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Letting Users select between multiple different php versions

You must be using the latest version of CustomBuild 2.0.

The first php version will be the default, and will run all webapps. Everything else is optional.

Users can select between versions on their “Domain Setup” page in DirectAdmin.

Sample install of multiple php versions:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set php1_release 7.1
./build set php2_release 5.6
./build set php3_release 7.0
./build set php4_release 7.3
./build set php1_mode php-fpm
./build set php2_mode php-fpm
./build set php3_mode php-fpm
./build set php4_mode php-fpm
./build php n
./build rewrite_confs

 

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How to install and enable SpamAssassin to VPS ?

To enable SpamAssassin on VPS, we need to install it first. Before installing SpamAssassin, ensure have the perl/cpan requirements.

  1. Install the following required modules 
    cpan -i Archive::Tar Digest::SHA Net::DNS Net::DNS::Resolver::Programmable Mail::SPF Geo::IP Net::CIDR::Lite IO::Socket::IP \
IP::Country Net::Ident Net::Patricia IO::Socket::INET6 Compress::Zlib Mail::DKIM LWP::UserAgent HTTP::Date Encode::Detect ExtUtils::MakeMaker \
NetAddr::IP Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Razor2 Razor2::Client::Agent IO::Socket::SSL DBI Sys::Syslog DBD::File
  2. Use CustomBuild to install SpamAssassin: 
    cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build set spamd spamassassin
./build spamassassin
  3. Once setup, and exim is restarted, spamd should be running, confirm with: 
    ps ax |grep spamd
  4. SpamAssassin is setup and running!

https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=36

 

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DirectAdmin installation requirements

Operating system

Supported operating systems of DirectAdmin are as follows:

  • CloudLinux 6.x 32/64-bit, 7.x 64-bit (recommended)
  • RedHat Enterprise / CentOS 6.x 32/64-bit, 7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit
  • Debian 8.x 64-bit, , 9.x 64-bit, 10.x 64-bit (click for Ubuntu)
  • FreeBSD 11.x 64-bit, 12.x 64-bit

Hardware

  • Processor: At least 500 Mhz (recommended)
  • RAM: Minimum 1 GB (2+ GB is preferred), with at least 2 GB of swap memory. ContOS 8: 2 GB, 4+ GB preferred.
  • Hard disk: At least 2 gigabytes of free space (after the Linux install) is required.
  • Intel and AMD should work fine. Solaris/Sparc will not.

Software

  • Ensure SSH is installed and working.
  • Ensure named (Name Daemon) is selected during the Redhat install.
  • gcc and g++ are required to compile apache and php.
  • The system kernel and filesystem must support quotas. The kernel should support IPv6.

Authority Level

You must have root access on the server.

 

  • Do not install services such as Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ftp, Sendmail, etc., as we will do this for you.
  • Need is a CLEAN install of your operating system.
  • Installing DirectAdmin on an existing live production server is not recommended.
  • DirectAdmin does not convert existing data upon install.
  • Make sure your license information is correct.
  • Make sure your domain is running with the IP address (nameservers)