DirectAdmin install problems

Hotwizard00

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Hey,

I'm having some problems installing DirectAdmin. This is when I try to install it:

Enter your hostname (FQDN) : Not your business
Client ID: Not your business
License ID: Not your business
Hostname: Not your business
Is this correct? (y,n) : y
Is eth0 your network adaptor with the license IP? (y,n) : n
Enter the name of the ethernet device you wish to use : eth0:0
Enter the IP used in your license file : Not your business

DirectAdmin will now be installed on: debian 4.0
Is this correct? (must match license) (y,n) : y

You now have 2 options for your apache/php setup.

1: customapache: older software. Includes Apache 1.3, php 4 and frontpage.
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.

Would you like the default settings of apache 2.2 and php 5 cli? (y/n): y
Using the default settings for custombuild.
beginning pre-checks, please wait...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ca-certificates is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
--17:48:28-- http://files.directadmin.com/services/debian_4.0/files.sh
=> `/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/files.sh'
Resolving files.directadmin.com... done.
Connecting to files.directadmin.com[72.35.85.222]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 714 [application/x-sh]

100%[====================================>] 714 697.27K/s ETA 00:00

17:48:29 (697.27 KB/s) - `/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/files.sh' saved [714/714]

adding gd ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package gd
adding krb5-libs ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package krb5-libs
adding krb5-devel ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package krb5-devel
--17:48:31-- https://www.directadmin.com/
=> `/dev/null'
Resolving www.directadmin.com... done.
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 300 [text/html]

100%[====================================>] 300 292.97K/s ETA 00:00

17:48:32 (292.97 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [300/300]

--17:48:32-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
=> `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Resolving www.directadmin.com... done.
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:33-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 2) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:35-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 3) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:38-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 4) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:42-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 5) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:47-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 6) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:48:53-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 7) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:00-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 8) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:08-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try: 9) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:17-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:10) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:27-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:11) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:37-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:12) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:47-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:13) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:49:57-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:14) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:07-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:15) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:17-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:16) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:27-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:17) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:37-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:18) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:47-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:19) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Retrying.

--17:50:57-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?uid=15961&lid=54950
(try:20) => `/usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz'
Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:443... failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Giving up.


gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Cannot find the DirectAdmin binary. Extraction failed

If you see an error that says to add --no-check-certificate, recompile wget:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=119

How can I fix this?

Thanks,
Hotwizard00
 
You dont have to reboot but to each their own I guess.

ifconfig eth0:0 up

:p
 
Same problem

Hello

I've got the same problem. But I have my server behind a firewall, and the server doesn't have the same IP address as the IP address in the license. The servers internal IP address is like 172.x.x.x and the external IP address, which is the IP address in the license, is like 217.x.x.x.

If I run "wget --bind-address=217.x.x.x http://www.directadmin.com/index.html" I got the answer "Connecting to www.directadmin.com[66.51.122.131]:80... failed: Cannot assign requested address."

Does anybody know how to solve this problem?
 
You need a static ip.

The server has a static IP. But since the server is behind a firewall the servers IP is different from the IP you get from the DNS.

The firewall is setup to route traffic (HTTP, FTP, SSL and also HTTP on port 2222) sent to the 217.x.x.x. address directly to the server on IP 172.x.x.x.
 
A routable internet ip only. No internal ips.
 
To clarify, your server must be publicly accessible on it's main IP#, and that cannot be an internal IP#.

Otherwise you cannot use DirectAdmin.

Jeff
 
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