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WHM Upgrade Blocked by EXIMUP


I am in the middle of rebuilding my VPS and I am getting an error in WHM.

CENTOS 6.5 x86_64 virtuozzo – vps-1......... WHM 11.34.2 (build 8)

Reasons for blocked updates Please correct these issues and rerun updates. fatal: Upgrade is blocked because EXIMUP is set to 'never' in your configuration. To proceed, you can touch file '/var/cpanel/exim.unmanaged' and run the upgrade one more time. Please refer to our documentation at http://go.cpanel.net/1136UpgradeExim for more information.

The URL for help doesn't exist. I do not see this file in when I check for it. I found the Exim Configuration Manager but do not see anything that matches what the error states.

I have a feeling this is fairly easy fix but I am far from an expert on VPS managing. I'm learning the hard way to put it nicely...

Does anyone know how I can clear this out so I can upgrade WHM?

I see in their documentation: To upgrade from cPanel & WHM version 11.34 and earlier: Touch /var/cpanel/exim.unmanaged Run the upgrade again.

What does "Touch"mean? I tried toggling the exim option in preferences but it made no difference.


Solution

  • After a night of fighting this I find the answer right after I post. Here is how I solved it.

    Touch means to create or modify a file without actually writing to it. So in this case since the file did not exist. I created a new file in /var/cpanel/ called 'exim.unmanaged'

    After placing that file in the directory I ran the updates again and it is now upgrading WHM and cPanel.

    Pros know this I am sure but hopefully this will be helpful for newbi VPS admins like myself.