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Directadmin install onto Centos8
not_dilligaf
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Today I installed Directadmin (personal version) onto a Centos vps.
I was amazed that it took close to an hour. I think it compiles every .c and .cpp file in the known universe. And some of those more than once.
At least it works. If you plan to do the same be prepared for the waittttttt.
The vps has 2G of ram. But probably only one processor core.
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I will wait an hour for not having to deal with EOL in 2024 with Centos 7
You should have started your story with this info.
All configuration is still ahead (if you plan setting ssl for hostname, nameservers, anti BF, antiSPAM, firewall) - enjoy your journey.
Setup on Centos 8 doesn't take any longer than on 7, if you mean that.
DirectAdmin really need to work on the install Time.... It's Crazy......
We raised a support ticket 2+ Days ago and are still waiting.......
then they required more core
maybe is their provider overselling VPS?
Weekend.
Depends on core, but usually we assume one thread by one core that scores <3000 on Geekbench 4 on average. I think there's two options for using such VPS: you have nerves of steel or you are just running DNS server.
I compiled onto CentOS 8 with 8GB of RAM and it took an hour or so. But now I run it on Debian 10. I know, it is not recommended, but I found Debian more stable than CentOS.
Those who need fast installation and very few features, CyberPanel might be an option. No more than 10 minutes on 2 core VPS. As for DA - it's worth to wait a bit for such a decent piece of software to install.
I've always noticed DA takes forever when its compiling PHP, but otherwise you should be golden. Unless you have a potato VPS... It shouldn't be a few hours... The longest I've had it on a 2 core was 30-35 minutes?
Preinstall ccache - usually helps a lot.
Simply saying having to wait because you're limited at CPU cores, is not the end of the world when Centos 8 is EOL in 2029. Longer support is worth a little time spent in screen
Weekend? It’s Monday today. Thought they had 24/7 support any way??
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plesk provides better support ,why everyone obsessed with directadmin
We have an owned license and it works with vps or dedicated server. Supported sorted us out.
How much of an impact have you seen this make on new installs?
I like how it works on CentOS 7
Compiling was about 20 mins with 2 ryzen cores and 10gb ram vps.
I did DirectAdmin ccache compiler caching benchmarks in my DirectAdmin install guide for CentOS 7 at https://servermanager.guide/162/how-to-install-directadmin-control-panel-on-centos-7/ - near bottom of article. Though ccache only helps for recompiles after ccache compiler caching has been populated.
Basically, for Apache ccache recompiles is ~20% faster, for PHP-FPM is ~72% faster, dovecot ~58% faster etc on 1 cpu core BuyVM KVM Slice VPS
Should've guessed you had something on this lol.
Because Plesk is owned by the some company of cpanel and in 10 years I needed DirectAdmin support only once...?
I agree on this
Of course, the speed will depend on what kind of VPS you have especially if is throttled like crazy. In our case, we didn't have to wait for an hour
If I am not wrong, CloudLinux still doesn't support CentOS 7. They have a beta for CentOS 8. cPanel also doesn't support CentOS 8.
cPanel / CloudLinux is an integral part of hosting for many providers. I would wait until they offer native support. Even then I will wait a couple of months for the support to mature out and then upgrade to CentOS 8.
Stability and compatibility is more important than using the latest.
CentOS 8 is definitely mature and stable, if OP doesn't need Cloudlinux and given DirectAdmin officially supports CentOS 8, why should he wait?
Cloudlinux and centos8 running fine here along with JetBackup
I’ve got Cloudlinux running on all my CentOS 8 servers no issues here