Installing Softaculous in Direct Admin

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Requirements:

1. A server with Direct Admin.

2. If you have a firewall, then please allow access to all packages from *.softaculous.com. Please allow access to the following domains/IP to your firewall as these are the mirrors used to download the script packages.
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api.softaculous.com (IP : 216.18.221.243)
s1.softaculous.com (IP : 108.61.84.171)
s2.softaculous.com (IP : 23.29.77.179)
s3.softaculous.com (IP : 142.4.49.46)
s4.softaculous.com (IP : 188.138.10.177)
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Installing Softaculous:

SSH to your server and execute the following commands:

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

The Installer will start showing the Installation Processes and when done will indicate the same. NOTE: Scripts will be downloaded during this process. The Download Activity will also be shown on the screen.

Now login to your Directadmin server and click on Softaculous Auto Installer link. The following screen (as in the attached file) will appear if the Softaculous is installed successfully.

Thats it the installation of Softaculous is completed.

Issues with Ioncube Loaders:


If you got error while installation, regarding ioncube, you may need to download the required Ioncube file and rename the file to ioncube.so. Then place the file in the  directory "/usr/local/directadmin/plugins/softaculous/ioncube.so". To enable ioncube you will need to specify the path for ioncube.so in 'php.ini' extension dir as follows:

"zend_extension = /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/softaculous/ioncube.so"

Note: You can download required ioncubeloader from the link http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

Troubleshoot:

Some troubleshooting tips :

"Unable to execute your request"

If you get the error Unable to execute your request please execute the following command :

#chmod -R 0755 /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/softaculous