To increase the security of your DirectAdmin account, you can set up Security Questions. You can set one or more questions, choose from a predefined list of questions or enter your custom ones. The default questions are: What is the…

To create DirectAdmin backups from the command line for ALL the accounts on the server, execute the command: echo "action=backup&append%5Fto%5Fpath=nothing&database%5Fdata%5Faware=yes&email%5Fdata%5Faware=yes&local%5Fpath=%2Fhome%2Fadmin%2Fadmin%5Fbackups&owner=admin&type=admin&value=multiple&when=now&where=local&who=all" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue To create a backup for a specific user - USERNAME - run the command: echo "action=backup&append%5Fto%5Fpath=nothing&database%5Fdata%5Faware=yes&email%5Fdata%5Faware=yes&local%5Fpath=%2Fhome%2Fadmin%2Fadmin%5Fbackups&owner=admin&select%30=USERNAME&type=admin&value=multiple&when=now&where=local" >> /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue…

DirectAdmin allows resellers to send a message to new users with their account information (aka Welcome Email / New Account Information Email). The message will contain the information needed for the use of a DA web hosting account. You can…

The Two-Step Authentication (2FA) system is used more and more in present days to log into sites/control panels. DirectAdmin offers the possibility to use 2FA with the assistance of the Google Authenticator software. How to enable 2FA in DirectAdmin 1.…

In the latest versions of DirectAdmin 1.62.x you can easily restore cPanel account backups from the GUI. We will show in this article, the full process of transferring accounts from a cPanel server to a DirectAdmin server. Restore cPanel accounts…