Plesk 8, CentOS 4.3 install

[Xtreme-IT]

I'm trying to get a new install running on CentOS, but I keep getting in to trouble.

First I tried ART's yum channel, but it crashes on dependency's and after manually fixing those it now gives 404 errors:
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---> Downloading header for mysqlclient10 to pack into transaction set.
http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/3...PMS/mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: CentOS/RPMS/mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386.rpm from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
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So I tried the default Plesk install... no luck either. After manually installing several horde packages because they keep crashing on an unfindable admin password:
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Install package psa-horde

ERROR while trying to Unable to get admin password
Check the error reason(see log file: /tmp/horde-3.1.1.log), fix and try again

Aborting...

error: %post(psa-horde-3.1.1-centos4.2.build80060331.13.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Error while execute command rpm -U /var/tmp/PSA_8.0.0/dist-rpm-CentOS-4.2-i386/base/psa-horde-3.1.1-centos4.2.build80060331.13.noarch.rpm
ERROR: error while executing RPM
ERROR: Installation failed
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But after fixing those it crashes on the Mysql install:

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mysqld is stopped
Trying to start MySQL server... Initializing MySQL database: [ OK ]
Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
Starting MySQL: [FAILED]
done
Trying to establish test connection... ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Mysq exited with non-zero status 256 at -e line 23.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Mysq exited with non-zero status 256 at -e line 23, <STDIN> line 1.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Mysq exited with non-zero status 256 at -e line 23.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Mysq exited with non-zero status 256 at -e line 23.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Mysq exited with non-zero status 256 at -e line 23.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)

ERROR while trying to establish test connection

Aborting...
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Adding "skip-dbd" to the my.cnf skips de DBD startup and Mysql starts again.


Does anyone have a working CentOS4.3 and Plesk 8.0 setup? I would like a flawless install before putting this new server in to production.

Thanks in advance!

 

[basic612]

I have a working centos 4.3 / plesk 8 server (if you can call it that)

in my case it was a 7.5.4 install on centos 4.1, then upgraded to centos 4.3, then upgraded to plesk 8. everything installed and upgrade without complaining.

but my advice is: don't do it!

Plesk 8 looks pretty cool, but considering the number of problems being reported (and the few that I have been experiencing on our server) I think it would be wise to stick to 7.5.4.

I'm now trying to work out how hard it's going to be to roll back... I'm sure that that process will be a whole lot more difficult than the original installs / upgrades.

HTH.