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How to create an archive in DirectAdmin?

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 […]

How to change directory or file permission in DirectAdmin?

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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 […]

How to change the PHP version in DirectAdmin?

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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 […]

How to access Email Accounts 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. […]

How to create a subdomain in DirectAdmin?

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 […]

How to Create an Email Account in DirectAdmin?

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 […]

How to set up Domain Pointers in DirectAdmin?

Domain Pointer is nothing but an alias and domain parking in DirectAdmin, through which you can set up the same document root for two domains or more domain names. Let us see an example of domain alias; suppose we are setup domain alias test.kh-demo.com for kh-demo.com primary domain. So, whenever someone browses test.kh-demo.com through the […]

How to create a MySQL Database in DirectAdmin?

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For storage of data for applications, you must need a Database. Traditionally we use a command-line interface for creating a database and assigning a user to it. In DirectAdmin, we can perform all the actions using the graphical user interface. Let’s see how to create and manage databases, users in DirectAdmin? How to create a […]