Update On: 23 Jul 2021Update CentOS kernel to CentOS Plus using Yum

Update CentOS kernel to latest CentOS Plus

Use the next command to verify your current Kernel version
root@server [~]# uname -r
2.6.18-348.6.1.el5
To update CentOS to CentOS Plus Kernel you would require to do the following:
First, edit your yum configuration repo for CentOS in the [centos] section as follows:

[root@server ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

[centosplus]
enabled=1
includepkgs=kernel*

Verify the changes as following:

root@server [~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

# CentOS-Base.repo## The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS updates# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.## If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the# remarked out baseurl= line instead.##[base]name=CentOS-$releasever - Basemirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/gpgcheck=1gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5#released updates[updates]name=CentOS-$releasever - Updatesmirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/gpgcheck=1gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5#additional packages that may be useful[extras]name=CentOS-$releasever - Extrasmirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/gpgcheck=1gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages[centosplus]name=CentOS-$releasever - Plusmirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/gpgcheck=1enabled=1includepkgs=kernel*gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5#contrib - packages by Centos Users[contrib]name=CentOS-$releasever - Contribmirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/gpgcheck=1enabled=0gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5