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How To Install DirectAdmin

[Last updated: 17 July 2015]

DirectAdmin allows a server administrator to set up new websites, reseller accounts, e-mail accounts, and DNS entries through a web-based interface. In this tutorial, we will install and configure DirectAdmin on a CentOS cloud server (steps for CentOS Linux 6 and 7). Execute all commands as root.

Step 1: Install all necessary packages (for CentOS 6)

yum install wget gcc gcc-c++ flex bison make bind bind-libs bind-utils openssl openssl-devel perl quota libaio libcom_err-devel libcurl-devel gd zlib-devel zip unzip libcap-devel cronie bzip2 cyrus-sasl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed autoconf automake libtool which patch mailx bzip2-devel db4-devel

Step 1: Install all necessary packages(for CentOS 7)

yum install wget gcc gcc-c++ flex bison make bind bind-libs bind-utils openssl openssl-devel perl quota libaio libcom_err-devel libcurl-devel gd zlib-devel zip unzip libcap-devel cronie bzip2 cyrus-sasl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed autoconf automake libtool which patch mailx bzip2-devel psmisc net-tools systemd-devel libdb-devel perl-DBI xfsprogs

Step 2: Start DirectAdmin installer

cd /root

wget http://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh

chmod 755 setup.sh

./setup.sh

Step 3: Wait 20-30 minutes..

When the DirectAdmin installer is finished, go to your server IP address followed by ":2222" in your browser and start!