KernelCare FAQ: Installation, management and removal.

Q: How can I install or remove KernelCare?

KernelCare can be installed by running the following as root:

curl -s -L https://kernelcare.com/installer | bash 

Or:

wget -qq -O - https://kernelcare.com/installer | bash

To uninstall KernelCare:

yum remove kernelcare

And for Debian-based distributions:

apt-get remove kernelcare 

KernelCare is set to check for updates, and update the kernel every 4 hours. If you want to run the update manually, execute as root:

/usr/bin/kcarectl --update

Q: How Can I disable automatic updates?

Edit file /etc/sysconfig/kcare/kcare.conf

Set AUTO_UPDATE=False

Q: How can I see the 'updated' version of the kernel?

Run:

/usr/bin/kcarectl --uname

We provide convenience script /usr/bin/kcare-uname that has the same syntax as uname.

Q: How can I see which patches were applied to my kernel?

Execute as root:

/usr/bin/kcarectl --patch-info

Q: Is KernelCare software released under open source?

The kernel module is released under GPL2, and you can download it here: http://downloads.kernelcare.com/kmod_kcare.tar.gz Other components are distributed in binary only format under KernelCare License.