A few questions regarding DA

[smoked1]

I just purchased a dedicated server and I requested DA instead of CPanel because I like the interface. I just have a few questions so that I am ready once the server is ready.

The server is debian. Can I still use "apt-get update" to update apache, php, etc?

Can I use Apache2 with DA instead of Apache 1.3? Mod_security runs much better with Apache2.

[Marshall]

You can probably use apt-get (although I've never tried, you just have to make sure it puts the conf file in same place and binaries and everything) but Directadmin comes with a custom build script that can be used to update apache and php. Apache 2 works fine with Directadmin as Directadmin doesn't really rely on anything special with the software, just the location that its stored to spawn/edit configuration and in the custom build script you can convert everything to apache 2 and install it using it.

[smoked1]

If DA comes with a tool for updating I will just use that. My only concern is that if I use "apt-get update" that it will messthings up.

[jca]

Just be sure to include the "skip" list. I think it's in the knowledge base of DA, or at least I remember seeing it for yum in CentOS

[quackweb]

Skip List: exclude=apache* httpd* mod_* mysql* MySQL* da_* *ftp* exim* sendmail* php* named* (directly from /etc/yum.conf in CentOS, I am sure you should skip the same programs in Debian)