The “Usage Log” and “Error Log” links (see picture above) will take you to the text files in each log. The usage log provides the address of the requester, time and date of the request, and the description of the request. The “Stats” link (see Subdomain Statistics section) is a graphical version of the usage […]
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DirectAdmin is a graphical, web-based hosting control panel which makes managing websites on your VPS much easier. WIth DirectAdmin, you can manage websites on Admin, Reseller, and User level.
cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts ./getLicense.sh 123 1234 service directadmin restart Where 123 and 1234 are your Client ID and License ID, respectively. If there are errrors extracting the update.tar.gz file, then run: head -n 1 /usr/local/directadmin/conf/license.key to search for an error. If there is a readable error inside the file, double check the IP you are using […]
HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is the language that tells web browsers how to display a page. For example, to <b>bold</b> text in HTML, you will start with the <b> marking and ending with </b>. Anything between these markings will be bold (visitors will not be able to see any < b></b > ). When […]
1. Log in to the control panel and click the “File Manager” icon. 2. Look in the folder where you want to upload the files. 3. Click the “Upload files to current directory” button at the bottom of the screen. 4. You will see eight (8) fields. Click the “Browse” button to select the files […]
To change a database password, first click on the name of the database in the MySQL databases menu. The list of database users will appear. To change the password of the database user, click on the “Modify” link and enter a new password and then click on the “Create” button. You don’t need to know […]
You may want to assign more than one login name and password to a database. To add users to your database, follow these two steps: 1. From the database menu, click on the name of the database you want to change. 2. Click on the “Create New Database User” link at the top of your […]
This document contains essential information on how to make DNS changes to your website/account. Please read this document thoroughly. The topics include an important message for beginners, a DNS mini-course, an explanation (with examples) of: A, CNAME, NS, and MX reports and how to change DNS settings. There are several things you can do to […]
First, click on “Message System” at the top right. Important messages about your account are sent to you via the messaging system, so we advise you to enter your email address at the bottom of the screen and check your box. If you do this, the control panel will also send you an email when […]
Open port 443 for SSL/HTTPS traffic First of all, make sure you open port 443 on your server. HTTPS () does not work over port 80 as is the case with HTTP and it is quite possible that this port is closed. Open terminal and run the following commands to allow traffic on port 443. […]