What are people doing these days to manage Debian servers with DirectAdmin with regard to updating the server using apt? In other words, how are people keeping the server up to date while at the same time not breaking DirectAdmin (due to the fact that DA is not managed with apt)?
I've seen a few (very) out of date threads on the subject, and even a defunct project for maintaining DA through apt, but nothing else. It would be awesome if some of the Debian users out there could share some strategies or techniques for how to best handle using both apt and DirectAdmin without breaking something. Is anyone creating a set of fake packages using something like equivs to prevent Debian from messing with anything installed by DA's custombuild?
It'd be great to see some tips or suggestions; maybe even a complete walk-through could be stickied at some point if we could get something together. Of course, what would really be cool is if the DA authors would some day maintain an official package so that DA could be fully installed and updated through apt.
I've seen a few (very) out of date threads on the subject, and even a defunct project for maintaining DA through apt, but nothing else. It would be awesome if some of the Debian users out there could share some strategies or techniques for how to best handle using both apt and DirectAdmin without breaking something. Is anyone creating a set of fake packages using something like equivs to prevent Debian from messing with anything installed by DA's custombuild?
It'd be great to see some tips or suggestions; maybe even a complete walk-through could be stickied at some point if we could get something together. Of course, what would really be cool is if the DA authors would some day maintain an official package so that DA could be fully installed and updated through apt.