Checking the user login activity from server logs requires root permissions. The DirectAdmin control panel has a checking past login history feature inbuilt for end-users as well. Using this DirectAdmin feature, end-user can easily check the past login history in DirectAdmin. 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit, https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222. 2. Top right-click → […]
Archives reduce the consuming disk space by compressing the multiples files into one. There are different types of archives available which you can create .zip, .rar, .tar, tar.gz, etc. In the DirectAdmin control panel, you can create multiple types of archives (tar.gz, .zip). Le’t learn, How to create an archive in DirectAdmin? 1. First, to […]
Permissions is a very important concept, and it allows you to allow/disallow access to the directory or files securely. First, let us learn more about permissions and how it works. There are three types of permissions Read, Write, Execute. Permissions are also indicated by numbers. Read (4): These permissions give the reading ability to the assigned […]
Every day, new updates of softwares releasing so do the PHP versions are also getting updated. Security practitioners always recommend using the latest PHP versions for better security and performance. In this article, you will learn how to change your PHP version within the user account. 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel as […]
In a shared hosting environment, you get some type of restrictions under Fair Use Policy (FUP). The aim of FUP is not to let users use the server resources more than allocated. So, before getting notice or keeping records of usage, we must check out resources usage. Learn, How to check resources usage in DirectAdmin? […]
Recently in another article, we provided the rundown on How to Create an Email Account in DirectAdmin? If you are new to DirectAdmin and looking for the option to access email accounts, this article will help you access email accounts in the DirectAdmin control panel. 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit, https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222. […]
The Login Failure Daemon (LFD) is a part of the ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) application that is available for Linux servers. It’s the firewall that comes preinstalled on any Managed KnownHost server and it’s a product that we’re very familiar with. This particular part of the application handles the tracking and logging of what […]
DirectAdmin is a fully-featured control panel through which you can easily create/deploy web projects. Often for staging, testing purposes, you require to create a subdomain and if you have DirectAdmin hosting with KnownHost, then creating a subdomain is the work of just a few clicks. Let’s learn how to create a subdomain in DirectAdmin with […]
Through DirectAdmin, you can create a custom email address with hosted domain names (Example: harry@kh-demo.com). At KnownHost, we offer DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting supported with Email Accounts. So, you can create as many email accounts as you want to make through the control panel. How to Create an Email Account in DirectAdmin? 1. First, to […]
Many times, you might need guidance on website redirection. Let us take an example if you have a business website abc.com with pretty nice traffic, and for some reason, you decided to close that website and start the same business on xyz.com. So, instead of forever closing abc.com, you can redirect all the traffic to […]