How to Update Major Server Software on a Directadmin Server

Sometimes you need to update your server software in order to comply with some new scripts, etc. It is quite hard to do this manually: it takes much time. Directasdmin guys have created a nice script, that allows you to update all you need at once, with a single command. Here is how to do this:

Let’s go to the main page where we can download the script itself. I’d recommend you to use version 1.1 of custombuild as it provides better functionality.  So, let’s go to the page with clear instructions what to do. I don’t think I can describe it better that developers did, that’s why I will just paste the solution here:

cd /usr/local/directadmin
mv custombuild custombuild.old
wget http://files.directadmin.com/services/custombuild/1.1/custombuild.tar.gz
tar xvzf custombuild.tar.gz
cd custombuild
./build update_data
#if you want to customize your options.conf (eg, setup suPhp/cgi, do it here.)
./build all d

You should take a look at options.conf as there could be anything you’d like to change. For example, this is related to PHP CLI version and other paramaters you might need to change. I will paste options.conf here too:

#PHP settings. default_php possible values – 4 or 5
default_php=5
php4_cli=no
php4_cgi=no
php5_cli=yes
php5_cgi=no
zend=yes

#Possible values – 4.1, 5.0
mysql=5.0
mysql_inst=no
mysql_backup=no

#Possible values – 1.3, 2.0 or 2.2
apache_ver=2.2

#Web applications
phpmyadmin=yes
atmail=no
squirrelmail=yes
roundcube=yes
uebimiau=no

#Mail options
exim=no
mail-header-patch=yes
dovecot=yes

#FTP options
proftpd=yes

#Jailed shell (beta)
jail=no

#CustomBuild options
autover=no
bold=yes
clean=yes

#Cron settings
cron=no
email=email@domain.com
notifications=yes
updates=no

#CustomBuild 1.2 settings
php6_cli=no
php6_cgi=no
php_ini=no
#Possible values – recommended or dist
php_ini_type=recommended
cleanapache=no
fileserver=1
eximconf=no

I don’t think it is necessary to explain as all the variables should be clear. ./build all d will do everything in one click that’s why I consider this build script really great for server administrators.  Just test it and you won’t use any other methods for DA servers anymore!