Title: Upgrading server backend
Last modified: February 25, 2020

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# Upgrading server backend

 *  [giorov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorov/)
 * (@giorov)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-server-backend/)
 * So I am updating my university’s newspaper site to a new theme, but first I need
   to
    get php to 7.3.15 or 7.3.14 and update mysql to 5.7.29, which requires updating
   Apache to 2.4.41 and I want to update CPanel & WHM to 86 which also requires 
   the new Apache and update phpMyAdmin to 5.0.1 or 5.0.2 if it releases soon.
 * In WHM You must migrate from EA3 to EA4 before upgrading to v78 or newer. You
   can do so by running /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/migrate_ea3_to_ea4 or via WHM’s
   EasyApache 4 Migration interface. For more information please see: [https://go.cpanel.net/EA4Migration](https://go.cpanel.net/EA4Migration)
   (
   If your system uses a version of PHP that EasyApache 4 does not support, websites
   that depend on that version of PHP may no longer function.
 * What I need to figure out is will I break the database every step and what i 
   need to do to fix it along the way. I’m currently preparing a local copy of the
   site on XAMPP VC11 2 with php 5.6.24, which is the current server php version.
 * I was trying on a php 7.3* version but I couldn’t get it to load.. lots of SSL
   problems… maybe unrelated.
 * Just to be safe I’m starting over with this. The server currently runs Apache
   2.2 But my xampp has 2.4. so I’ll have to make any fixes as I try to migrate 
   locally.
 * Any tips? I have no idea if I should actually try changing the DB beyond standard
   migration protocols.
 * Thanks
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fupgrading-server-backend%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [giorov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorov/)
 * (@giorov)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-server-backend/#post-12477533)
 * Still having SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG.
    Anyone know how I can disable ssl?
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [giorov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorov/).
 *  [VPS9 Networks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vps9networks/)
 * (@vps9networks)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-server-backend/#post-12485683)
 * open ‘httpd-ssl.conf’ (using apache with xamp)
 * found the line:
 * Listen 443
 * changed it to:
 * Listen 443 https
 * Hope it will work to resolve your issue.

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