This is Directus official forum, right? Cool, looking forward to build with Directus. :melting_face: I’m not a dev and I have the first of several dummy questions. My current site is on Wordpress. Now I want to prepare the new backend with Directus until I’m ready to hire a dev and design the front…

That setup does sound feasible, yes especially if you really need a panel for managing websites and email. In my case, I went the opposite way: we already have company servers with admin, but I intentionally chose a separate small VPS just for Directus, so I wouldn’t need to bother an admin with …

Hey there @Criss Great question, and welcome to the Directus community. To answer your points step-by-step: Where to install Directus Since your current live site is running on WordPress, the best approach right now is to install Directus on a subdomain, for example: admin.yourdomain.com This ke…

I have followed some tutorials, I have installed node.js + npm + created the database for directus in the subdomain, but while installing Directus I got some deprecated errors. Google AI mentions that the node.js version should be an active LTS, and I thought that installing the latest 22 version wo…

There has been a Github discussion regarding cPanel. Seems like the original proposed approaches aren’t working anymore, but it may get you started. That said, as far as I know, Directus dropped support for Node hosting, among other reasons, due to the dependency issues you mentioned. Hosting on Do…

I would like to know what problems/conflicts would cPanel really have on Directus. It sounds like even the Node.js/np option is not a good one. That would leave me with installing Directus on my local machine, but then a developer would not have access to it. Sorry for the silly questions but I’m ne…

I really don’t know much about cPanel and it’s limitations, so let me just dump ChatGPTs assessment. Can’t verify it, but most of it sounds reasonable to me. You might get it up and running somehow, but I doubt the, most likely, hours of work are worth it compared to 5-10 bucks/month for a small VPS…

That is a nice and helpful contribution, thank you! I have also succeeded in installing Directus locally, so that later I will migrate it to the new server, with the help of a developer (or my host). :zany_face:

I would highly recommend taking a look at a platform as a service offering like Railway for hosting nowadays. It’s so much easier to manage and maintain than cPanel especially for cloud native applications like Directus

I’m learning. For the moment my client doesn’t want to upgrade the VPS to a dedicated server, neither I want to use other hostings (e.g Railways), thus I must workaround the cPanel issues and install my Directus on a subdomain. I read about the option of deploying the remote version of Directus via…

I’ve come to a point where I’m stuck. I want to install Directus on a plain VPS server without cPanel but I would not have any kind of panel then. Everythng would be run via terminal and therefore I’d be tied to the developer for any task (even creating an email account). I need a real pro/cons of r…

From Wordpress to Directus, but on what server/domain?

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Criss October 6, 2025, 9:44am 3

Thanks a lot for the clarifications, So Docker is not mandatory, I guess I prefer to stay in the same server (subdomain option) then I need to install it with one of the other options. Can I do it not being a developer, maybe following some step-by-step tutorial? Do you know any?

Hey, I highly recommend using the Docker method. https://directus.io/docs/tutorials/self-hosting/deploy-directus-to-an-ubuntu-server

– ahmad_quvor (October 6, 2025, 12:41pm)

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