Control Panel - Directadmin

Secret Questions This section deals with the inclusion and modification of secret questions. Access to Secret Questions There you may see a blank page with no questions and a notification that “This feature is not enabled.” To enable these secret questions, click the “Secret Question Options” link above the table. You will see a window…

Entry keys This section covers accessing, using, modifying and deleting login keys. Login keys are alternative passwords for your account with special features, such as expiration date, access control, usage number and allowed IP addresses. Access to login keys To access the login keys, log in to the control panel and then click the “Hello,…

Email This section describes creating email accounts, setting up the mail collector, forwarding mail, autoresponders, leave messages, mailing lists, filters, and changing MX records. Creating email accounts To create an email account, log in to the Control Panel and click the “Manage E-mail” icon and then the “E-mail Accounts” link. You will notice that one…

Subdomains This article will give you an introduction to working with subdomains. It includes the following information: creation of subdomains, removal of subdomains, subdomain statistics, usage logs, error logs and creation of FTP-users for individual subdomains. Creating subdomains To create a subdomain, log in to the Control Panel and click the Accounts icon, then the…

DNS Settings This section contains information about making DNS changes for your website. It includes information for beginners, a quick guide to DNS, an explanation (with examples) of A, CNAME, NS and MX records, and changing DNS settings. Information for Beginners The ability to change the DNS configuration of a website is an important feature….

Running scripts This section covers CGI scripts, program paths, viewing installed Perl modules, explaining permission settings, PHP scripts, and accessing phpMyAdmin. CGI scripts All CGI scripts must be placed in your cgi-bin directory. The cgi-bin folder is in your public_html directory (e.g. public_html/cgi-bin). If you want to run a CGI script in a subdomain, put…

Uploading to your site This section describes uploading via FTP, DirectAdmin file manager and SSH. You can download using any of these methods. Directory structure These directories exist in the root of your account: /backups /domains /imap /Maildir /public_html /backups The /backups directory contains all backups created using the control panel. You won’t have a…

MySQL databases This document provides information about MySQL databases. This includes creating databases, deleting databases, adding users to the database, changing database passwords, and customizing the database using scripts. The control panel makes it easy to manage the database for those people who do not have in-depth knowledge in this area. Creating databases To create…

FTP Accounts This section describes how to create, modify and delete FTP accounts. Creating FTP accounts To create an FTP account, log in to the Control Panel and click the Account Manager icon and then the “Manage FTP” link. You will see a list of current FTP accounts that looks something like this: Default FTP…

Installing SSL Certificates This section describes how to install a certificate, use a generic server certificate, create a self-signed certificate and install a purchased certificate. Any site that processes monetary transactions or accepts sensitive information (such as passwords) needs an SSL certificate to be protected. SSL management menu in DirectAdmin To create an SSL certificate…