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Uploading Files via FTP in DirectAdmin

FTP is the easiest way to upload a whole website, or many files at once, to Domain India DirectAdmin hosting. This guide gives the connection settings that work...

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Using the File Manager in DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin's File Manager lets you upload, edit, move and delete your website's files from a web browser, with no FTP program to install. This guide covers Dir...

Intermediate8 min740Updated 5 days ago

Troubleshooting Website Not Loading in DirectAdmin

When a website on DirectAdmin hosting won't load, the cause is almost always in one of five places: the domain, the hosting account, the firewall, the site's ow...

Advanced8 min375Updated Yesterday

Common DirectAdmin Errors and Fixes

Most errors on a DirectAdmin website come from a short list of causes: a bad .htaccess line, a PHP fatal error, wrong permissions, a resource limit or a databas...

Advanced9 min593Updated Today

Installing Free SSL in DirectAdmin

Free SSL in DirectAdmin needs no installing once your domain points to your Domain India hosting. DirectAdmin issues a Let's Encrypt certificate by itself, so t...

Advanced7 min416Updated Yesterday

Security Best Practices for DirectAdmin Hosting

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, the server's security is managed for you: the firewall, Imunify360 malware scanning, CloudLinux account isolation and the P...

Intermediate5 min399Updated 5 days ago

Using the Terminal in DirectAdmin

To get a command line on a Domain India DirectAdmin hosting account, first ask support to enable jailed SSH, then connect with an SSH client and your SSH key. T...

Intermediate5 min465Updated Today

Enabling and Using SSH in DirectAdmin

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, SSH is enabled by our support team, not from a setting you change yourself. Jailed SSH access is available on every shared ...

Intermediate4 min451Updated 2 days ago

How to Check Your Resource Usage in DirectAdmin

On DirectAdmin hosting, your account has its own share of CPU, memory, disk activity and simultaneous PHP requests, plus disk space and bandwidth. This guide ex...

Intermediate6 min403Updated Today

Understanding CloudLinux Resource Limits in DirectAdmin

Domain India's DirectAdmin shared servers run CloudLinux, which gives every account its own fixed share of the server. That is why a busy neighbour cannot slow ...

Advanced7 min456Updated Today

Running Node.js Apps in DirectAdmin

Yes, you can run a Node.js app on Domain India DirectAdmin hosting. The server's Node.js selector creates the app, starts it with Phusion Passenger behind Apach...

Advanced6 min1,029Updated 3 days ago

Changing PHP Version in DirectAdmin

On Domain India's DirectAdmin hosting you choose the PHP version per domain, under Account Manager › PHP Settings in DirectAdmin. Our DirectAdmin server offers ...

Intermediate5 min854Updated 5 days ago

Accessing Webmail in DirectAdmin

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, your email opens in Roundcube, a webmail application that runs in any browser with nothing to install. This guide gives the...

Advanced7 min423Updated 5 days ago

Creating Email Accounts in DirectAdmin

Creating an email address in DirectAdmin takes about a minute: open the email accounts page, enter the part before the @, set a password and a quota, and save. ...

Intermediate5 min412Updated 5 days ago

Using phpMyAdmin in DirectAdmin

phpMyAdmin is the web tool for working inside a MySQL or MariaDB database from your browser: browsing tables, editing rows, running SQL, and importing or export...

Intermediate8 min361Updated 5 days ago

Creating and Managing MySQL Databases in DirectAdmin

In DirectAdmin you create a MySQL database, and the user that connects to it, in one step under Account Manager › Databases. Your website then connects with hos...

Advanced6 min643Updated 5 days ago

Common Cron Job Examples for DirectAdmin

These are ready-to-use cron job commands for common tasks on Domain India DirectAdmin hosting: WordPress, PHP scripts, database backups, cleanups and more. Copy...

Advanced7 min436Updated 5 days ago

Setting Up Cron Jobs in DirectAdmin

To set up a cron job in DirectAdmin, open Cron Jobs, fill in the five time fields, type the full command, and save. The job then runs on that schedule under you...

Advanced4 min458Updated 5 days ago

DirectAdmin Dashboard Overview and Navigation

When you open DirectAdmin on Domain India hosting, you land on a dashboard that groups every tool into a few sections: your account and domains, email, advanced...

Advanced6 min312Updated 5 days ago

How to Login to DirectAdmin (SSO from Portal)

You can open DirectAdmin with one click from the Domain India client area, with no DirectAdmin password needed. The button signs you in through the Domain India...

Intermediate5 min517Updated 2 days ago

How to Create an Email Account in DirectAdmin

To create an email account in DirectAdmin, open E-mail Manager › E-mail Accounts, click Create Account, enter the part before the @, a password and a quota, and...

