Newbies guide to setting up a VPS?

**glennybee** · 10-09-2008, 05:54 PM

Hi folks,

Is there a newbies guide to setting up a VPS from scratch?

I've got my VPS and DirectAdmin is my panel. I've managed to create a user and ftp account and I can see the default page at http://ip/~user but how do I get my files onto the root?

I haven't changed the DNS on my site yet as I want to familiarise myself with the VPS first.

I will also need a MySQL database and PHP installed. Do these typically come installed already or do I need to install them myself.

Sorry for all the noob questions - it's like being back at school

he.

Thanks

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-09-2008, 11:08 PM

It's been so long since I set a new one up, and I've never used that control panel, but they have this help site and it looks familiar
Admin.Site-Helper.com -- Helping Admins get the most out of DirectAdmin!

I had to go install the "services" which is your mysql, apache, ftp and the webmail

then you might need to restart the server after enabling
then you should have some more icons in your control panel

**Yogesh Sarkar** · 10-09-2008, 11:36 PM

Most likely PHP and MYSQL are already installed on your VPS as most of the hosts do install them by default. If you have a fully managed VPS then ask your host to do hardening i.e. installing and configuring firewall, modsecurity, ddosdeflate, rootkit checker etc.

I personally don’t do any installs/updates myself, even though I can easily follow instructions and do it myself as I do optimize the services after install, it is always best to leave it to the experts who do it day in and day out. Plus if something goes wrong, you can curse at others, rather than at yourself

**Cerberus** · 10-10-2008, 03:55 AM

How-to setup the DNS and name server for a DirectAdmin web server Web Development, Design, Hosting and SEO Glasgow UK

**glennybee** · 10-10-2008, 06:53 AM

Thanks guys, it is a managed VPS (I'm not that silly to get an unmanaged lol) so the security is taken care of.

I'll take a look at those links, thanks.