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With the recent influx of cPanel to DirectAdmin migrations, one area of confusion has resulted in PHPMyAdmin access. Let’s clarify the cause of the confusion and a resolution to resolve/prevent it.Until recently with DirectAdmin, PHPMyAdmin access would require a login. This login would require the database user’s credentials (typically found within the site’s configuration file). […]

How To Enable Auto-Login for Webmail in DirectAdmin?

DirectAdmin has recently released a new feature to allow direct, automatic login into Webmail from within the DirectAdmin interface. One-Click login to any RoundCube account. By default, this option is disabled hence you can not find one-click login option for Webmail, Learn, How To Enable Auto-Login for Webmail in DirectAdmin ? By default this feature […]

With DirectAdmin, you could technically have two different sites for the same domain depending on whether or not you use HTTP or HTTPS. The HTTP site is loaded from public_html, and the HTTPS site is loaded from private_html. If you’ve set up your site with the standard public_html and installed an SSL for your site, […]

How to Enable Password Reset Emails With DirectAdmin?

DirectAdmin contains a feature to let users reset their passwords, but this feature is disabled by default. When enabled, a user can click the “Lost Password?” link on the login page, and DirectAdmin will mail them a link to click with a confirmation code, which is sent back to the DirectAdmin interface when the link […]

How to Change the Outgoing Mail IP in DirectAdmin?

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Occasionally with reseller hosting, one client can cause problems if the accounts are not sufficiently isolated from one another. One such case is when one client becomes hacked with spam-sending malware and causes the outgoing mail IP to become blocked. The correct approach to take is to immediately do whatever it takes to stop the […]

How to install and configure Memcached on cPanel / WHM server?

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Memcached is a generic memory cache system to increase the performance of dynamic database-driven websites. Earlier, we have covered the installation of Memcached on the DirectAdmin control panel, adding more it is also compatible with the cPanel / WHM server. You can install Memcached and its PHP module conveniently. Learn, How to install and configure […]

Configuring Win-SCP to upload files via FTP, sFTP

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Just like FileZilla, Win-SCP is one of the best, free, and the easy-to-use client to transfer files over sFTP and FTP protocol. In this article, we will go ahead and learn the simplest way of Configuring Win-SCP to upload files via FTP. Win-SCP is specifically designed for the Microsoft Windows operating system; it doesn’t support […]

How to enable DirectAdmin Demo Mode?

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Demo mode is a helpful tool for resellers to demonstrate the panel’s features without actually allowing anyone enough access to make unauthorized changes in the control panel. A user may log in and see all features but cannot make changes. Learn, how to enable DirectAdmin demo mode? 1. First, to login into the DirectAdmin control […]