Intermediate5 min346Updated 5 days ago

How to Reset Your DirectAdmin Password

You can reset your DirectAdmin password yourself from the Domain India client area in under a minute, with no ticket and no old password. You confirm with your ...

Intermediate5 min460Updated 2 days ago

DirectAdmin Hosting Features Overview

DirectAdmin hosting from Domain India gives you one control panel for your website files, domains, email, databases, SSL and backups, on a CloudLinux server sha...

Advanced8 min450Updated 5 days ago

How to Activate Your New DirectAdmin Hosting

You have ordered DirectAdmin hosting from Domain India. There is nothing to "activate" by hand: once the invoice is paid, the account is created for you and you...

Advanced8 min370Updated 2 days ago

DirectAdmin Hosting Plans Comparison

Domain India sells three DirectAdmin hosting plans: DA Starter, DA Growth and DA Business. They run on the same servers with the same software and security; wha...

Advanced7 min395Updated 5 days ago

Hosting Playbook Node/Express API under Apache + Passenger (DirectAdmin)

You can run a Node.js and Express API on Domain India DirectAdmin shared hosting. The server's Node.js selector starts your app with Phusion Passenger behind Ap...

Advanced7 min2,014Updated 5 days ago

Investigating IP Block Issues in DirectAdmin Hosting with Root Access

This guide is for administrators of their own DirectAdmin VPS or server with root access. When a client, a developer or your own office can't reach a site on th...

Advanced5 min1,082Updated 6 days ago

Streamlined Bulk MySQL/MariaDB User Recovery: Your Complete Backup File Manual

Restoring MySQL users from backup files can be a daunting task, but with the right approach, it can be automated and streamlined. This guide will walk you throu...

Intermediate6 min1,250Updated 5 days ago

The Definitive Guide to Log Analysis & Bandwidth Optimization: Identify, Troubleshoot, and Prevent Excessive Usage

When a site uses far more bandwidth than its visitors explain, the access log tells you who is downloading what. This guide shows where to find your raw access ...

Advanced9 min2,439Updated 1 weeks ago

Advanced Troubleshooting with nano: Navigating and Editing with Precision

nano is the friendly terminal text editor found on almost every Linux server. Beyond basic editing, it can open a file at an exact line, search with regular exp...

Advanced9 min1,703Updated 1 weeks ago

Efficient Troubleshooting with vi: Advanced Techniques for System Administrators

vi is on every Linux and Unix server, including minimal and rescue systems where nothing else is installed. On most modern systems the vi command actually start...

Advanced8 min1,212Updated 1 weeks ago

Mastering nano for Troubleshooting: Essential Tips and Techniques for System Administrators

nano is the simple terminal text editor found on almost every Linux server, and it is often the quickest way to fix a broken configuration file. This page gives...

Advanced5 min1,200Updated 1 weeks ago

Effective Troubleshooting with sed: Real-World Examples for System Administrators

sed, the stream editor, reads text line by line, changes it according to your rules and writes the result out. For system administrators it is the quickest way ...

Advanced9 min3,234Updated 1 weeks ago

Enabling and Accessing SSH on DomainIndia.com DirectAdmin Shared Hosting

SSH is not switched on for a new DirectAdmin hosting account, but you can have it. Ask Domain India support to enable jailed SSH for your account, add your SSH ...

Advanced6 min1,591Updated 1 weeks ago

Comprehensive Guide to `grep` Command: Advanced Usage and All Functions with Examples

grep searches text for lines that match a pattern. It is the quickest way to find an error in a log, a setting in a config file, or a function in thousands of s...

Advanced9 min6,063Updated 1 weeks ago

Mastering HTTPD Configurations and Custom HTTPD Configurations in DirectAdmin: A Comprehensive Guide

DirectAdmin writes an Apache configuration for every domain from templates, and it rewrites those files whenever something changes. If you edit the generated fi...

Advanced9 min3,548Updated 5 days ago

Optimizing Queries for Better Performance

Most slow MySQL queries are slow for the same reason: MySQL has to read far more rows than it returns. You fix that by writing queries that can use an index, an...

Advanced6 min1,507Updated 1 weeks ago

Optimizing and Managing High-Traffic Websites in Shared Hosting: A Comprehensive Guide

A busy website can run well on shared hosting, as long as most visitors are served from cache and the pages that cannot be cached are light. When traffic grows ...

Advanced6 min1,774Updated 1 weeks ago

Resolving the Forbidden Error in DirectAdmin Web Hosting

A 403 Forbidden error on DirectAdmin hosting means the web server found your request and refused to serve it. On DirectAdmin the cause is almost always one of f...

Advanced6 min3,251Updated 5 days ago

How to Access and Analyze Logs in DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin keeps a separate error log and access log for each domain on your account, and PHP writes its own error_log file next to any script that fails. This...

