VPS/VDS installs
After the install, add:
for example:
Other systems where the IP is not the base IP on the device, you’d need to simply set the correct number:
or other systems with the IP on a different device, it might be:
type: /sbin/ifconfig to see which device your IP is in, to /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf.
Replace devicename with the FULL devicename reported by ifconfig.
If your VDS/VPS system emulates eth0, then you may skip this step.
Source: DirectAdmin.com
Adding reverse IP Lookup in DirectAdmin
Any modern verion of DA will be able to do this through the interface.
Go to: Admin Level -> DNS Administration
Scroll to the bottom to the “Add Zone” section.
Enter your information normally:
domain name: server.hostname.com
ip: 1.2.3.4
ns1: ns1.hostname.com
ns2: ns2.hostname.com
where server.hostname.com is the hostname of your server. The IP is your server IP (license IP)
and ns1/ns2 can be any NS your server uses.
Click the “Create Reverse IP Lookup” checkbox, then click “Add”.
Reference link: http://directadmin.com
FreeBSD Installation notes for DirectAdmin
If logging in as a user other than admin or root (using su to gain root access)
You have to add “AllowUsers username” to /etc/ssh/sshd_config before you can log out from root or you’ll lose root on the server forever, and you’ll have to format.
Hint: Use “fetch” instead of “wget” on FreeBSD systems to download the install file.
Make sure you do not install services such as Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ftp, Sendmail, etc., as this is done by DirectAdmin. All that is needed is a CLEAN install of the operating system.
DirectAdmin Control Panel Software
Apache 1.3, 2.0, 2.2 Web Server
FrontPage 5.0.2.2510 Microsoft FrontPage™ Extensions (apache 1.3 only)
Php 4.4 and/or 5.2 Php Scripting Language (CLI, or suPhp(cgi))
PhpMyAdmin MySQL Database Manager
MySQL 4.1/5.0 MySQL Databases
Exim 4 Exim Mail Manager
Majordomo 1.94.5 Majordomo Mailing List Manager
vm-pop3d 1.1.7f POP3 Mail Manager
WU-IMAP Imap daemon (with virtual pop modifications)
Dovecot Install option to replace vm-pop3d/wu-imapd. Uses Maildir instead of mbox
Proftpd 1.3 FTP Server
Enable SpamAssassin on your DirectAdmin server
To enable Spamassassin on your server, you need to first need to install it. Once installed a few minor changes are needed in your /etc/exim.conf file.
1) Install spamd and spamc:
cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts
./spam.sh
2) Start the spamd
/usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 15
Source : http://directadmin.com
