vershinin, April 20, 2018
Here’s how to easily install ModSecurity to your NGINX in CentOS/RHEL 7.
Read More...CentOS 7 Server Setup
by Danila Vershinin, August 28, 2014
A very thorough guide on first-time setup of web server under CentOS. Follow it to secure your web server from attackers and improve performance by protecting server with firewall. We cover protecting SSH daemon, enabling firewall and configuring fail2ban.
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