Please stop answering all my posts. Go away from me. Or I'll block you on here. You told me in another discussion that you won't answer anything about mariadb, you also said you don't know... are you paid to moderate this forum?
And don't tell me where to post. I posted here because it seems like they knew more about mariadb than you did, because you already said "i dont know."
But it seems like the might have switched to cPanel since they haven't posted for over 3 years... and didn't reply to this. You literally respond to every single post I make on this forum... why?????
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I'm having the same problem with DirectAdmin tech support ignoring my questions.
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Notice how DirectAdmin support totally ignored my very first question "Can you refresh me on the different options for php?" and many of my other simple questions... this happens EVERY TIME I contact sales or support. I get nowhere, no answer, no solution, no progress and end up relying on the techs at the data center to make a guess, intead of DirectAdmin themselves... I only use DirectAdmin because I have a lot of domains and don't want to pay the per domain fee by cPanel.
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Can you refresh me on the different options for php? How do I tell which option I have on my current old server? I will just use that option.
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set webserver apache
./build php1_mode fastcgi
./build php2_mode fastcgi
./build php3_mode fastcgi
./build php4_mode fastcgi
./build apache
./build php n
./build rewrite_confs
I'm at this step at the installation and I've executed these lines of code up through...
./build apache <-- executed that line
I want MariaDB, so how do I install MariaDB (I edit the config file and make 2 changes, I've read) not MySQL and which version for today so it's not too old and not too new? This is for hosting basic Wordpress sites for myself and mom and pop businesses...
Is there even a reason to use MariaDB if I'm not doing big databases or enterprise level things? Wouldn't it just be easier to stay "stock" with regular ol' MySQL? I like to keep my cars "stock" to avoid hassle when replacing parts. KISS
I executed all of these lines of code in the terminal.
./build php1_mode fastcgi
./build php2_mode fastcgi
./build php3_mode fastcgi
./build php4_mode fastcgi
What did they do? As far as I know they just displayed some options on the screen? Was I supposed to execute them all or just 1 of the 4 lines?
At what point do I do build all?
What does the d option after build all do?
Is there a guide that just tells someone what exactly to type if they just want a basic DirectAdmin server setup with all the defaults? If not I will make one after this. This has taken a week up to a month out of my life and it shouldn't take that long just because it's been 20 years since I last installed DA... I remember the last time I installed it, there weren't this many options.
3. Configure your server
Customize a skin - perform branding to make your server your own.
Select your WWW server.
Set up proper nameservers.
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Enable backups for both the system and users.
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I'm paused at step 3 in the "Overview"...
https://docs.directadmin.com/getting-started/first-steps/overview.html
I've made several forum posts, but nobody knows what these lines of code do, how to specify mariadb, etc... mostly just 1 person is responding to all of my posts... not a very active forum.
DA has been so good that it was still working up to the time we were locked out due to having EOL operating system. Can you believe we are (still today) on a 32GB OS? Nobody can tell without looking under the hood. So, for low cost shared (mostly Wordpress) hosting, what is the best partition...
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They don't all use MariaDB... Nobody said they all did.
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So I have to finally get a new server and my DirectAdmin is 98% installed... it's been about 20 years since I last installed DirectAdmin so I am very rusty. Is there a step by step install guide? I can log into the panel via the IP... I think I do the DNS next... what custom build config...
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When I install DA on a new server, I've done both ways - manual choosing the CustomBuild option in Setup, and the "auto" parameter for an easy DA setup. What are the steps to choose the specific versions of the software you want the first time you install DA? For example, I want to install...
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Can you just tell me what to do, exactly line by line in the terminal, for a the default/basic DirectAdmin installation that is good for hosting simple Wordpress websites for mom and pop and myself... I've decided I want apache as the web server... not sure which option for php, and I want either mysql or mariadb... I want which ever is the most default and basic and secure...
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Hello,
> How do I tell which option I have on my current old
Run:
grep -i ^php /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/options.conf
Also you can refer to the documentation below:
DirectAdmin Knowledge Base
docs.directadmin.com
DirectAdmin Knowledge Base
docs.directadmin.com
> I want MariaDB, so how do I install MariaDB
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build set mariadb <the mariadb version you want>
./build set mysql_inst mariadb
./build mariadb
> Is there even a reason to use MariaDB if I'm not doing big databases
It's up to you which you prefer. I haven't previously heard of any reason why mysql would be better for smaller databases.
> What did they do?
You've set your php mode in options.conf. Until you build php by running:
./build php n (or instead of n choose a specific version)
nothing will happen.
> What does the d option after build all do?
./build <option> d : do the default action
> if they just want a basic DirectAdmin server setup with all the defaults?
Well, you have a basic version with all the preferred default settings upon installation. If I recall correctly, php also gets installed - just not multiple versions and not the fastcgi mode.
