Step 1: Do you meet the system requirements?
– Clean OS install: check install.php to ensure you’ve got a supported OS
– At least one external IP address (IP Requirements)
– SSH installed, gcc, g++, openssl-devel installed.
– Run the pre-install commands before starting the install
Step 2: Make sure your license information is correct.
Sign into your client account at https://www.directadmin.com/clients and click the “view” link next to your license.
Verify that the server IP address and operating system is correct. Also make sure that the license is Active and Verified (if it isn’t, then our billing system hasn’t processed your order yet).
Step 3: Begin the installation!
**** SPECIAL NOTICE for non-root ssh logins ****
If logging in as a user other than admin or root (using su to gain root access):
You *must* add “AllowUsers username” to /etc/ssh/sshd_config before you log out from root or you’ll lose root on the server forever, and you’ll have to format.
Login as root and download the setup.sh file
Hint: Use “fetch” instead of “wget” on FreeBSD systems.
Change permissions on the setup.sh file
Run the script
You will be prompted for a client ID number, license ID number, and hostname.
Important: The hostname should not be the same as the primary domain name. e.g. gary.com is not a good hostname, where server.gary.com is. Having the same host/main domain name will cause e-mail and FTP problems. Also, please make sure the hostname resolves once you setup DNS.
That’s it! Please see below if you are installing on a VPS, or wanting to setup DirectAdmin for secure (https://) control panel access.
Special notice for VPS/VDS installs:
After the install, add the following to /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf:
For example, on many vps systems it will be:
Other systems where the IP is not the base IP on the device, you’d need to simply set the correct number:
Or other systems with the IP on a different device, it might be:
Type:
to see which device your IP is in.
Replace devicename with the FULL devicename reported by ifconfig. If your VDS/VPS system emulates eth0, then you may skip this step.
Setup SSL Certificates:
This step is only required if you wish to use DirectAdmin through SSL. You will also have to change set SSL=1 in the directadmin.conf file: http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=15
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.
I need IMAP compiled into php
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=341
Setting up webmail.domain.com as default for new domains.
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=92
How to enable SpamAssassin on your server.
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=36
SPAM fighting tools in DirectAdmin
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=577
Setting up quotas on an XFS partition
https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=557
