Can't update packages on CloudLinux OS 8

Issue

If you can't update some packages, the latest version isn't available, however, the packages are released, for example, you can't go over the 4.18.0-305.19.1.lve.el8.x86_64, but the 4.18.0-348.23.1.lve.el8.x86_64 version was released to the stable.

Check the os-release file, if it contains the following:

# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="CentOS Linux"
VERSION="8 (Core)"
ID="centos"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="8"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 8 (Core)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:8"
HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/"

VERSION="8 (Core)" is incorrect OS version.

Or there is an outdated OS version like 8.2

Environment

• CloudLinux 8 OS Shared
• CloudLinux 8 OS Shared PRO
• CloudLinux 8 OS Solo

Solution

Try to update the cloudlinux-release package using yum:

yum update cloudlinux-release

Or using rpm:

rpm -Uvh https://repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/8.7/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/cloudlinux-release-8.7-2.el8.x86_64.rpm --force

If the package has the latest version, but the OS version is still outdated or incorrect, try to reinstall the cloudlinux-release package:

rpm -e --justdb --nodeps cloudlinux-release
rpm -ivh https://repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/8.7/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/cloudlinux-release-8.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
mv /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudlinux.repo.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudlinux.repo
mv /etc/os-release.rpmnew /etc/os-release

Also, make sure that almalinux-appstream and almalinux-baseos repositories are enabled in the yum repolist output. They are necessary for CloudLinux OS 8 updating.

Cause

Incorrect cloudlinux-release package that contains the wrong configuration.