> I'm paused at step 3 in the "Overview"
Could you be a bit more specific? Are you stuck at configuring nameservers or..? By default you already have the most suitable global limits and you should already have a proper hostname set (if not you can set it via the panel or by using the CLI). Everything else you would modify based on your server's needs.
All in all, you'll need to read up on our and mysql's/mariadb's documentation if you want to decide what's best in your case. Most users I've seen running wordpress websites had either mod-php or php-fpm set.
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You didn't actually answer all of my questions, including some important ones, and it didn't seem like you understood what I asked, based on your answers.
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I executed all of these lines of code in the terminal.
./build php1_mode fastcgi
./build php2_mode fastcgi
./build php3_mode fastcgi
./build php4_mode fastcgi
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You didn't actually answer this fully, you said I set my options... but didn't say WHICH OPTIONS?
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What did they do? As far as I know they just displayed some options on the screen?
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You didn't answer this one, the most important question:
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Was I supposed to execute them all or just 1 of the 4 lines?
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What's the difference between these options?
I want php-fpm and apache.
You said:
Could you be a bit more specific? Are you stuck at configuring nameservers or..?
Why would you say that? Did I say I was having trouble with nameservers? Paused at step 3 means I've stopped BEFORE trying step 3. It's clear you don't understand English well enough to do complicated tech support for English speaking people.
I asked this:
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Can you just tell me what to do, exactly line by line in the terminal, for a the default/basic DirectAdmin installation that is good for hosting simple Wordpress websites for mom and pop and myself... I've decided I want apache as the web server... not sure which option for php, and I want either mysql or mariadb... I want which ever is the most default and basic and secure...
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This means tell me which is the most basic, default, and secure DirectAdmin configuration and what exactly to type into the terminal. You didn't answer the question at all.
I provided several forum posts for you to read so you could understand my problems and it doesn't seem like you read them and it doesn't seem like the forum is very useful since I had the same person answer all of my forum posts and he didn't actually know the answers to my questions. Can you tell me why I want to use mariadb over mysql? If mariadb is better then why don't you (DirectAdmin) include it as the basic configuration option by default? Why do you make me and other customers edit the configuration to get what is the best option? Which is the current most recommend and most used version of mariadb and mysql and php around the Internet, which is recommended by DirectAdmin?
I'm trying to follow the installation instructions listed on your website, but they are incomplete. I've asked
[email protected] for clarification and guidance on how to follow the configuration instructions on these pages:
DirectAdmin Knowledge Base
docs.directadmin.com
DirectAdmin Knowledge Base
docs.directadmin.com
I told you I am at this step in the installation/configuration procedure.
"Select your WWW server."
DirectAdmin Knowledge Base
docs.directadmin.com
Since I want apache I looked at that instruction and it says:
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set webserver apache
./build php1_mode fastcgi
./build php2_mode fastcgi
./build php3_mode fastcgi
./build php4_mode fastcgi
./build apache
./build php n
./build rewrite_confs
But it does not say if I execute all the commands or anything it just shows those lines of code.
What exactly in detail does each line here do? "Configures PHP" is not an answer that tells me anything. I know it configures php, but what does it configure php to do? Do I execute all 3 lines or just one? Which one is the line to get apache/php-fpm/mariadb and everything else default? Which is the line to get apache/php-fpm/mysql and everything else default? Do I ever type "./build all" ? Is there a step by step installation guide for DirectAdmin anywhere online that I can see? If there is no step by step guide can you tell me how to install it to get apache/php-fpm/mariadb and a different step by step guide to get apache/php-fpm/mysql?
./build php1_mode fastcgi
./build php2_mode fastcgi
./build php3_mode fastcgi
./build php4_mode fastcgi
What are the advantages of using mysql and disadvantages vs mariadb? What are the advantages and disadvantages of mariadb vs mysql? Godaddy uses mysql and smaller companies like namecheap.com and create.com use mariadb. 2 people on the forum said to use mariadb, but that's not enough to make a decision.
I need some help here achieving the goal of installing DirectAdmin, I do not need you to dance around and avoid answering my questions. This same issue happesn where DirectAdmin sales or support always dance around my questions and never answer them has been happening for years now since DirectAdmin forced the use of their eastern european outsourced tech support. It doesn't matter if I ask what time it is or are you having a good day, or how do I install DirectAdmin or is mysql or mariadb recommended for hosting basic mom and pop wordpress sites... I almost never get my questions answered... many times I just give up asking and ask the techs at my data center, but this time the CEO and techs at the darta center said that the DirectAdmin documentation is too hard to understand and they use cPanel because it's much easier. This is my 2nd time asking the same exact questions. Can you answer them please?
Remember: I want which ever is the most default and basic and secure...
So if you are comparing mod-php to php-fpm... if you read a little, which I just did, the consensus is that php-fpm is almost always used... I'm already using php-fpm on my current server that was setup years ago (by me.) So what's the difficulty here in helping me out and just answering my questions???
