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Upgrading Your Nagios XI PHP Version

Overview

A PHP upgrade is sometimes required based on security concerns of the customer’s organization or basic requirements for Nagios software to work properly. This article describes what you need to consider before a PHP upgrade.

When Nagios software is initially installed, it relies on the base version of PHP that the OS vendor installs. The following is mostly geared towards Nagios XI, but it is applicable to our other software.

You can find additional important details here:

This Doc Hub article outlines the steps to upgrade from PHP 7.2 to 7.4 on RHEL/Oracle 8:

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