Intermediate6 min2,775Updated Today

Resolving Script Execution Timeouts in Shared Hosting Environments

A script timeout happens when a PHP page runs longer than something in the chain is willing to wait. On shared hosting that is common with imports, exports, rep...

Advanced9 min1,907Updated 1 weeks ago

Creating Email Accounts Using PHP: A Step-by-Step Guide

If your application needs to create mailboxes automatically, for example one for each new staff member or client, you can do it from PHP by calling your control...

Intermediate8 min3,389Updated 6 days ago

Tackling Common PHP Errors: A Guide for a Smooth Web Development Journey

Most PHP errors you meet on a website fall into a handful of families: output sent before a header, code written for an older PHP version, a missing or disabled...

Intermediate7 min1,850Updated 1 weeks ago

Troubleshooting the "404 Not Found" Error in Webmail URLs on DirectAdmin

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, webmail opens at https://yourdomain.com/webmail or https://yourdomain.com/roundcube. Both paths load Roundcube on our serve...

Advanced5 min3,169Updated 2 days ago

How to Add an Addon Domain in DirectAdmin: A Step-by-Step Guide

DirectAdmin has no button called "Addon Domain". What cPanel calls an addon domain, DirectAdmin simply calls another domain in your account: a second website wi...

Intermediate8 min2,166Updated 5 days ago

Managing Disk Space Effectively with Jailed SSH Access in DirectAdmin

When a DirectAdmin hosting account runs out of disk space, uploads fail, new email stops arriving and database writes break. The quickest way to find what is fi...

Advanced7 min1,815Updated 5 days ago

Building a User Registration System with PHP, MYSQL

A registration and login system is the first real feature most PHP projects need, and the one most often built insecurely. This guide builds a small, complete v...

Advanced8 min7,102Updated Today

Installing and Managing PHP Extensions in DirectAdmin: A Detailed Guide

PHP extensions add abilities to PHP itself: image resizing with gd or imagick, international text with intl and mbstring, database drivers such as pdo_mysql. On...

Intermediate8 min7,651Updated 5 days ago

Addressing "Resource Limit Reached" Issues with DirectAdmin Hosting

If your DirectAdmin-hosted site shows "Resource Limit Is Reached", your account has run out of its share of the server at that moment. The cause is almost alway...

Advanced7 min2,952Updated Today

Hosting-only ordering without a domain name

Yes, you can order Domain India hosting without buying a domain. If you already own one, registered with us or with another company, you order the hosting on it...

Intermediate5 min2,002Updated 1 weeks ago

Managing Email Filters in DirectAdmin

Email filters sort or stop mail automatically, so the messages you care about reach your inbox and the rest go somewhere else or nowhere. On DirectAdmin hosting...

Intermediate9 min2,055Updated 5 days ago

Creating and Managing FTP Accounts in DirectAdmin

An extra FTP account lets someone upload files to your website without knowing your DirectAdmin password. It is the right way to give a web designer, developer ...

Advanced8 min2,175Updated 5 days ago

Managing Subdomains in DirectAdmin

A subdomain is a name in front of a domain you already own, such as blog.yourdomain.com or shop.yourdomain.com. In DirectAdmin you create, change and delete sub...

Intermediate6 min2,389Updated 2 days ago

Managing Custom Error Pages in DirectAdmin

A custom error page is the page visitors see instead of the server's plain message when something goes wrong, such as a missing page (404) or a blocked folder (...

Advanced9 min2,389Updated 5 days ago

How to Configure Autoresponders in DirectAdmin

An autoresponder sends a fixed reply to everyone who emails a particular address: an out-of-office note, a "we got your enquiry" message, or your business hours...

Intermediate5 min1,981Updated Today

Setting up Cron Jobs in DirectAdmin

A cron job is a command the server runs for you on a schedule, such as a PHP script every 15 minutes or a cleanup every night. In DirectAdmin you add one from t...

Advanced6 min1,939Updated 5 days ago

Managing Domain Aliases in DirectAdmin

A domain alias makes a second domain show the same website as your main domain, for example yourbrand.co.in opening yourbrand.in. DirectAdmin calls this a domai...

Intermediate6 min2,223Updated 5 days ago

How to Set Up Email Forwarders in DirectAdmin

An email forwarder passes every message that arrives at one address on to one or more other addresses. It is how [email protected] can reach two people, or h...

Intermediate8 min2,426Updated Today

How to Manage File Permissions in DirectAdmin

File permissions decide who can read, change and run each file in your hosting account. Get them right and your site works and stays hard to tamper with; get th...

Intermediate10 min2,352Updated 5 days ago

How to Secure and Optimize Your DirectAdmin Hosting Environment

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, the server itself is secured and maintained for you: the operating system, the firewall, malware scanning and the PHP build...

