DirectAdmin Reseller Hosting: Basic Knowledge for Management

Direct Admin Reseller Hosting Panel and How It Works

Direct Admin is a web-based hosting control panel that is designed to make the administration of websites easier and more efficient. The software is configurable to enable reseller and shared web hosting from a single instance. You can use it to manage user accounts, databases, email accounts, domains, DNS records, security, and more.

This article will show how to create and assign a package to a user and other user-friendly features in the Direct Admin Reseller Hosting control panel.

Create Package :

As a reseller, you have to create a package for your user. Some steps are given below to create a user:

To log in Direct Admin control panel first visit https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222. Then enter a valid user name, and password.

Go to menu > select “account manager” > select “reseller” and choose packages.

As a reseller, you have to create a package by following this step:

Go to menu > select “account manager”> select “reseller” and choose “manage user packages’’
After click on “manage user packages” you will show the following interface. Just click on “add package”.

When creating a package as a reseller, it’s necessary to assign packages such as bandwidth, disk space, email accounts, MySQL databases, SSL, and PHP, etc.

Assign a bandwidth limit (MB to Unlimited)
Assign disk space (MB to Unlimited)
Number of creating domain/subdomains
Number of email accounts, MySQL database

Access PHP, SSL, Corn Jobs
Create the package name and then click the save button to save all the changes.

Create a User
As a reseller, if you need to create a user account then follow the steps:

Choose reseller> “Account Manager” > “Add New User”.

Enter the required information (as username, email, password, domain, package) and click on the “SUBMIT” button to confirm the request.

Click on “Send Email Notification” to send the account information to the above-specified email

Address through email.

After completing the process “close”

How to Create an Email:

As a user, if you need to create an email account then follow the steps:

Go to menu > choose “user” > select “email Accounts” .
Then click on the (+) sign to “create an account”
Give a user name, Generate a strong password, and also set email quota/limit
Then click on “Create account”

When you create an account, you have to remember your password.
If you forget your username or, password, you will change your username or password by clicking the (+) sign of your exact email account as below.

Login to your webmail URL with Your domain name/webmail (like: example.com/webmail) and login with your username and Password.

How to install free SSL:

To install a free SSL certificate for a domain:

Go to Control Panel > choose “user” > select “Account manager” > select “SSL certificate”.
Choose “Get an automatic certificate from ACME Provider and select a domain name”.

Click on “Force SSL with https redirect” and “save”
After saving the process a domain has to be added on “Automated SSL certificates Information”.

How to check the Disk Usage of every User

To check the disk usage of every user, here are the steps:

Go to control panel > choose “user” > select “system info & Files” > go to “site summary”.
Here are the statistics reports of a user (like-domain statistics, user statistics, account configuration).

How to manage the DNS of every User

In order to manage or add DNS records for a user, you need to follow the steps below:

Go to control panel > Choose user > select “account manager” > select “DNS management”.
From DNS management you have to click on “add records” to add (NS, A, MX records etc).

How to install WordPress on Direct Admin

In a Direct Admin panel a user has to follow some steps to install WordPress as below:

Go to Control Panel> choose user> select “softaculous app installer”> click on “WordPress”.
After arriving on the WordPress page “install”

Use File Manager on Direct Admin

In a Direct Admin panel a user or a reseller has to use a file manager to manage their files:

Go to control Panel> select “system Info & files”> select “file manager”.
Then in “public_html” folder, all important files are placed here.