Before Installing, we purchased the license, and got User ID and License ID.
Install base CentOS 5.7(x86_64) and update
# yum update -y
Install compile tools if you didn’t install “Development Tools” and “Develoment Libraries”
# yum install gcc-c++ gcc automake -y
Remove httpd, php and mysql if you have installed them
# yum remove httpd* php* mysql* -y
Disable firewall and selinux
# iptables -F
# iptables -X
# setenforce 0
Add “AllowUsers username” to /etc/ssh/sshd_config before you log out from root
username is your real user’ name
Download installation script from DirectAdmin official website and permit it run
# wget http://directadmin.com/setup.sh
# chmod u+x setup.sh
Install DirectAdmin
# sh setup.sh
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* Have you run the pre-install commands? CTRL-C if not.
* http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=354
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Please enter your Client ID : xxxxx
Please enter your License ID : xxxxx
Please enter your hostname \(server.domain.com\)
It must be a Fully Qualified Domain Name
Do *not* use a domain you plan on using for the hostname:
eg. don’t use domain.com. Use server.domain.com instead.
Do not enter http:// or www
Enter your hostname (FQDN) : xxxxx.xxxxx.com
Client ID: xxxxx
License ID: xxxxx
Hostname: xxxxx.xxxxx.com
Is this correct? (y,n) : y
The following ethernet devices/IPs were found. Please enter the name of the device you wish to use:
eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
eth1
Enter the device name: eth0
Is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx the IP in your license? (y,n) : y
DirectAdmin will now be installed on: Enterprise 5.7
Is this correct? (must match license) (y,n) : y
You now have 2 options for your apache/php setup.
1: customapache: end-of-life software. Includes Apache 1.3, php 4 and frontpage. **Not recommended**. Will not work with newer OSs. Limited tech support.
2: custombuild 1.1: newer software (recommended). Includes any Apache version, php 4, 5, or both in cli and/or suphp. Frontpage not available.
Post any issues with custombuild to the forum: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61
Enter your choice (1 or 2): 2
You have chosen custombuild 1.1.
–2011-11-11 14:47:00– http://files.directadmin.com/services/custombuild/1.1/custombuild/build
Resolving files.directadmin.com… 216.144.254.90, 69.30.193.202
Connecting to files.directadmin.com|216.144.254.90|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 289046 (282K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build’
100%[=================================================================================================>] 289,046 855K/s in 0.3s
2011-11-11 14:47:01 (855 KB/s) – `/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build’ saved [289046/289046]
Would you like the default settings of apache 2.2 and php 5 cli? (y/n): y
Using the default settings for custombuild.
Would you like to search for the fastest download mirror? (y/n): y
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make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
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Cannot find /usr/local/bin/php
Please recompile php with custombuild, eg:
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build all d
This appears to be a 64-bit system.
a common cause of http/php compile failures is mentioned here:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=213
If you’re running CentOS (not freebsd or debian) and applies to you, then type:
ln -sf /usr/lib64/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libexpat.so
ln -sf /usr/lib64/libm.so /usr/lib/libm.so
ln -sf /usr/lib64/libssl.so /usr/lib/libssl.so
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build all d
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# ln -sf /usr/lib64/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libexpat.so
# ln -sf /usr/lib64/libm.so /usr/lib/libm.so
# ln -sf /usr/lib64/libssl.so /usr/lib/libssl.so
# cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
# ./build all d
Restart the httpd service
# /sbin/service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 143 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 21 of /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf: Could not open configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/ips.conf: No such file or directory
# cd /usr/local/directadmin
# ./directadmin i
………..
# ./directadmin p
Permissions set
Restart the httpd service again, it will start
Accessing the Control Panel
DirectAdmin can be accessed at http://server.ip.address:2222 — use the Admin username/password specified in the setup.txt file in your scripts directory.
