Difficulty Level: Easy

The Extra Features section of DirectAdmin includes links directly to Webmail Roundcube, phpMyAdmin and Softaculous Auto Installer

To locate any one of these links, login to your DirectAdmin User account and locate the Extra Features section of the menu and click on your desired link.

If you click on the Webmail Roundcube or phpMyAdmin link, you may be asked for a username and password of your email account or database to proceed.

Add New User

Show All Users

My Users

Manage User Packages

Edit User Message

Change Passwords

Create Administrators

List Administrators

Domain Setup

Learn how to add and remove domains from your DirectAdmin control panel

Subdomain Management

DNS Management

SSL Certificates

FTP Management

Learn how to create and manage FTP accounts

MySQL Management

Learn how to create and manage MySQL Databases

Site Redirection

Learn how to redirect domains and/or URLs from one to another

Hotlinks Protection

To add a new user to your server, start by logging in to your DirectAdmin control panel as the Admin.

The first section you will see is called Account Manager. Click the first icon that says Add New User.

The next screen will have you input values for the following:

Username

The username can be any combination of letters and numbers that the user desires

Email

Use the email address of the new user so that they can receive notifications such as disc quota notifications and other important emails related to their DirectAdmin account

Password

Remember to use a strong and unique password that consists of uppercase and lowercase letters along with atleast 1 number and 1 symbol

Domain

Enter the domain for the new user, without adding www.

User Package

Select a package or customize one for this user. See below for a link to an article on how to create packages on your server

IP

Leave this set to the shared IP address. If you are purchasing a Dedicated IP address now or in the future, our team will take care of this update for you when you are ready

Send E-mail Notification

Check or uncheck the box to send the new user an email with the details for their new account

We recommend creating a predefined package or packages for your hosting accounts. Make sure you check out this article to see how to create packages using DirectAdmin. DirectAdmin does allow you to click the Customize button (seen below) to manually create a package if you want to.

ConfigServer Security & Firewall

phpMyAdmin

Webmail Roundcube

If you are logging in as an Admin (if you have a VPS), the login URL is either server-ip-address:2222 or if you have an SSL certifificate for the server, it’s generally host.yourdomain.com:2222 (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name)

If you have a VPS (Virtual Private Server), you were provided with login credentials as the Admin of the server when you ordered your server. The Admin privileges give you full access to the server and all of the functions included.
Securely store your login credentials and do not share with anyone

System Backup

Skin Manager

Difficulty Level: Easy

Changing the password for User accounts is quick and easy.

To begin, login to your DirectAdmin Control panel as the Admin

Once you are logged in, either locate the icon that says Change Passwords and click on it (located in the Account Manager section) OR type Change Passwords into the search bar at the top of your screen.

After clicking Change Passwords shown in the screen above, you will see the screen shown below.

If you need any assistance, please submit a ticket for Technical Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

Checking the Create Administrator on your VPS (Virtual Private Server) is quick and easy to do.

To begin, login to your DirectAdmin Control panel as the Admin

Once you are logged in, either locate the icon that says Create Administrator and click on it (located in the Account Manager section) OR type Create Administrator into the search bar at the top of your screen.

Complete the fields shown below and click create to add a new Admin