How To Install Directadmin on FreeBSD 9.1

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DA-Rff

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After lots of trials and errors, this is what worked for me, hope it saves someone else time.

How To Freebsd 9.1 Directadmin Install

First Install FreeBSD - MINIMUM INSTALL ONLY!!!

check http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall.html freebsd 9 installation handbook

Make sure you DO NOT install 32 bit binaries!!! This runs you into trouble with Directadmin

Freebsd 9.1 partition structure:
Partition Type Size Mountpoint Label
freebsd-boot 512K
freebsd-ufs 2G /
freebsd-swap 16G
freebsd-ufs 30G /var
freebsd-ufs 4G /tmp
freebsd-ufs 30G /usr
freebsd-ufs remainder of disc /home

**** SPECIAL NOTICE for FreeBSD non-root ssh logins ****

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.

On VPS: Make snapshot so the above steps are easy to replicate in case you need to.

Now update the ports on your box:

run the following commands:

# portsnap fetch

# portsnap extract

# portsnap update

When your ports are up to date, move on to:

Preinstall before Direcatadmin
Install ports below before Directadmin install:
(gcc and g++ are required to compile apache and php)

To find a port, use "whereis portname" on commandline
or use find / -name portname

Then go to port location and: make install clean
Here are the ports and locations that need installing:

ssh: installed during freebsd install
gcc: /usr/ports/lang/gcc
g++: included in gcc
perl: included in gcc
gmake: included in gcc
opensssl-devel: /usr/ports/security/openssl
wget: /usr/ports/ftp/wget
bison: /usr/ports/devel/bison
flex: /usr/ports/textproc/flex
gd: /usr/ports/graphics/gd
cyrus-sas12: /usr/ports/security/cyrus-sasl2
libidn: /usr/ports/dns/libidn

The above takes a while, relax and have a cuppa!

Next download the directadmin setup.sh file

# fetch http://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh

Change permissions on the setup.sh file

# chmod 755 setup.sh

Now run the setup script!

# ./setup.sh

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.

!!! Make sure you use custombuild 1.2, because version 2 is in beta and installs apache 2.4 which does not work well yet on freebsd 9.1 per december 20 2012, date of this How To

=========INSTALLATION TROUBLES============

If you've just finished a DirectAdmin install and are trying to start apache, but you get the error:

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
this means that the ips.conf is missing. The cause is usually that the DirectAdmin install didn't actually finish.

In that case, to finish the install, type:

cd /usr/local/directadmin
./directadmin i
./directadmin p

which is the last step of the DA install.

In case something in custombuild didn't compile correctly. Type the following:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build all d
and check for errors in the last few pages of output if it stops prematurely.

=============VPS Settings DA===================

Special notice for VPS/VDS installs:
After the install, add:

ethernet_dev=devicename to /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf

type: /sbin/ifconfig to see which device your IP is on.

Replace devicename with the FULL devicename reported by ifconfig. If your VDS/VPS system emulates eth0, then you may skip this step.

FreeBSD 9.1 may require an exim rebuild (for me it did):

Use custombuild for that:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set exim yes
./build exim

Restart exim, and you're done.

This is what worked for me on december 20th 2012 :)

Good luck!
 
I installed on FreeBSD 9.1 with CustomBuild 2.0; however not with the default options. It will work with:

1. PHP set as mod_php

2. ProFTPD instead of PureFTPD
 
wattie said:
I installed on FreeBSD 9.1 with CustomBuild 2.0; however not with the default options. It will work with:
1. PHP set as mod_php
2. ProFTPD instead of PureFTPD
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This is major good news. Those are my normal settings anyway, but most importantly it means you also have mod_ruid2.

Which version of Apache and PHP are you running?

*I wonder why CustomBuild 2.0 has been in beta for so many years.
 
