{"id":1693,"date":"2018-12-26T11:34:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1693"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","slug":"installing-softaculous-in-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/admin\/installing-softaculous\/installing-softaculous-in-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Softaculous in Directadmin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following guide will show you how to install Softaculous on DirectAdmin.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> A server with Direct Admin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> If you have a firewall, then please allow access to all packages from <strong>*.softaculous.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>&nbsp;: Please allow access to the following domains to your firewall as these are the mirrors used to download the script packages.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">162.55.80.8 #api.softaculous.com<br>103.168.196.0 #s0.softaculous.com<br>51.38.208.85 #s1.softaculous.com<br>37.27.68.87 #s2.softaculous.com<br>178.63.132.196 #s3.softaculous.com<br>95.216.2.79 #s4.softaculous.com<br>15.235.60.218 #s5.softaculous.com<br>51.38.94.231 #s6.softaculous.com<br>15.204.134.13 #s7.softaculous.com<br>148.113.15.242 #s8.softaculous.com<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Softaculous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSH to your server and execute the following commands:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For new Softaculous installs <a href=\"https:\/\/backuply.com\/server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Backuply Server<\/a> will be installed by default. Backuply Server Pro license is included for Free with Softaculous Premium license and will be premium as long as Softaculous license is premium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not wish to install Backuply Server please execute the following install command :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --no-backuply-server<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Installer will start showing the Installation Processes and when done will indicate the same.\nNOTE: Scripts will be downloaded during this process. The Download Activity will also be shown on the screen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now login to your Directadmin server and click on Softaculous  Auto Installer link. The following screen will appear if the Softaculous  is installed successfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-1-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/license_page-1-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thats it the installation of Softaculous is completed!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ioncube Loaders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ioncube loaders will be enabled by Softaculous itself for CentOS \nbut if you are using any other OS then please follow these two steps to \nenable Ioncube:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Download the required Ioncube file and rename the file to <strong>ioncube.so<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Place the file in the following directory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">\/usr\/local\/directadmin\/plugins\/softaculous\/ioncube.so\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to finish the installation quickly and then download the script packages in background use this method.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before starting the installation make sure ionCube Loaders are enabled. The installer requires Ioncube to be enabled.\nNow SSH to your server and enter following commands:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh --quick<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Proxy settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want Softaculous to use proxy settings then you can simply \npass the parameters and Softaculous will use the proxy setting provided \nby you.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh<br>chmod 755 install.sh<br>.\/install.sh proxy proxy_ip=YOUR_IP:PORT proxy_auth=USERNAME:PASSWORD<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Proxy Parameters <\/em>&nbsp;:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> proxy_ip (Required)&nbsp;: Enter your Proxy server&#8217;s IP and port.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> proxy_auth (optional)&nbsp;: Enter the proxy server&#8217;s authentication details i.e. Username and Password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Troubleshoot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some troubleshooting tips&nbsp;:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unable to execute your request<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you get the error <strong>Unable to execute your request<\/strong> please execute the following command&nbsp;:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted bash hljs\">root&gt; chmod -R 0755 \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/plugins\/softaculous<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1666,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-1693","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1693"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6212,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1693\/revisions\/6212"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=1693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}