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IT_Architect
06-20-2009, 08:41 PM
We've been running VMware ESXi since it became free. To roll out a new virtual machine is little more than a copy. Currently, DirectAdmin is a separate install. What I would like to do is have stock VMs with DA pre-installed. When I need to deploy a new VM, I could simply clone a stock VM, and buy a new DA license for it. The question is, how difficult would it be to replace the existing license on the server with a new one?

Thanks!
redesb
06-21-2009, 02:52 AM
. . . What I would like to do is have stock VMs with DA pre-installed. When I need to deploy a new VM, I could simply clone a stock VM, and buy a new DA license for it. The question is, how difficult would it be to replace the existing license on the server with a new one?Licence replacement is very easy, there is a post on KB. 'Updating your DirectAdmin License manually (http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=30)'.

Hope this help,
Regards
IT_Architect
06-21-2009, 05:12 AM
...'Updating your DirectAdmin License manually (http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=30)'.
So are you saying that by following the bottom example shown there I could change the cloned VM's license and IP to match a newly activated license, and DA on the new VM would be production-ready? That would be awesome!

Thanks!
nobaloney
06-21-2009, 01:58 PM
It should work.

Jeff
IT_Architect
06-21-2009, 06:55 PM
It should work.JeffPerfect!

Thanks Tons!