Starting November 10, a cloudlinux-release update rolls out gradually to CloudLinux OS 7–10 and CloudLinux OS for Ubuntu servers. The update adds the TuxCare Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) repositories for alt-PHP, alt-Python, alt-Node.js and alt-Ruby. Where rhn-client-tools is too old to fetch the token these repositories need, it also brings a newer one.
TuxCare ELS will become the only source of alt-* updates, CVE fixes included. That switch hasn't happened yet: we'll announce it in advance, once most servers have these repositories switched on. After it, a server with them off gets no new alt-* updates.
Registered with CLN and actively updating: nothing to do. The ELS repositories switch on by themselves, usually within a minute of the update.
No CLN registration: the ELS repositories stay off, and yum, dnf and apt keep working with your other repositories.
Broken registration or lapsed licence: the ELS repositories answer 403 Forbidden. On CloudLinux OS 7–10 that stops the whole yum or dnf update; on Ubuntu, apt-get update exits with an error. Run rhn_check to fetch a fresh token. If that doesn't help, fix the registration or renew the licence, or disable the ELS repositories by hand: the update leaves a repository you disabled alone.
Outbound allowlist: allow HTTPS to repo.alt.tuxcare.com and rollout.alt.tuxcare.com, or updates can fail the same way as with a 403.
Your own mirror: add the four ELS repositories and the alt-common repository to it, and point the repository files at it. Mirror access is granted per IP address: ask your account manager or sales@tuxcare.com. The update leaves a repository that points at another host alone.
Excludes and version locks: with rhn-client-tools excluded or locked, the server can't take this update, and on CloudLinux OS 7–10 the whole yum or dnf update stops. Remove the exclude or lock before you update. Keep alt-common-release and alt-php-els-meta out of any alt-* excludes.
CloudLinux OS for Ubuntu:apt-get upgrade keeps the update back; run apt install rhn-client-tools cloudlinux-release instead. On servers still on rhn-client-tools 2.12 it also replaces python3-rhnlib and rhnlib; nothing else is removed. We recommend it rather than apt full-upgrade, which may also propose removing alt-phpXX-fpm packages for reasons unrelated to this update.