Updating php 7.0 to php 7.1 Ubuntu 16.04

Disclaimer: I come from a Windows background, my expertise in linux is quite slim.

In my home lab I had a requirement to update a software package which dropped support for php 7.0, which meant I needed to upgrade to 7.1 prior to upgrading the application.

Here are the steps that worked for me:

First stop the web server, in my case apache.

sudo service apache2 stop

Get a list of the current php packages you are using

dpkg -l | grep php

Add the repo, install the base packages, followed by the extra ones you were using with 7.0 ( my packages may differ from yours)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

sudo apt-get install php7.1 php7.1-common
sudo apt-get install php7.1 php7.1-cli php7.1-common libapache2-mod-php7.1 php7.1-mysql php7.1-curl php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-json php7.1-mbstring php7.1-bcmath php7.1-zip php7.1-intl php7.1-opcache php7.1-readline

Reconfigure apache2 for php 7.1 and restart the service

sudo a2enmod php7.1

sudo service apache2 restart

check that php 7.1 is now running

php -v

PHP 7.1.8-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+4 (cli) (built: Aug 4 2017 13:04:12) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.1.8-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+4, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

remove your old 7.0 packages

sudo apt purge php7.0-cl php7.0-bcmath php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-intl php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline php7.0-zip

vSphere Replication ‘Solution user detail’ certificate is invalid

I came across an odd ball today when upgrading a customers vSphere Replication appliance from 5.8.1 to 6.0. For those who have done a VR in place upgrade before, you will know that there is really not much to it; Mount ISO, Install Update, Reboot, done. When VR 6.0 was introduced an additional step is required after you perform the upgrade, you had to go in and register it with your lookup service. All this requires is the lookup service url and the SSO administrator credentials and you’re done as per the documentation here.

Instead I was presented with this error message:

'Solution user detail' certificate is invalid - certificateException java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException: NotAfter: Fri Jun 17 23:01:55 UTC 2016

Its probably worth noting that this has come off the back of a vCenter upgrade to 6.5, so ‘solution user’ automatically got me looking at SSO solution users in the web client and the vCenter extension manager to validate that the certificate thumbprints matched up.

Sure enough, the thumbprint that was registered with vCenter matched the one of the vSphere Replication appliance. My google-fu didnt get me any furhter either, next thing that came to mind was ssh and logs. I saw the secuiry tab and figured I would enable ssh from there…nope, no enable ssh option there dummy. What I did see on the secuirty tab was this.

Right, expity date matches the error message!

So here is what you need to do:

Head back over on the configuration page there is a “Install a new SSL Certificate” section where you can generate and install a self signed or your own certificate.

Hit the Generate and Install button, validate the warning that it will overwrite the existing one and let it do its thing.

 

Once it is done, you will be prompted by the following message.

Reload your brower like it states, even though it seems as if does it when it takes you do the login page.

Once you’re back in, populate your Lookup Service URL and SSO Administrator credentials at the configuration tab and hit Save and Restart service. If all went well, you should get the below message.