DirectAdmin(DA) is a Commercial Hosting Control Panel used to sell shared and reseller hosting accounts.

What are the requirements?

- Fresh CentOS, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, or Debian installed on your VPS/Server.

How to install DirectAdmin?

Step 1: The first step is to log in to your root account using SSH or any other way.

Enter the following command:

sh <(curl -fsSL https://download.directadmin.com/setup.sh)

Step 2: Once the DirectAdmin initial setup is complete, a URL will be provided. Open it in your browser to continue the installation.

Step 3: Enter your license key, click Set License Key, and then click Continue.

Step 4: Enter the following details:

• User Name: Your DirectAdmin administrator username.
• Email Address: Your email address.
• Server Hostname: For example, example.com
• Name Server 1 and 2: For example, ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com

Click Create Admin Account, and then click Continue.

Step 5: Click Enable TLS, and then click Continue.

Step 6: Choose followings details:

• Web Server: Apache, Nginx or any other web server.
• PHP Mode: PHP-FPM.
• PHP Release: Choose your default PHP version.
• Database Server: MariaDB.
• FTP Server: Pure-FTPd.
• Spam Filter: SpamAssassin.

Click Update configuration.

7. Final Step: DirectAdmin will display your administrator username and password. Copy the password, then click Exit and Open DirectAdmin.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed the DirectAdmin control panel.