Anda dapat menggunakan perintah ini di server pribadi virtual (VPS) atau server khusus yang menjalankan CentOS. Biasanya, Anda akan menggunakan CentOS untuk server web hosting. Sering kali Anda ingin memeriksa versi server Apache, PHP dan MySQL.
Untuk MySQL:
root@web [/home/admin]# mysql -V
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.29, for Linux (i686) using readline 5.1
root@web [/home/admin]# Perhatikan huruf kapital "V" dari perintah pertama.
Atau Anda dapat menggunakan:
root@host [/]# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 273052
Server version: 5.5.28-cll MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| innodb_version | 1.1.8 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| slave_type_conversions | |
| version | 5.5.28-cll |
| version_comment | MySQL Community Server (GPL) |
| version_compile_machine | i686 |
| version_compile_os | Linux |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
root@host [/]#Untuk penggunaan PHP:
root@host [/]# php -v
PHP 5.3.21 (cli) (built: Jan 27 2013 06:28:24)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.2.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2012, by ionCube Ltd.
root@host [/]#Untuk penggunaan Apache:
root@host [/]# /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.23 (Unix)
Server built: Jan 27 2013 06:23:25
Cpanel::Easy::Apache v3.16.7 rev9999
root@host [/]#Seperti yang Anda lihat, perintah ini juga akan menampilkan versi Easy Apache – jika server telah menginstal cPanel.