CentOS Stream 8 ELS

Installation

Prerequisites

A valid TuxCare ELS license key
Root access to the server
TCP port 443 open to cln.cloudlinux.com and repo.tuxcare.com
Architecture: x86_64. For other architectures, please contact our sales@tuxcare.com.

Download the install script:

wget https://repo.tuxcare.com/centos8stream-els/install-centos8stream-els-repo.sh

Run with your license key.
The script registers the server in the CLN with the key, adds a PGP key to the server.
```
sh install-centos8stream-els-repo.sh --license-key XXXXXXXX
```

Verify that the installation was successful by running the following command:

yum info els-define

It should return information about the available package. If the package information is displayed, the installation was successful. After that, you can install updates from the repository using a standard yum upgrade command.

Example:

[els@centos8stream ~]# yum info els-define
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
Name        : els-define
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1
Release     : 1.0.1.el8
Size        : 2.6 k
Repo        : centos8stream-els
Summary     : CentOS Server simulate release file
License     : GPLv2
Description : CentOS Server simulate els release files

What's next?

OVAL — OVAL security data
CSAF — CSAF security advisories
RSS — Release notifications
Machine-Readable Security Data — Errata, OVAL, CSAF
Supported packages list — Full list of packages covered by ELS
Managing the ELS repository — Updates, local mirror, and other repository operations