VestaCP, the open source hosting control panel, is the perfect companion for Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS) based hosting server. Vesta uses latest and greatest versions and depending on available system resources it delivers optimized configuration for different server types. It is really highly recommended, a top piece of software.
Error: vesta update failed. Email with a bad message
If you use VestaCP you may get some update errors in your email inbox messages or something similar. You received this error because VestaCP failed to update the system. It is a normal Cron job, and it runs automatically every day.
You got the error, so something went wrong.
Cron <admin@your-server> sudo /usr/local/vesta/bin/v-update-sys-vesta-all
Error: vesta update failed
Error: vesta-nginx update failed
Error: vesta-php update failed
Error: vesta-ioncube update failed
Error: vesta-softaculous update failed
Here the fix.
# apt update -y && apt upgrade -y
If you got a dpkg error, use:
# dpkg --configure -a
Then check VestaCP updates:
# v-update-sys-vesta-all
Additional issues
Limited space, you can use:
# apt autoremove
Latest kernel problems, so do:
# dpkg --status linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic
# dpkg --status linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic
Check the right problematic kernel, and do:
# sudo apt purge linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic