Any word on the directions above?
Also:
I've installed the slave manager and server on the slave host but came across a few problems:
1) The php version cannot be changed to anything above 5.6 since the files were encoded for ioncube 5.6
2) When I tried to login with the username root and the default password published, it just says access denied. There's nothing in the error logs or access logs indicating an error such as a db error or mis-configuration.
Any ideas on how to fix this?