DirectAdmin

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DirectAdmin is a web hosting control panel that supports various Linux distributions as well as FreeBSD.

Feature-wise, this product is limited when compared to cPanel. Features that I found lacking includes:

  • No replacement for EasyApache
  • ACME/Let's Encrypt not enabled by default
  • Non-intuitive UI. The whole vue.js thing with their new theme is absolutely annoying to use.


Installation

On a clean install of CentOS 7, install the required dependencies listed at https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=354 

# 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 lsof glibc-headers kernel-devel expat-devel \
psmisc net-tools systemd-devel libdb-devel perl-DBI perl-Perl4-CoreLibs perl-libwww-perl xfsprogs rsyslog logrotate crontabs file kernel-headers

Start the automatic installation with the auto parameter. 

# wget https://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh
# sh setup.sh auto

Review /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf and ensure that the ethernet_dev value is correct.

Installation takes less than an hour. When completed, access DirectAdmin on port 2222. The Admin username/password are stored in the /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt file.

Softaculous

Installation is super fast. 

# wget -N http://files.softaculous.com/install.sh
# chmod 755 install.sh
# ./install.sh

See: https://www.softaculous.com/docs/admin/installing-softaculous-in-directadmin/


CustomBuild

CustomBuild is DirectAdmin's way of managing the software running on the server. The primary configuration file is located at /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/options.conf and can be edited either from the web interface or directly via SSH.

Backups

Backups are configured under 'Admin Backup/Transfer' on the admin panel. Backups can only be stored locally at /home/admin/admin_backups or via FTP.

Backup restores can be done by the user if they upload a backup to their ~/backups directory.