How to revoke LetsEncrypt hostname certificate
To revoke the certificate, please run the following (if the cert is still in-place): cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts ./letsencrypt.sh revoke `hostname -f` To stop the auto-renewal: rm -f…
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How to issue multi-domain certificate for hostname/mailserver using LetsEncrypt
Exim and Dovecot do support multi-IP ssl certificates, but their setup can be a little bit tricky to try and maintain. With LetsEncrypt, we can setup multi-domain certificates for the hostname, and mail domains, all in…
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How to update your exim.conf in DirectAdmin
CustomBuild 2.0 With CB2.0, you can update your SpamBlocker 4.x exim.conf more easily with: cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build update ./build set exim yes ./build set eximconf yes ./build set eximconf_release…
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How to customize apache config and not have custombuild revert it in DirectAdmin
If you need to make customized changes to your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, when custombuild updates apache, your configs will be changed to the new versions of the configs. There are 3 ways of making your customizations…
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How to install OpenLiteSpeed in Directadmin
OpenLiteSpeed is the Open Source edition of LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise. OpenLiteSpeed contains all of the essential features found in LiteSpeed Enterprise, including LSCache (plugin needed for WordPress). To…
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How to install Zend Optimizer/Guard, and/or Ioncube
For Zend, type: cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build set zend yes ./build zend after changing php versions, it's recommended you install zend again. Note that Zend Guard is the new name for Zend Optimizer, and…
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Roundcube: The "Date" column is blank or incorrect
If your "Date" column is blank, or if it's showing incorrect values, then check your php.ini file, generally the path is as /usr/local/phpXX/lib/php.ini and set the correct timezone for your server. A sample timezone…
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Adding custom httpd.conf code to the VirtualHosts of a domain
DirectAdmin Allows Admin to insert extra httpd.conf code that a User may require. To access the control page for this functionality, go to Admin Panel -> Admin Settings -> Customize Httpd Configurations. Once you see…
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Updating Apache to the latest version
You can check the current version of apache by running /usr/sbin/httpd -v CustomBuild - current If you're using custombuild (as most new boxes are), run the following cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build update…
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Installing an SSL certificate for your hostname using LetsEncrypt
As of DA 1.50.0, DirectAdmin have added a new feature that allows you to make use of LetsEncrypt, a tool offering free basic SSL certificates. There is a script written in such a manner that you can also setup SSL for…
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