Advanced9 min2,555Updated 5 days ago

Creating and Connecting to a MySQL Database in DirectAdmin

To use a MySQL database in DirectAdmin, you create the database and its user in Account Manager › Databases, then connect your website with host localhost, the ...

Advanced7 min2,823Updated 5 days ago

How to Check Website Statistics in DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin turns your website's access logs into traffic reports, so you can see how many visits your site gets, which pages people read and where they come fr...

Intermediate5 min2,720Updated Yesterday

Creating an Email ID, Accessing Webmail

To create an email ID at your own domain on Domain India hosting, open your control panel's email accounts page, enter the part before the @, set a password and...

Intermediate6 min4,557Updated 5 days ago

Important Port Numbers for End Users in DomainIndia.com Hosting with DirectAdmin Panel

If your website is on Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, you open the control panel on port 2222, read mail in a browser at /webmail on your own domain, and set ...

Intermediate6 min2,454Updated 5 days ago

How to Check if a Client Hosting & IP is Blocked in Mod_security2 Logs on AlmaLinux 8 VPS with DirectAdmin

When a visitor, a client or your own office gets a 403 on one page of a site hosted on your DirectAdmin server, ModSecurity is often the reason. This guide show...

Advanced7 min2,646Updated 1 weeks ago

A comprehensive DirectAdmin end-user guide to managing your own website

DirectAdmin is the control panel on Domain India's DirectAdmin hosting plans. From one screen you manage your website files, domains and subdomains, email accou...

Advanced9 min3,201Updated 2 days ago

What is SQL mode & Why is ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY SQL mode

SQL mode is a MySQL and MariaDB setting that decides how strict the database is about the queries and data you send it. One mode, ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY, causes mor...

Advanced9 min12,436Updated 1 weeks ago

Complete DirectAdmin Documentation

This page is the index to every DirectAdmin guide in the Domain India knowledge base, grouped by task, with a link to DirectAdmin's own official documentation f...

Advanced6 min2,420Updated 5 days ago

How to migrate from cPanel to DirectAdmin as an end user

You can move a website from cPanel hosting to DirectAdmin hosting yourself, without server-level tools: copy the files, copy the databases, recreate the mailbox...

Advanced7 min2,172Updated 5 days ago

What is DirectAdmin Control Panel

DirectAdmin is a web hosting control panel: a website you log in to that lets you manage your hosting account without typing server commands. From it you upload...

Advanced8 min3,100Updated 5 days ago

How to login in to the Direct Admin Control Panel

DirectAdmin is the control panel behind Domain India's DirectAdmin hosting plans. There are two ways in: one click from the client area, which needs no DirectAd...

Advanced10 min17,374Updated Today

How to Download and Access Files Using SSL/TLS Encryption in FTP Clients

An FTP program lets you copy files between your computer and your hosting account: upload a website, download a backup, or edit a single file. Plain FTP sends y...

Advanced16 min86,026Updated Yesterday

Create email account error: No such file or directory

When you try to create an email account in cPanel and see an error like "File open for /home/username/etc/yourdomain.com/passwd failed with error No such file o...

Intermediate8 min69,624Updated 6 days ago

filezilla error messages and solution

FileZilla's message log, at the top of the window, tells you exactly what went wrong. This guide explains the FileZilla errors Domain India customers see most o...

Advanced10 min66,211Updated Yesterday

Why does my website say "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded"

"Bandwidth Limit Exceeded" means your hosting account has transferred more data this month than its plan allows, so the server has stopped serving your website ...

Intermediate11 min80,809Updated 5 days ago

Update contact email address for Softaculous Scripts

Softaculous, the one-click app installer in your control panel, keeps its own email address for notifications. It is separate from your Domain India client-area...

Intermediate9 min68,692Updated Yesterday

How to Fix "Allowed Memory Size Exhausted" PHP Errors and Change memory_limit

"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted" is one of the most common PHP errors, and one of the most misunderstood. It means one PHP script...

Advanced13 min92,305Updated Yesterday

Sending Email from PHP: mail(), Sendmail Path, SMTP and SPF on Shared Hosting

Most websites send email from PHP: contact forms, order confirmations, password resets. On shared hosting, how you send that email decides whether it reaches th...

Advanced14 min130,922Updated Yesterday

DirectAdmin Hosting Guide

DirectAdmin is the control panel on Domain India's DirectAdmin hosting plans. You open it with one click from the client area, and from there manage your websit...

Advanced5 min315Updated 5 days ago

Restoring from JetBackup in DirectAdmin

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting, you restore backups yourself with JetBackup 5, inside DirectAdmin. You can bring back a single file, one database, a mailbo...

Intermediate5 min450Updated 5 days ago

Creating Backups in DirectAdmin

On Domain India DirectAdmin hosting you do not need to create backups for them to exist: JetBackup 5 backs up your whole account automatically every week. What ...

Intermediate6 min414Updated 5 days ago

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