JoeAIOT

Looking to use EasyApache4? Better look elsewhere.

• April 26, 2017
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This is a pretty decent build of Cpanel onto Amazon's AMI. However, it lacks a lot of quality assurance testing that would have set it apart.

First off, the migration from EA3 to EA4 is completely broken. There are packages and dependencies required that are non-existent. Some functions are broken since they are designed more for CentOS 7 rather than Amazon AMI. For instance, when trying to retrieve EA4 repositories, it fails to target a proper directory.

Trying to go back and install it manually just ends in disappointment. Apache doesn't install properly from the initial migration. Reverting and trying again only leads to more problems.

This is a good beta, more likely alpha build, of the product. However, it is advertised as a full product yet lacks basic documentation, quality assurance testing and even their support team seems to be confused on its ability to function. Some official answers report that EasyApache4 is compatible with Amazon AMI, and that using this product is the key. The official documentation for EasyApache4 says it is unsupported, yet has been referred to as obsolete information.

In my opinion, this will be a great build if they could iron out the issues and make sure their product had the dependencies needed to run correctly before they shipped it out. But I've spent many hours trying to get it to function properly and it just isn't worth the time.

I'll be trying to build it from scratch with CentOS 7.

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