{"id":16856,"date":"2024-11-08T10:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=16856"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:34:24","password":"","slug":"installing-directadmin-on-a-cloud-server-step-by-step-guide","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/installing-directadmin-on-a-cloud-server-step-by-step-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing DirectAdmin on a Cloud Server: Step-by-Step Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In recent years, DirectAdmin has grown into one of the leading control panels, known for its reliability and cost-effectiveness. At KnownHost, we provide a range of DirectAdmin licenses tailored for unmanaged servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide will walk you through installing DirectAdmin on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get a DirectAdmin licence from a vendor. You may check with the Truehost <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/19726743814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support team<\/a><\/strong> for help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Root SSH access to you server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please note that the panel is installed on a Clean Operating System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supporting Operating Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Operating System<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Version of Operating System<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AlmaLinux \/ RHEL \/ CentOS<\/td><td>7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CloudLinux<\/td><td>6.x 64-bit, 7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ubuntu<\/td><td>16.04 64-bit, 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Debian<\/td><td>9.x 64-bit, 10.x 64-bit, 11.x 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FreeBSD<\/td><td>11.x 64-bit, 12.x 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VzLinux<\/td><td>8.x 64-bit<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Direct Admin Supported OSes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will now log in to your server via SSH using the root account then run the following command to install the panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the command, you will replace <strong>Provided license key should go here<\/strong> with your actual license key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>bash &lt;(curl -fsSL https:\/\/download.directadmin.com\/setup.sh) 'Provided license key should go here'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note that the above command need be run on root shell. If you have a sudo user and you run it using the word sudo, it will not work. First escalate to root terminal using the command below then run the installation script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo su -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once installed you can get your panel login details using any of the command below;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><strong><em>setup.sh<\/em>\n\ncat \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/conf\/setup.txt\n\ncat \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/scripts\/setup.txt<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessing the Control Panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once the panel has been installed, you can access it using this link below;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><strong>http:\/\/server.ip.address:2222<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, DirectAdmin has grown into one of the leading control panels, known for its reliability and cost-effectiveness. 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