No, I did not install mod_ruid2. I actually did not even try mod_ruid2. As far as I know mod_ruid2 do NOT work on BSD systems at all. Here is the options.conf that works:

#PHP settings.
#Default version of PHP is always php1_release. Possible values for php1/php2_release: 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, no. php1/php2_mode: mod_php, fastcgi, php-fpm or suphp)
php1_release=5.4
php2_release=no
php1_mode=mod_php
php2_mode=php-fpm
php_ini=yes
#Possible values - production or development
php_ini_type=production
ioncube=yes
zend=no

webserver=apache

#Possible value: 2.4
apache_ver=2.4
mod_ruid2=no
secure_htaccess=no
harden-symlinks-patch=yes

#Possible values - 5.1, 5.5
mysql=5.5
mysql_inst=no
mysql_backup=yes
mysql_backup_dir=/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/mysql_backups

#Web applications
phpmyadmin=yes
squirrelmail=yes
roundcube=yes

#Mail options
exim=yes
eximconf=yes
clamav=yes
spamassassin=yes
dovecot=yes

#Statistics
awstats=no
webalizer=yes

#FTP options - possible values: proftpd, pureftpd
ftpd=proftpd

#Jailed shell
jail=no

#Autoconf/automake/libtool options
autoconf=yes
automake=yes
libtool=yes
curl=yes

#new version of zlib and libxml2 (experts only)
zlib=yes
new_zlib=yes
new_xml2=yes
new_pcre=yes

#Custombuild options
custombuild=2.0
autover=no
bold=yes
clean=yes
cleanapache=no
clean_old_tarballs=yes
clean_old_webapps=yes
downloadserver=files6.directadmin.com

#Cron settings
cron=yes
cron_frequency=daily
email= ********************
notifications=yes
da_autoupdate=no
updates=no
webapps_updates=yes

#Cloudlinux settings
cloudlinux=no
redirect_host=************************
redirect_host_https=no
php_timezone=EET
old_apr_util=no
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P.S. There were some problems installing ioncube initially. After doing "./build all d" for a second time it did compile.
 
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IT_Architect said:
Looks like you're correct. I did not know that. Too bad. That's big.
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Not much different in philosophy than the CGI variants - suPHP for example or mod_cgi+suEXEC... You only miss the APC and other accelerators with the CGI... Actually I don't feel quite good to have the main Apache process working as root user.
 
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wattie said:
Not much different in philosophy than the CGI variants - suPHP for example or mod_cgi+suEXEC... You only miss the APC and other accelerators with the CGI... Actually I don't feel quite good to have the main Apache process working as root user.
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I've been there and don't want to go back. mod_ruid2 is something I had been looking forward to.
 
DA-Rff said:
Runs fine here!
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Your feedback timing is prefect. Apache 2.4 is one of the necessary pieces to solve a Wordpress security issue that just reared its ugly head on one of my servers. I'm currently running 2.2 and no mod_ruid2.
 
IT_Architect said:
Your feedback timing is prefect. Apache 2.4 is one of the necessary pieces to solve a Wordpress security issue that just reared its ugly head on one of my servers. I'm currently running 2.2 and no mod_ruid2.
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running 2.4.6 installed with custombuild 2.0 rc 6 good luck and keep me posted
 
DA-Rff said:
running 2.4.6 installed with custombuild 2.0 rc 6 good luck and keep me posted
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There is another little gem I needed. As you probably know, mod_ruid2 is only set up for Custombuild 2.0. So apparently Custombuild 2.0 is working for you. Question: Do you happen to be running mod_ruid2 also?
 
IT_Architect said:
There is another little gem I needed. As you probably know, mod_ruid2 is only set up for Custombuild 2.0. So apparently Custombuild 2.0 is working for you. Question: Do you happen to be running mod_ruid2 also?
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No, not using mod_ruid2 on my server, good luck
 
Help

I'm using Freebsd 9.3. I installed everything above.
My installation hangs in here:
Making all in include
Making all in curl
make all-am
Making all in scripts
/usr/bin/perl > _curl

No errors no nothing. Is there a way I can tail what happens in there?
 
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