Question before I buy

[hornstar6969]

My server and software specs

Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz
1GB ram
120GB IDE
CentOS Linux 4.3
Apache 2.0.55
PHP version: php 4.4.2
MySQL version: mysql 4.0.26


I have a dedicated server, only bought it a week ago. Its managed a little by the host, but overall, They prefer me to do most things. Which im happy with, as im learning more and more.


right now, I have webmin installed. But i'm looking at going with Direct admin. If direct admin is installed, Is it okay to leave webmin installed aswell? or should this go? I want to learn how to manage both overall.

Bascially im trying to make it easier for me to set up hosting accounts for people, but If I start selling hosting more and more down the track, i want to learn how to manage both, so want to make sure having both on the same box is fine.


1. Also, how hard is it to install? I have not installed anything by myself on linux at this stage, but i'm getting the hang of SSH.

2. Will DA work on my box with the software that is currently running on.

3. Also, If I have trouble installing, will the admins here install it on this dedicated box.

4. If I buy 1 month subscription, can I upgrade to a lifetime membership, or do u have to get a refund then get the lifetime. If u cant upgrade, then thats something for the admins to think about.


Basically depending on how these questions are answered will determine if I will go and purchase DA

Thanks

 

[DirectAdmin Sales]

Hello,

Installing over Webmin doesn't seem to be a problem -- a lot of customers do it and claim to use both Webmin and DA without any problems.

1. Installation is pretty easy (just run one .sh script), but we can do the installation if you'd prefer not to.

2. Your box is fine for DA, but our install script will reinstall the services (e.g. Apache, PHP, MySQL, etc.).

3. Yes, we'll do the install if you are having problems.

4. If you upgrade to lifetime within the first month then you only pay the difference in price.

Thanks!

Mark

 

[nobaloney]

Mark, you're sure up early today .

Hornstar6969, you should think carefully before you do anything with Webmin. Webmin itself works fine with DA, but Webmin makes it quite easy to break things DA depends on.

Because Webmin installs Exim and removes Sendmail you won't be able manage email through Sendmail unless you install an Exim module. While you can find one here, the project page hasn't been added to for over two years. Because DirectAdmin uses a customized Exim configuration I'd recommend you do not attempt to manage Exim through Webmin.

Also note that installing DirectAdmin will convert your system from Apache version 2.x to Apache version 1.x. You can change it back if you wish, but by default, as Mark mentioned, DirectAdmin removes the installed Apache, and installs it's own, at version level 1.x.

And one last note; DirectAdmin is designed to be loaded onto a clean server that is not already serving websites.

That all said, I really like DirectAdmin.

Jeff

 

[hornstar6969]

I know that this will probably be a no, but if its a yes, it will make my want to go with DA as I dont want my current site to be down for too long.

As DA will downgrade all the current software would an admin be able to upgrade the software to

Apache 2.0.55
PHP version: php 4.4.2
MySQL version: mysql 4.0.26

As they would be more experienced then me, and downtime would be a problem for my site again, as it was down for 3 weeks prior to getting the dedicated server up and running.

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

We can only offer the installation of our default packages. Anything past that would be your responsibility.

Apache/php is fairly easy/painless:
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=441

cd /usr/local/directadmin/customapache
./build update
./build clean
./build update_data_ap2
./build convert
./build apache_2
./build php_ap2
./build mod_frontpage_ap2
./build mod_perl_ap2

Mysql, you can use any version you want:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=96
This guide can be used to upgrade to different versions as well right after the install process.

John